patient transport services driver
Patient transport services drivers transfer disabled, vulnerable and elderly patients to and from health care facilities such as hospitals or social care settings. They drive the ambulance and maintain all the related equipment but under non-emergency circumstances.
Also called: driver in patient transport services, patient transportation services driver, PTS driver, ambulance care assistant, patient transport driver, driver of patient transport vehicle, driver of medical transportation vehicle, medical transport service assistant
- 15
- essential skills
- 10
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
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Essential skills
15- adhere to organisational guidelines
- assist passengers
- complete patient journey records
- comply with legislation related to health care
- drive ambulance under non-emergency conditions
- follow verbal instructions
- follow written instructions
- licences regulation
- local geography
- maintain vehicle appearance
- maintain vehicle service
- mechanical components of vehicles
- operate an emergency communication system
- transfer patients
- transport allocated patients
Optional skills
10- apply numeracy skills
- assist patients with special needs
- assist social service users with physical disabilities
- communicate in foreign languages with health service providers
- empathise with the healthcare user
- first aid
- health care legislation
- older adults' needs
- resuscitation
- use foreign languages in patient care
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