Transportation Specialist - Tulsa, United States - PAM Health

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** Transportation Specialist - PRN - Tulsa Rehab**

**Job Category****:** Other **Requisition Number****:** TRANS010411 Showing 1 location **Job Details**

**Description**

**Transportation Specialist**

Provides safe transportation for individual clients in vans provided by Post Acute Medical. Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**

Ensures that all transportation policies and procedures are followed as published.

Supervises and/or assists all passengers according to transportation policies and procedures.

Demonstrates consistent ability to operate all motor vehicles safely.

Operates wheelchair lift as designed.

Secures wheelchair and patient to ensure safety.

Observes safety practices in all situations.

Implements appropriate emergency procedures as indicated.

Maintains vehicle cleanliness, inside and outside.

Notifies supervisor when repairs and maintenance services might be needed.

Completes daily, monthly, and annual inspections.

Completes scheduling of transportation requests and coordinates with the scheduling department.

Safely transports clients to and from scheduled appointments while managing them safely in the community.

Delivers deposits to the bank; makes various other deliveries and runs errands as requested by supervisor

Maintains a current license as required by state law.

**QUALIFICATIONS**

**Education and Training:** Minimum of high school diploma or equivalent and completion of driver education course from an accredited curriculum.

Valid State Drivers License. Post Acute Medical follows the DMV laws of each state and that each person is responsible and required to abide by the local law. (Class D license required in Louisiana.) Current CPR certificate.

**Experience:** Must be at least 21 years old (per insurance coverage requirement). Completion of defensive driving school within last 2 years preferred

**Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:**

Verbal ability to facilitate communication with coworkers, patients and the public.

Ability to read and work from written and oral instructions in English.

Ability to model professional behavior to patients, staff and the public.

Ability to manage time, work flow and inventory.

Minimal clerical ability required.

Must be able to generate and maintain good working relationships with coworkers as appropriate.

Ability to foresee future problems and/or outcomes and perform problem solving in accordance with a well developed sense of professional and ethical values.

Ability to observe phenomena precisely.

Ability to function in repetitive and/or changing tasks with ease.

Ability to work and reason independently, logically, impartially and accurately.

Ability to coordinate a variety of requests to ensure task completion, effectiveness and efficiency.

Ability to accept and utilize constructive criticism.

Willingness to take initiative.

Willingness to assume responsibility.

Ability to function under stress.

Indicates a preference for working with people and for communicating ideas.

Ability to obtain and maintain a Commercial Drivers License (CDL) in the State of Texas.

As part of the Post Acute Medical network, **PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Tulsa** serves patients recovering from acute illnesses and injuries by providing compassionate, high-quality rehabilitation services. With medical experts from multiple disciplines and the latest therapeutic equipment, our Tulsa rehabilitation hospital helps shorten recovery time, prevent hospital readmission and prepare you to return home. Our facility has a total of 53 private rooms with accessible private bathrooms, and our inpatient and outpatient gyms feature the latest rehabilitation technology. Everything we do centers on promoting the best possible long-term outcomes for our patients. Our rehabilitation programs primarily focus on brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, multiple trauma and complex orthopedic conditions. However, we also offer specialty services such as prosthetic training, wound care, swallowing therapy and spasticity management.

As part of our commitment to rehabilitation, PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Tulsa uses cutting-edge technology to help patients regain their strength, mobility, confidence, and freedom. The EksoNR robotic exoskeleton is the first exoskeleton indicated for stroke and spinal cord injury rehabilitation. The wearable device augments strength to help these patients stand and relearn to walk, improving their step patterns, weight shifting, and posture, while allowing them to track their own progress. PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Tulsa is the first hospital in the Tulsa area to have the newly upgraded EksoNR and is using the device to mobilize patients earlier in their rehabilitation.

**PAM Health** is committed to being the most trusted source for post-acute services in every community it serves by utilizing experienced and dedicated staff to provide high quality patient care and customer service. With over 44 Long Term Acute Care and Rehabilitation hospitals and 16 Outpatient Clinics currently in operation across the country, we are proud to offer services including comprehensive wound care, aquatic therapy, ventilator weaning, amputation treatment, pain management and much more.

Joining our PAMily allows you to work in a collaborative environment with colleagues and leadership with exposure to a variety of patient care levels. Aside from our competitive pay, generous paid benefit time, and excellent insurance options, you will also have opportunities for professional growth through our Education Advancement Program.

We are excited to learn more about you and hope that you consider joining us on a shared mission to improve the lives of others by being an integral part of our We Care Program. Please take a moment to visit us online at for a comprehensive look at how we're able to positively impact our local communities.

***PAM Health*** *does not discriminate and does not permit discrimination, including, without limitation, bullying, abuse or harassment, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or HIV status, or based on association with another person on account of that person's actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or HIV status.*

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