Non-Emergency Medical Transport Helper/Porter

Stellar Transport•Jacksonville, FL

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Immediate positions are available for full or part-time driver trainees. This role is responsible for assisting drivers with riders in wheelchairs and stretcher-capable vehicles to their destination in a safe, timely, and friendly manner. This may require going inside rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes, hospitals, hospice centers, and home residences to load or unload riders into wheelchairs or stretchers. The role also involves keeping the vehicle and equipment clean and sanitized, reporting any maintenance issues, gassing up the vehicle, and checking fluid levels. Weekend shifts include driving vans through a carwash and cleaning the interior.

Requirements

Current valid Florida driver’s license.
Must have a valid driver’s license and clean motor vehicle record for 3 years.
Able to work 8 to 12-hour shifts depending on trip demand for the day.
Start and end times for daily shifts are not set in stone and fluctuate depending on trip demand for the day but can be anywhere from 4:30 am - 9 am start.

Nice To Haves

Patient care experience is a plus but not required (we will train you).

Responsibilities

Assisting drivers with riders in wheelchairs and stretcher-capable vehicles to their destination in a safe, timely, and friendly manner.
Going inside rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes, hospitals, hospice centers, and home residences to load or unload riders into wheelchairs or stretchers.
Loading, unloading, sliding, and assisting riders 200lbs or more, on or off wheelchairs or stretchers.
Bending, pushing, pulling, kneeling, twisting, squatting, and some lifting.
Working with riders with service animals (i.e. dogs).
Keeping the vehicle and equipment clean and sanitized.
Reporting any maintenance issues.
Gassing up the vehicle and checking fluid levels.
Driving vans through carwash and cleaning interior on weekend shifts.