Medical Driver TBT
Northern Rivers Community GatewayThe organisation is looking for volunteers who can help to transport patients to and from local medical centres and sometimes as far as Brisbane. Drivers are required to pick up from homes, drive to schedule to meet appointments, and return patients home afterwards. Reimbursement is provided on a per-kilometre basis for the use of own comprehensively insured car or on a per day basis when organisation's car is used.
Volunteers are given manual handling, safe lifting, communicating with older people and safety awareness training