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USAJOBS · 2 months ago

Motor Vehicle Operator - Patient Transport

Albany, New York, USA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$26.53/hr - $30.93/hr

USAJOBS is part of the Veterans Health Administration, and they are seeking a Motor Vehicle Operator for patient transport. The role involves operating vehicles for transporting patients and materials, ensuring safety and maintenance of the vehicles used.

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No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Perform preventative maintenance on the vehicles they are using

Operate vehicles over a variety of roads including interstate highways, narrow country roads winding grades and in close quarters

Transport workshop materials, food carts, hemodialysis supplies, laboratory specimens, surgical equipment along with very heavy hospital equipment requiring the use of a truck with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 28,000 #'s and a loading capacity of four tons or more with hydraulic type lift gates

Assist patients in wheelchair van

Operate a bus with a capacity of more than 20 passengers when transporting patients, Nursing and Recreation Therapy staff to and from off-station activities

Operate a four-wheel drive dump truck with a gross vehicle weight of 29,500 #'s and weight capacity of four tons, a pickup truck and to assist the snow removal crew during winter clean-up operations or trips to area landfills

Make oral and written trip reports concerning mileage, time spent, and gasoline and oil purchased on assigned trips

He/she reports all deficiencies in operation of vehicles to the Motor Vehicle Operator Foreman

Reports all accidents which occur to assigned vehicle and will complete any forms which may be required at the scene of the accident

Perform other related duties as assigned

Qualification

Vehicle operationPreventative maintenanceHydraulic lift operationSafety complianceDependabilityReliabilityCommunication skills

Required

Must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job

All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment

Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959

Pre-employment physical required

Subject to background/security investigation

Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

Must be able to perform tasks necessitating significant physical efforts such as lifting meal trays, hemodialysis solutions, workshop materials, medical equipment and pushing carts and loaded pallet jacks into and out of cargo type vehicles, up and down stairways and/or ramps as required

Must also be able to lift litter and wheelchair type patients into and out of ambulances, wheelchair vans and/or up and down stairways and/or ramps as required

Must be able to assist non-ambulatory patients into and out of staff vehicles

Will be responsible for lifting up to 125 pounds

The motor vehicle operator is required to work outside and is occasionally exposed to bad weather conditions while loading and unloading food carts, workshop materials, medical equipment, supplies and patients

The operator drives in all types of traffic and weather and is exposed to the possibility of serious accidents

The operator is subject to cuts, bruises, or sprains as a result of accidents while driving and/or loading and unloading cargo and/or medical center related equipment or patients

Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications

Your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume

You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Drive Safely, Interpret Instructions, Specifications (mobile equipment operations), Motor Vehicles, Operate Safely (Non-Motor Vehicle), Reliability And Dependability, Without more than normal supervision, Work Practices

IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week

All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations