CDL Bus Driver – Mays Landing, NJ
Children »s Hospital of Philadelphia Posted on 2022-11-18
| Salary | Not mentioned |
|---|---|
| Location | Mays Landing, NJ 08330 |
| Type | Full-time |
Job Description
Location: LOC_ATL_COUN-Atlantic County Specialty Care
Req ID: 220391
Shift: Any
Employment Status: Regular – Full Time
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)—named America’s 2022 Best Large Employer by Forbes—offers countless ways to change lives. Our diverse community of more than 20,000 Breakthrough Makers will inspire you to pursue passions, develop expertise, and drive innovation.
At CHOP, your experience is valued; your voice is heard; and your contributions make a difference for patients and families. Join us as we build on our promise to advance pediatric care—and your career.
CHOP’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
CHOP is committed to building an inclusive culture where employees feel a sense of belonging, connection, and community within their workplace. We are a team dedicated to fostering an environment that allows for all to be their authentic selves. We are focused on attracting, cultivating, and retaining diverse talent who can help us deliver on our mission to be a world leader in the advancement of healthcare for children.
We strongly encourage all candidates of diverse backgrounds and lived experiences to apply.
Job Summary
Provides safe transport of children to and from the program daily. Ensures that the buses are safe to drive daily. Ensures maintenance and safety are continuously monitored and necessary repairs completed. Purchase and transport of program supplies and equipment as requested. May be requested to assist in providing clerical activities.
Job Responsibilities
Provides safe transport to children and their families.
- Provides daily transportation services to children in the program. Must be able to drive a minibus, as well as supervise patients being transported.
- Picks up and drops off children only at/to authorized and designated drop-off sites and care providers.
- Provides regular communication to a clinical team member on any behavioral issues which may have occurred with the child and/or the family during transport.
- Reports any malfunctioning of the vehicle and maintains service of the vehicle (e.g. takes vehicle for maintenance and repairs).
- Responsible for safety equipment on the vehicles such as seat belts, fire extinguisher, and first aid kit, etc.
- Notifies the Program Manager or Director of inclement weather or potentially hazardous driving conditions.
- Maintains all necessary paperwork for the vehicles and for the children who are transported.
- Shops for and/or picks-up and distributes program supplies, food and snacks.
Maintains a safe therapeutic and hazard free environment.
- Provides close supervision to children during transportation.
- Demonstrates and utilizes clearly delineated series of non-violent crisis intervention strategies to facilitate adaptive functioning of patients.
- Only as a last resort, when other less restrictive measures have failed to maintain safety, utilizes Non-violent Physical Crisis Intervention.
- Under close supervision, provides ongoing assessment of the child when they require a restrictive procedure.
Required Licenses, Certifications, Registrations
Valid New Jersey Commercial Driver License (CDL) and in good standing with the DMV.
Certification in Nonviolent Crisis Intervention from the Crisis Prevention Institute, Inc. (CPI), or ability to obtain within 90 days of placement into position.
Required Education and Experience
Required Education: High School Diploma
Preferred Education, Experience & Cert/Lic
Preferred Experience: At least one (1) year prior of prior work experience with children who have special health care or behavioral needs.
Additional Technical Requirements
- Familiar with and comfortable using computers.
To carry out its mission, CHOP is committed to supporting the health of our patients, families, workforce, and global community. As a condition of employment, professionals working onsite—at any CHOP location, for any portion of time—must be vaccinated for COVID-19. Learn more.
CHOP also requires employees who work in patient care buildings to receive an annual influenza vaccine. Employees may request exemptions for valid religious and medical reasons. Start dates may be delayed until candidates are immunized or exemption requests are reviewed.
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Company description:
At Children »s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), we help children grow and thrive — and we offer these same opportunities to the professionals who make up our team. CHOP is a unique work environment, with exceptional team members, supportive managers and state-of-the-art training. Our employees are all empowered to realize their well-defined goals, because we believe everyone makes a difference — it’s the very foundation on which our hospital is built. Since 1855, CHOP has been the birthplace of many dramatic firsts in pediatric medicine. As the nation »s first hospital devoted exclusively to caring for children, CHOP has fostered medical discoveries and innovations that have improved pediatric healthcare and saved the lives of countless children. Today, that same spirit of care and innovation continues. The hospital now employs more than 10,000 people in more than 50 locations across Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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