Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

Kirinyaga County borders Nyeri County, Murang’a County and Embu County.It covers an area of 1,478.1 square kilometers. The county lies between 1,158 metres and 5,380 metres above sea level in the South and at the Peak of Mt. Kenya respectively. Mt. Kenya which lies on the northern side greatly influences the landscape of the county as well as other ...

Responsibilities or duties

• Driving ambulances and other hospital vehicles as authorized for referral of patients, transportation of medical personnel, drugs, medical supplies and equipment;
• Providing first-line emergency support in patient evacuation, loading and offloading patients with care;
• Ensuring strict adherence to traffic laws, Highway Code and County fleet management policy;
• Maintaining cleanliness and performing daily routine checks on the vehicle including oil, water, tyre pressure, brakes, lights and ensuring roadworthiness;
• Detecting and reporting any malfunctioning of the vehicle system and ensuring regular servicing and repair;
• Record mileage at the beginning and at the end of each journey in the log-book provided;
• Submit receipts for all cash spent on fuel and emergency repairs;
• Maintaining work tickets, movement logbooks, fuel cards, service records and ensuring accountability of the vehicle at all times;
• Ensuring the ambulance is well equipped at all times with basic emergency equipment, oxygen and stretcher and is ready for 24-hour emergency response;
• Maintaining confidentiality of patient information during referrals;
• Ensuring infection prevention and control including decontamination of ambulance after infectious cases;
• Any other duty as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

• Be a Kenyan Citizen;
• Have Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) Mean Grade C- or its equivalent;
• Have a valid Class BCE Driving License;
• Have a valid Certificate of Good Conduct from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI);
• A Defensive Driving Certificate from a recognized institution will be an added advantage;
• Certificate in Basic Life Support;
• Training in Fire Safety will be an added advantage;
• Satisfy the requirements of Chapter 6 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010.

Experience needed

• At least five (5) years driving experience;
• Having driving experience as an ambulance driver in a busy hospital will be an added advantage;

• Driving ambulances and other hospital vehicles as authorized for referral of patients, transportation of medical personnel, drugs, medical supplies and equipment;
• Providing first-line emergency support in patient evacuation, loading and offloading patients with care;
• Ensuring strict adherence to traffic laws, Highway Code and County fleet management policy;
• Maintaining cleanliness and performing daily routine checks on the vehicle including oil, water, tyre pressure, brakes, lights and ensuring roadworthiness;
• Detecting and reporting any malfunctioning of the vehicle system and ensuring regular servicing and repair;
• Record mileage at the beginning and at the end of each journey in the log-book provided;
• Submit receipts for all cash spent on fuel and emergency repairs;
• Maintaining work tickets, movement logbooks, fuel cards, service records and ensuring accountability of the vehicle at all times;
• Ensuring the ambulance is well equipped at all times with basic emergency equipment, oxygen and stretcher and is ready for 24-hour emergency response;
• Maintaining confidentiality of patient information during referrals;
• Ensuring infection prevention and control including decontamination of ambulance after infectious cases;
• Any other duty as may be assigned by the supervisor.

• Valid Class BCE Driving License
• Valid Certificate of Good Conduct
• Defensive Driving Certificate (Advantageous)
• Certificate in Basic Life Support
• Training in Fire Safety (Advantageous)

• Kenyan Citizen
• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) Mean Grade C- or its equivalent
• Valid Class BCE Driving License
• Valid Certificate of Good Conduct from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI)
• At least five (5) years driving experience
• A Defensive Driving Certificate from a recognized institution will be an added advantage
• Having driving experience as an ambulance driver in a busy hospital will be an added advantage
• Certificate in Basic Life Support
• Training in Fire Safety will be an added advantage
• Satisfy the requirements of Chapter 6 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010.