Transportation Driver - Sterling Heights

PACE Southeast Michigan•Sterling Heights, MI

About The Position

The Transportation Driver for PACE Southeast Michigan transports program participants and medical supplies to and from program sites and other facilities as directed. The role includes safely assisting participants between their residences, vehicles, and the center, using appropriate assistive devices and safe transfer techniques. Drivers secure wheelchairs and safety belts and follow departmental and system policies, including quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection-control standards. The position also involves maintaining and cleaning buses, including adding fluids, inflating tires, charging batteries, fueling vehicles, and taking buses for repairs. Cleaning duties may include exterminating and disinfecting buses following contamination by bed bugs or bodily fluids. Drivers deliver medications and other supplies daily and are responsible for ensuring delivery. They may also retrieve PACE-owned items or items a family chooses to donate after a participant's death. Participation in scheduled education programs, in-services, and staff meetings is required, along with other related duties assigned or requested by the transportation supervisor or manager.

Requirements

Valid, unrestricted Michigan CDL license, Class A or B; Passenger endorsement is preferred.
Driving record must fall into an acceptable category.
High school education or equivalent.
Current CPR card.
Capability and experience transporting individuals with special mobility needs.
Ability to lift and/or carry 50 pounds or more and exert extremely heavy physical effort.
Meet a standardized set of competencies approved by CMS before working.
Medical clearance for communicable diseases and up-to-date immunizations before direct participant contact.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook.
Pass a post-offer, pre-employment background check and health screening, including drug test, TB, and MMR.

Nice To Haves

Passenger endorsement on a Michigan CDL license.

Responsibilities

Transport program participants to and from the program site or other assigned areas as directed by the transportation supervisor or manager.
Assist participants safely between their residence, the vehicle, and the center, using assistive devices as needed.
Use safe body mechanics and transfer techniques when providing transportation services.
Properly secure wheelchairs and safety belts for wheelchair users.
Participate in scheduled education programs, in-services, and staff meetings as directed.
Maintain buses, including adding motor oil and other fluids, inflating tires, charging batteries, fueling buses, and dropping off or picking up buses for repair.
Clean buses, including extermination and disinfection after contamination by bed bugs or bodily fluids.
Deliver medications and other supplies daily and ensure they are delivered.
After a participant's death, retrieve PACE-owned items or items the family chooses to donate.
Perform other related duties as assigned or requested by the transportation supervisor or manager.
Maintain departmental and system policies and procedures, including quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection-control standards.