Driver - Laundry

Associated Home Care • Malden, MA

6d • $18 - $19 • Onsite

About The Position

Associated Home Care is a mission-driven organization dedicated to improving the lives of seniors as they age. We are passionate about providing seniors and their families with a comprehensive, vetted, and coordinated in-home service network that is high-touch, tech-enabled, compassionate, and extremely well managed. We are in the exciting and dynamic home healthcare industry, with a large and growing market opportunity as the baby boomers age and the home becomes the epicenter for care.

The Primary Function of this role is to provide supportive services necessary to maintain a disabled or dependent person safely and comfortably within the home setting by transporting food, supplies, materials, laundry, or equipment to clients’ homes.

Requirements

• At least 21 years old.
• Mature, flexible, reliable and dependable.
• Valid Driver’s License for the appropriate state and proof of safe driving record from the appropriate state.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures, and practices regarding highway safety, risk management, and applicable maintenance methods and techniques.
• Ability to operate and drive vehicles, including passenger cars, passenger or courier vans and trucks.
• Ability to perform general vehicular maintenance activities.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience as a delivery driver.
• Sensitive to the needs of others and able to cope in an emergency.
• Able to communicate observations both verbally and in writing.
• Able to carry out and understand directions and instructions.
• Physically and emotionally capable of performing the job.

Responsibilities

• Drives a car, passenger or courier van, or truck for pick-up and delivery of materials, or transportation of staff. NOTE: At no time will the driver transport clients, family members, or any person related to a client in any vehicle under any circumstances.
• Moves materials to/from vehicles and loads and unloads materials into and out of vehicle.
• Ensures compliance with applicable federal and/or state laws, regulations, and/or agency rules, standards and guidelines, etc.
• Detects and eliminates or minimizes safety hazards.
• Inspects vehicle for safety, fuel, oil and water before departure and documents results of inspection.
• Services equipment with fuel, oil and other needs: checks fluid levels, cleans equipment and vehicles externally and internally, replaces bulbs and filters, etc. in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed