Ambulette Driver Job at SeniorRide Transportation, Bronx, NY

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  • SeniorRide Transportation
  • Bronx, NY

Job Description

BASE SALARY RANGE: $18.00 - $22.00 / hour (Commensurate with experience)

Job Description

Ambulette drivers are responsible for providing non-medical transportation to clients. It's their  job to handle loading the patient in and out of the vehicle, using wheelchair lift equipment as appropriate, and to keep the vehicle comfortable for the patient.

Drivers also need to comply with facility policies on patient confidentiality and on protecting their patients, their vehicles and themselves from bloodborne pathogens.

Drivers are expected to be on time, professionally dressed in a pressed uniform, and friendly both to patients and to facility personnel.

Ambulette drivers keep logs of their trips that are used both for  recordkeeping and billing purposes. In the event of a vehicle accident or patient incident, the driver will have to fill out reports on what happened. During trips, ambulette drivers are expected to stay in touch with their base stations via a two-way radio.

Responsibilities

Transport residents with various medical conditions in non-emergency medical vehicles.

Their role is to carry patients to appointments in a safe manner and to comply with facility and company policies.

Transporting patients in non-critical condition.

Primary responsibilities include transporting patients, who are usually elderly or disabled, to their medical appointments in a safe and timely manner.

POSITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Standing: Frequent

Walking: Frequent

Sitting: Frequent

On a regular basis, must enter and exit the ambulette, which has a 15" step and 6" step, respectively.

NECK/TRUNK

Posture will vary, depending on the essential tasks being performed at that time and with the positional requirements at the time.

UPPER EXTREMITIES

Can work overhead, waist or chest level, typically when driving or working with wheelchair. Most work will be performed at waist level

LOWER EXTREMITIES

Usually in a seated position with a 90-degree angle for the knees, but can stand, stoop, squat or kneel if needed when performing essential job functions of wheelchair transport.

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

Wheelchair and strapping needed to tie down chairs

H ydraulic Wheelchair Lift

License and Certifications

Valid NYS Commercial Driver (Minimum C class) License with Passenger Endorsement

Valid NYS DMV 19A Medical Examination

NYC Taxi and Limousine Paratransit Driver License 

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