Passenger Bus Driver - PRN 1st Shift - Wellspring of Milwaukee

General Purpose:

Transport residents of a Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center to off-site activities. Ensure adherence to safety rules. May assist passengers in boarding or exiting. Ensure residents are safely secured during transport.

Essential Job Functions:

This facility expects their employees to promote an atmosphere of teamwork with other employees and hospitality and comfort for its residents. Therefore, the following list of duties is not all-inclusive:

• Follow safety rules as residents board and exit buses
• Comply with traffic regulations to operate vehicles in a safe and courteous manner.
• Check the condition of a vehicle’s tires, brakes, windshield wipers, lights, oil, fuel, water, and safety equipment to ensure that everything is in working order.
• Maintain order during trips to ensure safety.
• Report any bus malfunctions or needed repairs.
• Drive multi-passenger vehicles to transport residents to off-site
• Prepare and submit reports that may include the number of passengers or trips, hours worked, mileage, fuel consumption, or fares received.
• Keep bus interiors clean for passengers.
• Read maps and follow written and verbal geographic directions.
• Report delays, accidents, or other traffic and transportation situations, using telephones or mobile two-way radios.
• Regulate heating, lighting, and ventilation systems for passenger comfort.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Valid Driver’s License with clean driving record

Knowledge and Skills Required:

• Operation Monitoring – Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Public Safety and Security – Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
• Operation and Control – Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Time Management – Managing one’s own time and the time of others.
• Transportation – Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
• Equipment Maintenance – Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.