Van Driver

The Transportation Driver/Transportation Aide is responsible for providing safe, timely, courteous, and reliable transportation services for residents to and from medical appointments, therapy visits, dialysis, hospital discharges, community outings, and other approved destinations. This position ensures the safety, comfort, dignity, and confidentiality of every resident while maintaining all facility vehicles in a clean, safe, and operating condition.

The Transportation Driver serves as a representative of August Healthcare and is expected to promote resident safety, dignity, customer service, and the organization's mission while providing transportation services in accordance with all applicable federal, state, local, and facility regulations.

• Safely transports residents to physician appointments, dialysis, therapy appointments, hospitals, diagnostic testing, community outings, and other approved destinations.
• Assists residents entering and exiting vehicles using proper body mechanics and safe transfer techniques.
• Properly secures wheelchairs, walkers, oxygen equipment, and other mobility devices according to manufacturer recommendations and facility policy.
• Performs resident transports while maintaining dignity, privacy, comfort, and respect at all times.
• Conducts resident safety checks before departure, during transport, and upon arrival.
• Ensures residents are never left unattended in a vehicle except as permitted by facility policy and only when resident safety can be maintained.
• Verifies resident identity prior to transportation.
• Assists with admissions, discharges, hospital returns, emergency room transports, and other resident transportation needs as assigned.

• Completes and documents daily pre-trip and post-trip vehicle inspections.
• Maintains facility vehicles in a clean, sanitary, and orderly condition.
• Ensures vehicles remain properly fueled and stocked with required emergency and safety equipment.
• Immediately reports vehicle accidents, mechanical concerns, safety hazards, traffic citations, or maintenance needs.
• Ensures all required inspections, registrations, maintenance schedules, and insurance requirements are maintained.
• Operates all vehicles in accordance with defensive driving principles and all applicable federal, state, and local traffic laws.

• Observes residents during transportation and immediately reports changes in condition, injuries, behavioral concerns, complaints, or emergencies to licensed nursing staff.
• Communicates transportation delays, appointment changes, or scheduling concerns promptly to appropriate departments.
• Ensures physician paperwork, discharge instructions, therapy documentation, medication information, and other required paperwork accompany residents when applicable.
• Maintains resident confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA and facility policies.
• Maintains positive communication with residents, families, physicians, hospitals, dialysis centers, therapy providers, and outside vendors.

• Successfully completes competency training in wheelchair securement, resident transportation safety, defensive driving, safe resident handling, and oxygen transportation.
• Safely transports residents requiring oxygen while following all applicable oxygen safety procedures.
• Maintains a valid driver's license and an acceptable Motor Vehicle Record that meets facility insurance requirements.
• Immediately reports any suspension, restriction, revocation, or change in driving privileges.
• Complies with all infection prevention and control policies during transportation.
• Participates in emergency preparedness activities and may assist with resident evacuation when necessary.

• Demonstrates professionalism, compassion, and exceptional customer service when interacting with residents, families, visitors, physicians, hospitals, and fellow team members.
• Promotes a positive image of August Healthcare within the community.
• Demonstrates teamwork and willingly assists other departments when transportation responsibilities permit.
• Consistently attends work and provides appropriate notice for scheduled absences.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Administrator or designee.

The Transportation Driver/Transportation Aide is considered to have moderate risk for exposure to blood, body fluids, infectious diseases, and other potentially…