Behavioral Health Transportation Specialist

Job Title

This is a full-time position on nights. Pay ranges from $18.69 / hr to $22.18 / hr, depending on experience.

Summary

Responsible for the safe and compassionate transport of behavioral health clients to appropriate destinations. Must communicate and work collaboratively with social workers, hospital staff, fellow associates, and first responders. When needed, uses appropriate de-escalation techniques to manage situations.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Ensure daily client happiness
• Acts as an ambassador and advocate for the behavioral health community / health care system
• Provides safe, efficient, and compassionate transport of the client being responsive to special needs that may arise
• Able to operate vehicle safely while monitoring a client
• Effectively communicates with the client, family members, hospital staff, Control Center, first responders, and fellow associates
• Able to maintain calm, professional demeanor in stressful situations
• Follows all applicable federal, state, and local laws, statues, and regulations
• Drives in a safe manner, following Life EMS safe driving standards and techniques
• Maintains a clean, well-organized vehicle and is aware of and responds to special maintenance needs
• Completes a vehicle checklist prior to each transport
• Completes required paperwork completely and accurately
• Is proficient in using navigation tools
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications / Skills & Knowledge Requirements

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the associate is required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The associates must also do the following :