This Motor Vehicle Operator provides transportation for patients traveling to treatment sites within the community and other VA medical centers.

Duties

Major Duties: Operates and performs operator maintenance on one or more motor vehicles including platform trucks, van trucks, stake trucks, dump trucks, or patient transport vehicles, passenger shuttle vans, and cargo vans which typically have an approximate gross vehicle weight of more than 4500 kilograms (10,000 pounds). Operates light duty vehicles such as sedans, mini vans, 8-passenger vans, pickup trucks, and light duty construction utility vehicles. Drives on public roads at controlled speeds to ensure the patient's comfort. Drives passenger shuttle vans over predetermined routes and arrives at and departs from pick up and discharge points at scheduled times. Drives shuttle vans on special runs for meetings and other activities. Adheres to all state, local, and installation traffic laws and ordinances. Maneuvers the vehicle in and out of constricted areas including narrow city streets, and congested parking lots. Drives vehicles equipped with a power take off device for transferring engine, power to special-purpose accessory equipment such as winches, power lift, plows, and spreaders. Performs courier operations requiring transportation of platelets, specimens, and lab samples between local hospitals, State hospitals, and Federal hospitals as well as their affiliated clinics. Completes documentation related to transport such as trip, tickets and fuel consumption. Completes routine maintenance and safety checks on vehicles to be operated. Reports malfunction of vehicle and equipment. Refills vehicles as needed prior to transport. Cleans vehicles both inside and outside. Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:00am to 3:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: May be authorized for highly qualified candidates Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved

Requirements

Qualifications

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: Work involves operation of gasoline, electric and diesel-powered vehicles capable of carrying loads weighing more than thirty pounds. Work involves varying periods of sitting, standing and walking. Working with patients and performing other assigned duties requires bending, stooping, stretching, lifting, balancing, kneeling, and pushing wheelchairs and stretchers. The employee will be required to load the stretcher in the horizontal transport vehicle as necessary. Skill in performing CPR is required. Other facilities management functions will be performed when employee is not assigned to transportation. This may require heavy physical work including but not limited to snow removal and other physical work. Must possess physical stamina and mental alertness for driving and laboring for long periods of time. The employee may need to drive in severe weather conditions. In addition, may be assigned to duties outdoors at all hours - day and night - during extreme weather conditions. In some situations, this is mandatory, i.e., snowstorms and blizzards, if not assigned specifically to transportation activities. The employee is required to wear special protective clothing and equipment (PPE) as warranted to complete their assignments. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, 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 SafelyInterpret Instructions, Specifications (mobile equipment operations)Motor VehiclesReliability And DependabilityWithout more than normal supervisionWork 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. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Manchester VA Medical Center 718 Smyth Road Manchester, NH 03104 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]