NEMT Driver

Duties

• Transport elderly and disabled passengers safely, assist them door-to-door, load & unload both passengers and belongings.
• Transport ill or injured passengers from home to and from healthcare facilities.
• Demonstrate top-notch customer service skills.
• Loading and securing manual wheelchair or power wheelchairs with securement anchors.
• Instruct and assist passengers with cognitive, visual, or physical disabilities to safely load and unload from the vehicle.
• Follow schedule, GPS, other company apps, and report regularly to dispatch.
• Be willing to drive across counties.
• Effectively and politely communicate with customers, team members, and management.
• Maintain vehicle interior and exterior cleanliness and arrange for vehicle services as needed.
• Report mechanical issues immediately
• Complete all required docs and maintenance records clearly and accurately daily.
• Participate in training and educational opportunities.
• Follow all Driving laws.

Skills / Qualifications

• Safety and security minded, able to read and use GPS & other apps
• Reliable, energetic, customer service/team oriented, excellent communicator
• Demonstrate flexibility, solution-finding and efficient time management skills
• Able to lift (up to 70 lbs.), or carry, push, and pull people in wheelchairs.
• Able to stoop, bend, reach, walk long distances, climb steps, and enter/exit vehicle multiple times a day.
• Required: Current CPR/First Aid Cert, and other NEMT required certifications (Passenger Assistance Safety and Sensitivity training, NSC Defensive Driving Training, and Passenger Services and Safety check- off)

Minimum Requirements (NOTE: Not meeting any of these will disqualify you from service)

• Must be 21 years of age with a minimum of 1 year of uninterrupted driving experience
• Pass Federal Criminal Background Check (NO FELONY CONV. PAST 10 Years!)
• Less than 2 moving violations on driver’s record within the last 7 years
• No more than 1 accident on drivers record within the last 7 years
• Pass initial Forensic Drug Test, be willing/able to submit to random drug testing
• Own and efficient with use of smart phone device

Pay: From $10.00 per hour

License/Certification:

• Defensive Driving (Preferred)
• CPR Certification (Preferred)
• First Aid Certification (Preferred)
• PASS I (Preferred)
• PASS II (Preferred)

Work Location: On the road