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: Part-time, Day time hours, Thursdays and Fridays

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.
• Skills to maintain clean and sanitary conditions.
• 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.