Utility Driver

For more than 55 years, Family Health Centers of San Diego’s (FHCSD) mission has been to provide caring, affordable, high-quality health care and supportive services to everyone, with a special commitment to uninsured, low-income and medically underserved persons.

FHCSD is one of the top 10 largest federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in the country. We operate more than 90 sites across San Diego County, including 29 primary care clinics, 23 behavioral health facilities, 10 physical rehabilitation clinics, nine dental clinics, five vision clinics, four outpatient substance use treatment programs, three mobile medical units, two mobile counseling centers, two urgent care centers, and a pharmacy.

Our staff provides care to over 227,000 patients each year, of whom 91% are low-income and 29% are uninsured. FHCSD provides care to all. Services include, but are not limited to adult care, chronic disease management, pediatrics, comprehensive women’s care including obstetrics, dental, vision, case management, physical rehabilitation, speech therapy for children, vaccinations, infectious diseases, behavioral health, substance use counseling and a host of specialty services including cardiology, podiatry, endocrinology, dermatology, among others.  FHCSD also offers supportive services to those who are unsheltered and in need of intensive case management.   

The breadth of our clinic locations, services and programs has grown over the last five decades, making us the largest community clinic provider of health care to the uninsured in the county and one of the top 10 largest community clinic organizations in the nation. We are also the largest health care safety-net provider, largest school-based health care provider and the largest mental health provider in the San Diego region.

Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) is looking for a Utility Driver. A Utility Driver under the direction of the Manager of Transportation Services, provides transportation and backup support to all departments utilizing company vehicles.

Responsibilities:

• Drive in a safe and timely manner the PACE paratransit vehicles between participants’ homes, PACE Center, and various locations across communities. Aids and secures participants in vehicles in accordance to PACE standards. Follows daily schedules for transporting patients or materials on mapping, routing, and scheduling platforms.
• Operate Supply Chain Services box trucks to deliver materials and equipment to the various locations that we serve. Will be trained and scheduled with a route to ensure that all deliveries of equipment and materials are completed in a safe and timely manner. Operation of liftgate experience required.
• Provide support to Mobile Unit departments, which require delivery of motor homes or similar equipment to specified locations in the community, including set up and break down procedures and working cooperatively with the practitioners and PSR’s.
  • May provide support with registering patients and screening for eligibility for financial assistance programs; enters basic patient data into computer system accurately (“Demographics” updated when appropriate and updates any address/phone # changes); collects specified co-pays and service fees payments and is responsible for assigned petty cash bag.
• Provide support to clinical staff throughout the organization to shuttle to and from remote parking locations, as needed.
• Daily schedule will vary depending on the priority of needs throughout the organization and will be set daily by the transportation department. The ability to be flexible is required.
• Conduct a daily safety inspection of the vehicle to be driven; inspect the interior, exterior, brakes, headlamps, taillights, and report mechanical malfunctions or other problems as required.
• Responsible for daily vehicle cleaning, ensuring routine fueling, checking oil and fluid levels, cleaning windshield and headlamps, and maintaining mobile vehicles in clean and safe operating condition.
• Complete all required documentation accurately, in a timely manner, and thoroughly in accordance with department standards, i.e., vehicle logs and entering patient data into different platforms.
• Support PACE Dispatch Operations by answering phones and providing customer service to our participants and staff that call.
• Support Vehicle Maintenance Operations by dropping off and picking up vehicles from repair shops.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent required.
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the skills, knowledge, and ability to perform the essential job duties, and which meets any required state or federal certification requirements.
• Current American Heart Association Heart saver CPR AED Certification required within 90 days of employment.
• Meet organizational driving requirements.
• CDL/
• Must successfully be enrolled in the DMV pull program and meet organizational driving requirements prior to start date.

Rewards:

• Job type: Regular Full Time
• Competitive Salary with Excellent Benefits
• Retirement Plan with Employer Match
• Paid Time Off, Extended Sick Leave and Paid Holidays
• Medical/Dental/Vision/FSA/Life Insurance
• Employee Discounts and Wellness Programs
• Sponsoring Employer with an Equity Investment Company that can assist you with your down payment for purchasing a home

The successful candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to community medicine and providing culturally competent care to the medically underserved.

We are excited to share that the salary range for this position is:

$21.75 - $27.16

Information on our extensive benefits package can be found here: FHCSD Wellness – Employee Hub (gobenefits.net)

FHCSD provides Equal Employment Opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.