CDL Driver

Chiricahua Community Health Centers, Inc.; Douglas (AZ); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization is seeking a CDL Driver to operate and maintain a mobile medical unit. Responsibilities include driving to various locations, setting up the unit for clinical operations, and ensuring its maintenance and cleanliness. Ideal candidates should have a High School Diploma or GED, experience in transportation, a valid Arizona CDL, and the ability to pass drug tests. The position requires flexibility with hours, including weekends.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in transportation services.
• Must be 21 years of age with a current Arizona CDL driver's license.
• Must pass regular drug tests.

Responsibilities

• Drives vehicle to location for medical services.
• Maintains Mobile Medical Unit in clean condition.
• Performs routine vehicle maintenance functions.

Skills

Driving skills

Maintenance skills

Communication (English)

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Job Title: CDL Driver

Reports To: Supervisor, Fleet

Job Summary: Drives, maintains, and sets up mobile medical unit at site where medical services will be provided.

Qualifications And Requirements

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Job duties may be modified at any time based on business needs.

Essential Job Duties

• Drives CCHCI vehicle to location where medical services will be provided, completes set-up, and activates computerized systems on-board prior to start of clinical operations.
• Ensures the Mobile Medical Unit always stays in efficient and clean condition.
• Maintains all vehicle safety and operational checks daily.
• Accurately maintains a maintenance log.
• Performs routine vehicle maintenance functions prior to operation.
• At the end of the clinic session, breaks down the unit and drives the vehicle to the CCHCI garage.
• Periodically dumps waste and arranges for washing and waxing of vehicle.
• Working assigned weekends is required.

Required Minimum Qualifications - Education, Experience, Certificates & Licenses

• High School Diploma or GED.
• 2 years of experience in transportation services.
• Must be 21 years of age and have a current Arizona CDL driver's license and be qualified under company insurance.
• Must complete Driver/Transportation training on an annual basis.
• Must provide a 5-year driving history record check from Motor Vehicles Division.
• Must pass regular drug tests given on a random basis.
• If selected for the position, the applicant will be required to provide a copy of a valid Driver's License and five-year DMV records.
• Valid Fingerprint Clearance Card.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in medical, safety, or related services preferred.

Required Language Skills

• Ability to accurately comprehend and compose instructions, correspondence, and communications in English in both oral and written format.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to frequently exert enough force to move objects weighing 25 pounds or more.
• Ability to frequently move about inside and outside the mobile medical clinic to perform maintenance and set up/break down.
• Ability to traverse short distances indoors and outdoors between work sites.
• Possesses hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to occasionally operate small hand tools, operate a motor vehicle and other machinery.
• Possesses the visual acuity necessary to determine accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of work and to perform visual inspections of facilities and equipment for cleanliness and defects.
• Ability to discern the nature of sounds at a normal spoken volume.
• Ability to bend, stoop, kneel, reach, or otherwise position self to maintain equipment and facilities, including under desks and other narrow work areas.

Other Required Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all measures, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to perform a variety of assignments with or without supervision and occasionally perform a variety of assignments requiring independent judgment.
• Ability to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner.
• Knowledge of all policies and procedures, and applicable state and federal laws regarding vehicle care and transportation services.
• Thorough knowledge of the occupation hazards and corresponding safety precautions necessary for the safe performance of assigned duties.

Work Environment & Conditions

• Work environment is typically outdoors or on board a mobile medical clinic with occasional exposure to communicable diseases and bodily fluids as well as exposure to moving mechanical parts, and some hazardous chemicals.
• Work is frequently performed outdoors with exposure to outside weather conditions to include heat and cold, and humid, windy, and dry conditions.
• Work includes frequent driving in normal and adverse weather conditions over improved and rough road surfaces during day and night.
• Work requires extended hours to include early mornings, evenings, holidays, and weekends and may also include split shifts.