The primary purpose of this Motor Vehicle Operator position is to transport Veterans within the medical facility and additional locations as assigned. The position is located in Togus, Maine.

Requirements

Qualifications

Applicants must have the ability to do the work of the Motor Vehicle Operator without more than normal supervision. The work includes performing tasks common to motor vehicle operation such as operating and maintaining vehicles; transporting passengers; and following routes and schedules to arrive and depart on time. DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENT: Applicants must possess a current, valid state-issued driver's license. NOTE: We cannot accept photographs, therefore; please do not submit a copy of your license with your application package. If an interview is requested, you will be required to provide a copy of your current, valid state-issued Driver's License. PHYSICAL EFFORT: 1. Work involves operation of gasoline, electric and diesel-powered vehicles capable of carrying loads weighing more than thirty pounds. Involves varying periods of sitting, standing and walking. Working with patients and other assigned duties requires bending, stooping, stretching, lifting, balancing, kneeling, pushing, i.e., wheelchairs and stretchers. The employee will be required to load the stretcher in the horizontal transport vehicle as necessary. Specific duties such as CPR are required. 2. 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. 3. Must possess physical stamina and mental alertness for driving and laboring for long periods of time. WORKING CONDITIONS: Duties are performed at this Medical Center and at other community and VA facilities. Transporting and caring for patients on trips away from the Medical Center grounds requires diplomacy by the employee when meeting the public and skill in patient observation. 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 Togus VA Medical Center 1 VA Center Augusta, ME 04330 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]