Public Transportation Driver
Franciscan Healthcare is looking for a Public Transportation Driver to provide safe transportation to community members in different types of vehicles including wheelchair accessorized buses and vans.
Hours: Weekday, Day time hours
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Keep in communication with staff responsible for scheduling, advising and updating any changes about drives, rides and schedules.
- Track and enter information into mobile including such things as notifying dispatch of additional stops, additional passengers and/or changes to the originally planned ride.
- Track and enter payments and monies from riders using both electronic devices and handwritten documentation.
- Safely drive passengers to their destinations, assisting passengers in and out of the vehicles, walking beside them for stability and helping with small packages.
- Represent the transit service in a professional manner including behaving and communicating with passengers in a polite and respectful manner.
- Inspect vehicle daily using checklist prior to driving the vehicles.
- Monitor and maintain vehicle during shift such as keeping an appropriate gas level throughout the shift.
- Clean and maintain the inside of the vehicle.
- Maintain assigned records and reports as necessary.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education and/or Experience
- High School graduate or equivalent
- Valid Driver’s License in the State of Nebraska
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) or obtainable within three months of hire date
- Experience driving shuttles, large vans, or buses, preferred.
- Experience with developmental disabilities and/or the elderly preferred.
Other Competencies
- Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships and to interact positively and productively with team members.
- Must be able to drive a vehicle for long periods of time.
- Knowledge of federal, state and local laws with respect to driving and public transportation.
- Knowledge of roads and maps in the city and surrounding areas.
- Ability to communicate effectively and interact professionally.
- Ability to remain calm and respectful during interactions with difficult people.
- Must be able to exert up to 50 lbs. of force occasionally, up to 20 lbs. of force frequently and up to 10 lbs of force constantly to move objects.
- Frequent moderate lifting, pulling, pushing and carrying.