Delivery Driver Warehouse Helper - Tuscaloosa, AL Details

Delivery Driver Warehouse Helper - Tuscaloosa, AL

UnitedHealth Group - Tuscaloosa, AL

Employment Type : Full-Time

OptumRx is an empowering place for people with the flexibility to help create change. Innovation is part of the job description. And passion for improving the lives of our customers is a motivating factor in everything we do.

If you're ready to talk about groundbreaking interactions, let's talk about what happens when a firm that touches millions of lives decides to gather results from millions of prescriptions every month and analyze their impact. Let's talk about smart, motivated teams. Let's talk about more effective and affordable healthcare solutions. This is caring. This is great chemistry. This is the way to make a difference. We're doing all this, and more, through a greater dedication to our shared values of integrity, compassion, relationships, innovation and performance. Join us and start doing your life’s best work.SM

This position is 30-35 hours a week Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday – Wednesdays off unless needed. Employees are required to work hours of 12:30pm - 9:00pm. It may be necessary, given business need, to work occasional extra time or overtime. Our office is located at 500 Paul W Bryant Dr East, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401.

What we do defines who we are. Take a deeper look at how we're providing support during this global health crisis and search for a way you can get involved. View our Covid-19 Resources Page at: https://info.uhg.com/

Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform various warehouse duties such as shipping, receiving, picking and packing orders and general warehouse organization and cleaning in accordance with established procedures
• Load, transport and deliver properly packaged medication to scheduled customers in a safe timely manner.
• Required to handle medication and supply deliveries for the infusion pharmacy to cover the branch service area, while accepting add on deliveries required to meet business needs.
• Pre and post trip inspection on a daily basis. Any problems with vehicle is to be brought to manager’s attention.
• Conduct and present yourself in a professional manner at all times.
• Observe and obey all driving and traffic laws. (speed limits, use of cell phones / texting while driving)
• Driver is responsible for routine maintenance on assigned vehicle (oil changes, washing exterior and cleanliness of interior of vehicle.
• Responsible for routine maintenance, cleaning and testing of infusion pumps
• Performs daily vehicle inspection and maintains vehicles in clean and proper working order
• Performs pick up of supplies and equipment at completion of patient therapy and completes appropriate paperwork for returned patient goods
• Maintain a strong knowledge of the branch's geographic area and be able to assess the best routes according to the delivery schedule
• Adhere to all HIPAA and confidentiality codes of ethics

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma / GED (or higher)
• Valid Driver’s License with a clean Driving Record
• Experience with Microsoft Outlook with the ability to check, construct and reply appropriately as well as use the calendar
• Ability to travel up to 80% to Deliver Medical Equipment and Medications
• Ability to work on call 1 week and 1 weekend a month
• You will be provisioned with appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and are required to perform this role with patients and members on site, as this is an essential function of this role
• Employees are required to screen for symptoms using the ProtectWell mobile app, Interactive Voice Response (i.e., entering your symptoms via phone system) or a similar UnitedHealth Group-approved symptom screener prior to entering the work site each day, in order to keep our work sites safe. Employees must comply with any state and local masking orders. In addition, when in a UnitedHealth Group building, employees are expected to wear a mask in areas where physical distancing cannot be attained.

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least 6 months experience within a warehouse environment
• Previous experience in a delivery / driving role
• Experience with Microsoft Excel with the ability to enter data, sort and filter data

Physical and Work Environment:

• Ability to Lift 10 - 25 pounds frequently and up to 60 pounds occasionally

UnitedHealth Group is an essential business. The health and safety of our team members is our highest priority, so we are taking a science driven approach to slowly welcome and transition some of our workforce back to the office with many safety protocols in place. We continue to monitor and assess before we confirm the return of each wave, paying specific attention to geography-specific trends. We have taken steps to ensure the safety of our 325,000 team members and their families, providing them with resources and support as they continue to serve the members, patients and customers who depend on us.

Some of the steps we’ve taken to ensure employee well-being include:

• Launched our ProtectWell app and UnitedCARES program to help ease the burden and stress for our UnitedHealth Group team members and their immediate family affected by COVID-19
• Daily updates from our CEO Dave Wichmann to support and inspire team members during this challenging time
• Onsite social distancing and increased sanitization measures for employees who have been welcomed back to our offices
• Fully cover the COVID-19 healthcare costs for our employees

You can learn more about all we are doing to fight COVID-19 and support impacted communities at: https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/newsroom/addressing-covid.html

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health - related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.SM

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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