Transportation Services Worker - Part Time, Decatur

Transportation Service Worker (Driver)/Part Time
The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD), is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Transportation Service Worker (Driver)/Part Time at Georgia Regional Hospital Atlanta, located in Decatur, GA.
Salary: $***** per hour
Job Description:
Transports passengers and/or mail and materials in an assigned geographical area traveling by foot, bicycle, motorcycle, automobile, van or public conveyance.
Transmits, receives, and relays radio communication among remote office base stations and mobile units.
Job Responsibilities & Performance Standards:
Assists in loading and unloading passengers, packages, goods and materials
Checks with home offices after completed deliveries, in order to confirm deliveries and collections and to receive instructions for other deliveries
Delivers messages and items, such as newspapers, documents, and packages, between establishment departments, and to other establishments and private homes
Inspects vehicles for proper operating condition Checks fluid levels, tire pressure, and lights
Obtains signatures and payments, or arranges for recipients to make payments
Performs routine vehicle maintenance
Provides transportation to program participants; assists clients on and off vehicles by traveling the most efficient routes
Receives messages or materials to be delivered, and information on recipients, such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, and delivery instructions, communicated via telephone, two-way radio, or in person
Records information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages, disruptions by passengers and billing/utilization data
Transports passengers to hospitals, clinics, social functions, and/or other activities according to established guidelines and time frames
Unloads and sorts items collected/delivered along delivery routes
Walks, rides bicycles, drives vehicles, or uses public conveyances in order to reach destinations to deliver participants, messages, or materials.
Sample Technical Competencies:
1. Ability to operate vehicles carefully and competently, following all traffic laws
2. Ability to assist passengers on and off of vehicle and help them with safety restraints
3. Ability to operate two-way radio and/or cellular telephone
4. Ability to recognize defects in the equipment that impact safety
5. Ability to perform pre-trip vehicle safety inspection.
This position is subject to close at any time once a satisfactory applicant pool has been identified.
FOR THIS TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT, STATE LAW REQUIRES A NATIONAL AND STATE BACKGROUND CHECK AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT.