Job Description

Other Healthcare / Client Support Roles Halifax, Nova Scotia Elmsdale, Nova Scotia Permanent, Full-Time ReqID: 44026
Description
Position at VON Canada (Nova Scotia)
Requisition Details:
Employment Status: Regular, Full-time
Program Name: Transportation/Frozen Meals on Wheels
Number of Hours Bi-Weekly: 75
Work Schedule: Days (M-F)
On Call: No
Existing Vacancy: Yes - we're currently hiring candidates for an existing vacancy in this position.
Job Summary:
The Driver provides regular assistance to clients by transporting them from their homes to designated facilitates and/or packs and delivers frozen meals to clients. The Driver attends to client needs during transport. The successful candidate must be willing to deliver meals between Halifax and Elmsdale, and surrounding communities.
Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure the safe transportation of clients in an accessible vehicle as scheduled.
• Ensure any necessary certification is completed as directed
• Maximize safety through daily maintenance of the driver's primary vehicle and ensure all necessary certification is current
• Complete vehicle log sheets regularly
• Provide support to clients as needed, including carrying and safely securing clients' equipment at pick-up and drop-off locations
• Abides by all confidentiality and protection of personal information policies, regulations, and practices and ensures appropriate safeguards are in place within their role
• Abide by the VON Volunteer/Community Support Services Driving Agreement
• Abides by all VON policies and work practices including any event and incident reports
• All other duties as assigned and delivery of service according to schedules

Common Responsibilities:

• Promotes the goals and values of VON and its role as an integrated community care provider.
• Promotes a safe and healthy workplace ensuring workplace conduct and activities are in accordance with the provincial Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations and compliant with the VON Safety Management System, including all Policies, Safe Work Practices, and Procedures.
• Abides by all VON policies and work practices.
• Abides by all confidentiality and protection of personal information policies, regulations, and practices and ensures appropriate safeguards are in place within their role.
• Works in collaboration with other staff in a team approach to service delivery.

External and Internal Relationships:

• Regularly engage with and support clients in the process of meeting their transportation needs

Education, Designations and Experience:

• High school diploma
• A minimum of one year of experience working with seniors and adults with disabilities
• Experience with, and physically capable of, handling vehicle restraints

Skill Requirements:

• Able to work with accessible equipment e.g. wheelchairs, motorized scooters, walkers, mechanical lifts and Q-straint tie down system.
• Reliable, dependable, and flexible.
• Good verbal communication skills.
• Must be able to lift and carry a minimum of 35 pounds using appropriate lifting techniques.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Must be able to engage in physical activity as a regular component of the job.
• Ability to speak French is an asset.

Other:

• Must possess a valid driver's permit and a clean driver's abstract. The abstract must be obtained annually.
• Must provide proof of required insurance coverage when using a personal vehicle.
• A current and original copy of a satisfactory Criminal Records Check is required upon the start of employment.
• A Vulnerable Sector Search and/or a Child Abuse Registry Check is required.
• The use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) may be required

Working conditions and physical demands: This role requires a detail-oriented approach in a dynamic environment, with physical activity including lifting, carrying (using proper techniques), bending, reaching, kneeling, and other movements that emphasize good body mechanics. Individuals in the role are required to walk, sit, stand, and climb stairs throughout the day, with some tasks requiring fine hand movements.
Attention Current Employees (Internal Applicants): If you are applying to a unionized position and you are a member of its bargaining unit, please be aware that this posting may remain open beyond the deadline if there are not enough applicants to fill the position(s). If the posting remains open after the initial deadline, VON may close the posting at its' discretion or a rolling deadline equivalent to the posting period specified in your Collective Agreement will be deemed, and each successive period will be treated as a separate posting for purposes of comparing seniority between candidates.
VON Canada is committed to meeting the needs of persons with disabilities and to providing accessibility accommodations for candidates who require them. If you are in need of accessibility support, please visit our website at https://www.von.ca/en/accessibility for further details.
VON Canada is committed to embracing and celebrating equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) as fundamental to living out our values of Respect, Compassion, and Excellence in all that we do.

Skills Required