Chair Car Driver

**Full time and Part time Openings*

**Sign-on Bonus For Full time - $1000**

**Hourly Rate for Chair Car Drivers: $15-19/hr, depending on experience.**

For over seven decades, Armstrong Ambulance has set the standard for emergency transportation in Massachusetts. We are a family-run business committed to superior medical care, dependable service and providing the most advanced equipment and vehicles available. We are one of only a handful for ambulance companies in Massachusetts to receive accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services. We are driven by the guiding principles of our founder: hire the best employees, deliver compassionate care, be innovative, and always provide great customer service.

POSITION SUMMARY

Provides transportation services to individuals and groups while demonstrating courtesy, good judgment, common sense and good driving practices.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 Completes vehicle and equipment checklists; maintains chair car and equipment according to company cleanliness standards, and sees that vehicle and associated equipment are in good working order; and, ensures chair car is appropriately stocked.

 Washes vehicles at the end of each shift

 Operate the vehicle in accordance to any and all applicable laws, rules, and company policies. Navigate by road maps, directions, etc.

 Properly load, secure, and transport patients in accordance with company policy and procedures.

 Communicates with patient, patient’s family, others at the scene and at the hospital in a courteous and professional manner at all times.

 Completes and assists in the completion of necessary patient and company paperwork in accordance with company policy and procedures.

 Performs other duties as required or assigned by supervisory personnel or management.

Company Policies

 Performs all duties in a safe, courteous, confidential and professional manner, always taking into account the well-being of the patient.

 Maintains a positive and professional image by being well groomed and properly attired at all times.

 Maintains response readiness consistent with company’s response criteria.

 Mentors, trains, and encourages fellow staff as needed, to help them attain their full potential.

 Completes all reports, including patient care records, legibly, accurately, and on a timely basis.

 Maintains certification through clinical experience and continuing education.

 Maintains confidentiality of all customer and Armstrong information.

 Successfully completes required training programs.

PATIENT PRIVACY

All Employees of Armstrong Ambulance are required to read and sign a 'Confidentiality Agreement' which includes the following expectations of employees:

 Employees are expected to protect the privacy of all patient information in accordance with Company policies, procedures, and practices, as required by Law, and in accordance with general principles of professionalism as a health care provider.

 Employees may access protected health information and other patient information only to the extent that it is necessary to complete job duties and may only share such information with those who have a need to know specific patient information to complete their job responsibilities related to treatment, payment, or other company operations.

 Employees are encouraged and expected to report, without the threat of retaliation, any concerns regarding the company’s policies and procedures on patient privacy and any observed practices in violation of that policy to the designated management personnel.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience: Candidate will hold a High School Diploma or equivalent degree, or equivalent job experience.

Certificates, Licenses: Employee must have, and maintain, a valid motor vehicle operator license with satisfactory driving history and certification in Basic Life Support CPR.

Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write grammatically correct reports and correspondence. Ability to effectively interact and communicate with patients, co-workers, and medical facility staff. Ability to provide good and accurate oral reports to designated medical personnel.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. In order to verify that the candidate/employee can perform the essential functions of this job, a Physical Agility Test may be required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee must:

 Regularly push and/or pull patients in a wheelchair.

 The employee is regularly required to stand, sit, and walk and is frequently required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl; and taste and smell.

 Utilize both gross and fine motor skills of the upper extremities in providing patient care including regular use of hands to finger, handle or feel, and reaching with hands and arms.

 Specific vision abilities include near and far distances, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus, and ability to determine color differentiations.

Armstrong Ambulance reserves the right to test employees with its Drug-Free Workplace policy. Random drug tests may be conducted for positions that are safety sensitive.

Armstrong Ambulance Service is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

Recommended Skills

• Agility
• Basic Life Support
• Clinical Works
• Confidentiality
• Fine Motor Skills
• Grammar