Driver (Patient Transportation)

Non-Emergency Patient Transport Driver

Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital, located in Bakersfield, California, is an acute psychiatric and behavioral 90 bed facility situated on 8.8 acres.

We offer inpatient and outpatient services for children, adolescents and adults needing mental/behavioral health, chemical dependency; and co-occurring disorders treatment through our medically supervised detoxification.

Within our Workplace Community, BBHH is striving daily to be one of the BEST PLACES TO WORK not just here in Kern County, but throughout the Behavioral Healthcare Community.

By offering amazing benefits, encouraging individual growth and development, and incorporating our CARES values system into our daily operations, we are creating a workplace culture where people enjoy coming to work each day.

BBHH CARES about your experience as a candidate and we encourage you to apply to our open positions.

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What You'll Do:

Ensure the CONTINUITY OF CARE between Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital and other facilities/locations to which patients need to arrive.

Ensuring that QUALITY and SAFETY are present while transporting other people is a requirement in achieving our commitment to the wellness of our patients and our community.

The Non-Emergency Patient Transport Driver will have a powerful impact on the quality of care our patients receive by making sure they get where they need to be safely, timely, and with compassionate care.

The person who takes on this role will make sure that when it comes to the transportation of human lives to and from our facility, that every single patient continues to receive the BEST care possible, even beyond the walls of our hospital.

Under the direction and supervision of the Director of Clinical Services, the Driver will work closely with Case Managers to ensure every patient gets where they need to be so that they continue their course of care.

The position is an hourly, non-exempt, overtime eligible position with a wage range of: $23.10/hr-$32.89/hr based on experience.

This a FULL-TIME position.