Job Description

Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System?
At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Job Summary:

Location: Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Address: 933 E Pierce St, Council Bluffs, IA

Work Schedule: PRN/Casual, 8a-4p

Responsible for driving passenger bus to transport qualified individuals to and from the hospital.

***Chauffeur License Required***

Responsibilities:

Essential Functions

1. Promotes positive relations when interacting with patients, visitors, families, physicians, customers and co-workers. 

• Greet, smiles and makes eye contact.
• Introduces self by name.
• Volunteers to help co-workers and other employees.
• Addresses patients and others by surname.
• Responds quickly to patients and/or other peoples' needs.
• Excel in a culture of Engagement where we have the responsibility to be welcoming, assuring and compassionate – ALWAYS.
• We demonstrate this by following the Standards of Compassionate Care and AIDET.

2. Performs operation of Medi-Bus in a safe and secure manner. 

• The driver will operate the Medi-Bus in a safe and defensive manner obeying all traffic laws and receiving no complaints about the operation of the bus.
• The operator will meet all schedule demands and pick up and deliver patients on time.
• Uses sound judgment when operating equipment or vehicles in bad weather or with difficult patients.
• Takes proper precautions with mechanical breakdowns and maintenance problems.

3. Properly transfers and assists patients to and from the bus. 

• Performs services in a courteous and respectful manner to all patients.
• Safely assist all patients to and from the bus.
• Use correct equipment to most effectively transfer the patient to and from the bus.
• Incident reports will be completed when problems occur and will be communicated to the Director of PT.

4. Provides patient transportation within the hospital. 

• Transport patient in a safe manner using equipment in good working condition.
• Insures patient safety when patient has other equipment.
• Insures the patient is the correct patient by checking the identification bracelet and checking with the nursing floor for a patient being discharged from the hospital.
• Follow daily schedule and transports patients in a timely and efficient manner.

5. Provides completion of daily vehicle maintenance and trip logs. Complete logs before ending the work shift.

6. Provides a schedule for vehicle routine and preventative maintenance. 

• Monitors scheduled maintenance requirements.
• Communicates with PT secretary when preventive maintenance is needed.
   

7. Performs general cleaning of vehicle to insure the vehicle is clean and safe.

• Properly sweeps out and general housekeeping of the vehicle at the end of each shift.
• Insures outside of vehicle maintains the proper appearance.

Schedule:

PRN/Casual, 8a-4p

Job Description:

Job Requirements

Education

• High School graduate or equivalent ability to read traffic signs, addresses, and hospital schedule sheets.

Experience

• Requires experience driving and operating a passenger bus, general automotive maintenance and knowledge of traffic laws and regulations.

License/Certifications

• Chauffeur License (CL) required.
• Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) strongly preferred at time of hire, required within 3 months of hire.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Skilled in promoting positive relations when interacting with patients or other customers.
• This position requires knowledge of traffic laws and regulations, operation of a passenger bus, and general automotive maintenance.
• This position requires skills in driving and operating a passenger bus, light repair and maintenance of a passenger bus vehicle.
• Requires the ability to exhibit positive relations which includes being courteous and respectful of patients with attention to patient safety and comfort concerns.
• Assist disabled patients to and from the bus, including using wheel chair lifts, lifting patients, and use of other equipment.
• Cost effectively manage time and routes at all times.

Physical Requirements

Weight Demands

• Light Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force. 

Physical Activity

Occasionally Performed (1%-33%): 

• Balancing 
• Climbing 
• Carrying 
• Crawling 
• Crouching 
• Fingering/Touching 
• Kneeling
• Repetitive Motions
• Standing 
• Stooping/bending 
• Twisting 

Frequently Performed (34%-66%): 

• Grasping 
• Keyboarding/typing 
• Lifting 
• Pulling/Pushing 
• Reaching 
• Sitting 
• Walking 

Constantly Performed (67%-100%): 

• Distinguishing Colors
• Hearing 
• Seeing/Visual
• Speaking/Talking 

Job Hazards

Not Related:

• Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc)
• Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)

​Rare (1-33%):

• Biological agents (primary airborne and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) (BBF)
• Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
• Explosives (pressurized gas)
• Electrical Shock/Static

Frequent (67%-100%):

• Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
• Equipment/Machinery/Tools
• Mechanical moving parts/vibrations

About Methodist:

Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.

Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.