Job Title: Transportation
Department: Nursing
Reports to: Director of Nursing
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt/Hourly
- Transport residents to appointments and perform direct resident care duties under the supervision of licensed nursing personnel, as needed.
- Assist with promoting a compassionate physical and psychosocial environment for the residents.
- Meet the physical and sensory requirements stated below and be able to work in the described environment.
- Identify and participate in process improvement initiatives that improve the customer experience, enhance work flow, and/or improve the work environment.
- Confirm doctors’ appointments for residents.
- Assist in making arrangements, and in providing actual transportation, to appointments, community events and others, as needed.
- Notify family of arrangements in regard to appointments.
- Ensure that the following items are in the transport vehicle prior to the start of the trip:
o Proof of Insurance
o Vehicle Registration
o Accident Reporting Form
o Disposable Camera
o Water
o Pen/Pencil and Writing Tablet
o Flashlight
o Fire Extinguisher
o Emergency Communication (cellular phone or radio).
- Monitor daily documentation and filing.
- Perform clerical tasks to include processing administrative transfer and discharges.
- Provide personal care (i.e., grooming, bathing, dressing, oral care, etc.) of residents daily and as needed.
- Change bed linen and maintain appropriate grooming supplies in resident room on a regular basis.
- Ambulate and transfer residents, utilizing appropriate assistive devices and body mechanics.
- Record resident vital signs, weights and measurements, intake and output, food consumption, and other information, as assigned.
- Routinely turn and position residents, as necessary.
- Observe residents carefully and report changes in condition to Charge Nurse.
- Recognize a resident’s ability to make choices and support these within the constraints of the care giving environment.
- Participate in collecting data needed for the accurate completion of the MDS and the plan of care. Provide input to the nurses for development of the plan of care.
- Provide adequate hydration to residents at regular intervals each day according to specific resident needs.
- Prepare residents for each meal and transport to dining room (unless a bed patient) making sure that food tray is accessible, self-help devices are available (if needed), and assistance is provided to those residents who cannot feed themselves.
- Keep an accurate record of food intake and output, as directed.
- Maintain established housekeeping standards within assigned duty areas.
- Assist nursing staff with the basics of aseptic and sterile techniques to avoid infection of residents and self-contamination of equipment and supplies.
- Be alert for proper ventilation, temperature, light and noise control.
- Take TPR (temperature, pulse & rate), blood pressure, weighing of residents, etc., as directed.
- Promptly answer call lights and other resident needs.
- Utilize proper body mechanics when lifting or transporting residents.
- Assist in the orientation and training of other staff, as requested.
- Other special projects and duties, as assigned.
- Current Nursing Assistant Certification from state or will need to be accompanied by certified CNA I.
- Must have a current/active CPR certification.
- Valid State Driver’s License with no more than three (3) entries; counting accidents, moving violations, and failures to appear. All accidents are counted, regardless of fault. (Note: Convictions for DUI/DWI, refusal to test, reckless driving, hit and run or other felony convictions are unacceptable and disqualify the driver from driving on behalf of the facility regardless of the number of MVR entries.)
- Effective verbal and written English communication skills.
- Demonstrated intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook, Internet and Intranet navigation.
- Highest level of professionalism with the ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Ability to communicate at all levels of organization and work well within a team environment in support of company objectives.
- Customer service oriented with the ability to work well under pressure.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy, excellent organizational skills with ability to prioritize, coordinate and simultaneously maintain multiple projects with high level of quality and productivity.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision, take initiative and make independent decisions.
- Ability to deal with new tasks without the benefit of written procedures.
- Approachable, flexible and adaptable to change.
- Function independently, and have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with stakeholders and vendors.
- You’ll work mostly indoors on floors that are tiled or carpeted.
- You’ll be around other co-workers, residents and their guests.
- You’ll have possible exposure to occasional slippery floors, chemicals, sharp objects, and hazardous materials and waste (including human), blood borne pathogens, and communicable diseases.
- You'll be around possible high-stress medical and/or life threatening situations.
- This role requires considerable physical activity.
- Requires heavy physical work; heavy lifting, pushing, or pulling required of objects up to fifty (50) or more pounds. Physical work is a primary part (more than 70%) of job.
- Push, pull, move, and/or lift a minimum of fifty (50) pounds to a minimum height of three (3) feet and be able to push, pull, move, and/or carry such weight a minimum distance of fifty (50) feet.
- Standing and/or walking for more than four (4) hours per day.
- Bending and/or stooping for more than one (1) hour at a time
- Sitting for more than two (2) hours at a time.
- Requires writing and/or computer work with repetitive typing and concentrating on computer screen and/or documents for more than two (2) hours at a time.
- Travel, including flying and/or driving, for more than one (1) hour at a time.
