Driver

Whittier Glen Assisted Living•Whittier, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for the safe transportation of residents to and from physician or other appointments. This role involves planning drop-off and pick-up times to ensure timely service and maintaining the resident transport vehicles in a safe, clean condition. The driver must adhere to CAPLICO Core Values and Code of Conduct, ensuring compliance with Resident Rights and HIPAA policies at all times. Responsibilities include driving residents according to the schedule, assisting residents with entering and exiting vehicles and destinations, managing resident paperwork, ensuring vehicles are fueled, maintaining vehicle cleanliness, and performing daily inspections for safety issues. The position requires practicing good safety awareness, encouraging resident independence while providing necessary assistance, and potentially performing other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.

Requirements

Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
Be a minimum of 18 years or age.
Must be able to obtain criminal history clearance.
Must comply with all training requirements.
Must not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals in the workplace.
Possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
Ability to be calm and level-headed in emergencies.
Well groomed, professional and possess ability to work harmoniously with other personnel.
Follows written and oral instructions.
Maintain patience, tact, cheerful disposition and enthusiasm, as well as ability to handle residents, staff, and visitors, based on whatever maturity level they are currently functioning.
Must possess a valid driver’s license.
Must maintain a clean driving record with no major violations over the previous five years.
High school diploma or GED.
Valid driver’s license and no major traffic violations over the previous 5 years.
Must be familiar with general locale and roads in the service area.

Nice To Haves

CPR certification is desirable.

Responsibilities

Drives residents to and from appointments according to the transportation schedule, using the designated community vehicle(s).
Assists residents with entering and exiting the vehicle when necessary.
Assists residents into and/or out of the destination when necessary.
Ensures that any resident paperwork is dropped off at each physician’s office and returned to the nurse’s office upon the resident’s return.
Ensures that each vehicle has sufficient fuel to cover the current shift of appointments as well as the following shift.
Maintains the cleanliness of all transport vehicles by vacuuming the seats and floor, cleaning the windows and keeping the dash and interior clean.
Inspects the transport vehicle(s) daily to ensure that there are no issues of safety that need immediate attention, to include: tire pressure, emergency lights, turn signals, oil levels, car body, etc.
Practices good safety awareness and procedures; proactively addressing safety concerns as well as bringing them to the attention of appropriate personnel for corrective action.
Encourages residents to be as independent as possible but assists residents as necessary.
May perform other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.