Bank Driver

NHS; Bury St Edmunds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Bank Driver in Bury St Edmunds. The role offers flexibility with driving responsibilities for patients and staff, an hourly rate of £12.21, and benefits including free meals and parking. Ideal candidates should have a clean UK driving licence and strong team-working skills. Join the supportive environment at The Chimneys Clinic and help provide essential services to those in need.

Benefits

Free meals

Free parking

Two-week paid induction

Qualifications

• Experience in driving patients and staff to various locations.
• Ability to maintain hospital vehicles in a safe condition.
• Flexibility to work shifts that suit the candidate's lifestyle.

Responsibilities

• Drive patients and staff ensuring safe and timely journeys.
• Maintain vehicles and keep them clean and well-maintained.
• Complete shifts as per the requirements of the unit.

Skills

Safe driving

Team-working

Self-motivation

Caring attitude

Education

Clean full UK driving licence

Job description

This is a temporary Bank Driver role at Elysium Healthcare's The Chimneys Clinic in Bury St Edmunds. The job involves driving patients and staff to various locations, ensuring safe and timely journeys, as well as maintaining the vehicles. The role offers flexibility to work shifts that suit the candidate's lifestyle, with an hourly rate of £12.21 including holiday allowance, and additional benefits such as free meals and parking.

Main duties of the job

The Bank Driver will be responsible for driving patients and staff to different locations, ensuring safe and efficient journeys. They will also be tasked with driving staff and visitors to/from the unit, collecting and delivering consumables or assets for the unit, and maintaining the hospital vehicles in a clean, well-maintained, and safe condition. The successful candidate will have a clean full UK driving licence, a track record of safe driving, strong team-working skills, self-motivation, and a caring and compassionate attitude.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is an established, stable, and agile company with over 8,000 employees, providing a unique approach to the delivery of care across England and Wales. As part of Ramsay Health Care, a global network with a presence in 10 countries and over 86,000 employees, Elysium Healthcare offers opportunities for growth and development.

Job responsibilities

Are you an experienced Driver wanting to control your own rota with flexibility to work the shifts that suit you?

Whether you’re looking for extra shifts to boost your income or a flexible job that fits around your lifestyle, if you’re an experienced Driver you can join our staff bank and after completing a paid two-week induction, you’ll have access to available Driving and on-site escorting shifts at The Chimneys.

There is no minimum number of hours you’re required to work, though it is recommended to work as often as you can to ensure your induction knowledge and familiarity with the service is retained.

Whether your experience is from the NHS or private sector, you can join the maintenance team with an hourly rate that includes a 12.07% uplift to cover annual leave, plus have access to a range of benefits including free meals on duty, free parking and much more.

As a Bank Driver you will be:

• Driving patients and staff to a variety of different locations, ensuring that the journey is completed in a safe and timely manner, using the most efficient route.
• Driving staff and other visitors to/from the unit as required by the Line Manager. Collect and delivers consumables or assets for the Unit during periods of the day when not involved in other activities.
• Ensuring that the Hospital vehicles are cleaned regularly, maintained correctly and safely and that any damage or faults are dealt with immediately.
• Ensuring that vehicles are fuelled at all times and record-keeping is kept up to date and available when requested

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A clean full UK driving licence
• A track record of safe driving
• Strong team-working skills
• A high level of self-motivation and a flexible approach
• A positive attitude and be naturally caring and compassionate

Where you will be working:

Location:New Rd, Rougham, Bury St Edmunds, Bury Saint Edmunds IP30 9LR

You will be working at The Chimneys Clinic, a 12 bedded service providing specialist care that is specifically designed to support women that have a diagnosis of an emerging or personality disorder.

Working alongside the multidisciplinary team at The Chimney’s, you will support with mindful practice, high levels of engagement and think on your feet to create activities to aid the recovery for each young woman within their journey.

The focus of the service is to enable the young women to work on ways to decrease harmful behaviours and replace them with effective strategies to enhance their lives and help them reach their personal life goals.

What you will get:

• Hourly rate of £12.21 (including 12.07% holiday allowance uplift)
• Two-week paid induction
• Free meals and parking
• Mandatory training to ensure you are fully able to do your job at the best of your ability.
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Pension contribution to secure your future (Optional)

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A clean full UK driving licence and a track record of safe driving are required for this role.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.