O’ Level Jobs – Ambulance Driver – Tindwa Medical and Health Services (TMHS)
Organization: Tindwa Medical and Health Services (TMHS)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: HOD Health and Safety
About US:
Tindwa Medical and Health Services (TMHS) is the professionally leading, experienced Company and we have widest local coverage. Licensed to run medical and health services. We provide the following Services as it may be vital to you, and respond quickly to attend and Serve you. We provide Ambulances Services for all kind of Emergency Medical Support/ Rescue and for various events for 24/7 hrs by using full equipped Ambulances and Air Charters/Helicopters facilitated by qualified and experienced medical personnel and paramedics. Ambulance Services. (Air and surface medical evacuation, first aid training, occupational health, general consultancy, general waste disposal/management, home based care)
Job Summary: The Ambulance Driver is an individual specifically employed for driving ambulances, i.e. vehicles which are used to transport patients to and from hospitals and nursing homes. Ambulance drivers may need to transport seriously injured patients to hospitals or they need to reach accident spots as soon as possible. They are also required to carry non-urgent patients, outpatients etc to hospitals, day centers and alike.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ascertain that the designated ambulance is kept ready at all times, by fueling it on time and checking oil levels and tire pressure.
- Clean and sanitize assigned ambulance from the inside after each haul, by following set sanitation procedures of the facility.
- Make sure that all consumable items such as medication and oxygen, along with emergency management equipment is available and ready to use.
- Take orders from the dispatcher to rush to scenes of emergencies and map out appropriate routes on either conventional maps, or the GPS.
- Carefully but urgently drive the ambulance to the destination, changing routes when necessary
- Assist Paramedic in setting up emergency equipment such as oxygen tanks and defibrillators
- Assist in carrying victims of accidents or unwell people to the awaiting ambulance and gently but securely strap them in
- Drive the ambulance to the designated hospital or facility while keeping the dispatcher aware of the ambulance’s whereabouts.
- Assist in disembarking patients from the ambulance and rushing them to emergency rooms
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold an O’ Level certificate
- Valid Driving License
- Advanced Driving certificate issued by Institute of Transport
- First Aid training certificate will add advantage
- At least three years of experience working as a driver in well recognized facility
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested applicants are required to submit a cover letter with current CV for consideration to uganda@tmhstz.com
Deadline: 24th May 2019
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