Driver, Community Health, Healthcare

Job Description:

To provide reliable and courteous transportation service to clients with safety and top priority; to act as a peer counselor’ to provide a communication link between clients and staff; to operate and maintain assigned vehicle(s); and to maintain vehicle and customer records.

Successful Candidates should have:

• Transport clients for Swope Health Services programs.
• Complete daily pre/post trip vehicle inspections as required.
• Complete daily manifests as required.
• Drive one of the several different vehicles in a safe, courteous, and reliable manner throughout the service area within a daily assigned time schedule.
• Assist in boarding and de-boarding of clients, including those who require the use of the wheelchair lift to board the vehicle.
• Complete and submit reports concerning clients’ incidents, preventable and non-preventable accidents.
• Actively participate in on-going safety and educational training as required.

Education/

Qualification:

• Must possess a valid Driver’s License of the appropriate CDL Class C, with all necessary endorsements and/or state certifications for state he/she resides in and a valid Medical Examination Card
• Must possess a driving record that meets company requirements.
• Possess a functional knowledge of the demographics of the service area.
• Possess excellent customer service skills and be able to work well with clients, staff and administration.

About Swope Health Services:

For 56 years, the mission of Swope Health mission has been to improve the health and wellness of the community by delivering accessible, quality, comprehensive patient care to all. Founded in 1969 by

E. Frank Ellis, Swope Health opened as “Model Cities Health Corporation” in the basement of Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church with 20 associates and a $100,000 budget to serve 2,000 patients a year. Since then, Swope has since expanded its size, scope, and service offerings to include behavioral and dental care, services for the unhoused, mobile services and school-based clinics, and the PACE KC Adult Wellness Center.

Swope Health serves as a community health asset in the region – transforming lives, strengthening community, and powering our prosperity. Swope Health is committed to maintaining its focus on patient care and experience as well as an integrated, holistic model of health care, ensuring that everyone in the community can be served. The organization’s high-quality services, strong financials, and visionary leadership team position them well to sustain and deepen their impact into the future.

Swope Health Services supports its team members with:

• Medical benefits (including a Health Savings Account option), dental and vision
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Company-paid benefits such as life insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, and Short and Long Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account
• Nine annual company-paid holidays;
  One annual paid personal day

* Swope Health is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.

High School or better.

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