Courier Driver Transport

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust; Birmingham, Hawkesley; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Full time

Job summary

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is recruiting a Courier Driver for the Transport team. This full-time role (37.5 hours) involves driving our fleet to hospitals across Worcestershire and Birmingham and handling time-critical items.

You will perform daily vehicle checks, complete journey forms, and work across three sites when required. A full training programme is provided and weekend shifts may be required.

Qualifications

• Basic Maths and English are essential.
• Good communication skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Delivery and collection of items across hospitals and NHS organisations in Worcestershire and Birmingham.
• Secure transport of patient-sensitive data, clinical specimens, internal and external mail, and high-value equipment.
• Delivery and collection of time-critical pharmacy products and theatre instruments.

Skills

Basic Maths

Good communication skills

Job description

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Courier Driver Transport

The closing date is 18 November 2026

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, self- motivated individual to join the Transport team at the Worcestershire Acute NHS Foundation Trust, as a driver for our busy transport department. This is a full time position 37.5 hours Mon-Fri. Working patterns comprise of. 6am-2pm / 2pm-8pm / 8am-4pm / 9am-5pm / 930-1730/. Dependant on shift allocated, Weekend working may be needed.

The role will involve driving the many trust vehicles in our transport fleet to provide the service to our hospitals & other NHS organisations throughout Worcestershire & Birmingham. Our fleet consists of 13 vehicles which include one 3.5 ton box van. A full detailed training programme will be assigned to the post holder. A link has been provided within supporting documents to show the benefits of working for Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust.

Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

The post holder will form part of a team within the transport department driving competently and safely one of our fleet of vehicles. Responsible for daily safety checks on vehicles and that the vehicle is kept in a clean and tidy condition. Accountable to portering Co-ordinator & transport supervisor for allocation of jobs. Be required to complete daily vehicle log sheets, journey forms, defect reports. Required to work across our 3 hospital site in exceptional circumstances.

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a largeacute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acuteservices to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to alarger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services fromthree sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and ourcaring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centredcare. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people towork with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin oureveryday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewiseaccreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible workingwithin our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring aDBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in SupportingInformation section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Job responsibilities

The main responsibilities of the role include the deliveryand collection of items across hospitals within the Worcestershire AcuteHospitals NHS Trust, as well as other NHS organisations in the Worcestershireand Birmingham areas. This includes the secure transport of patient-sensitivedata (medical notes), clinical specimens in accordance with relevantlegislation, internal and external mail, and high-value hospital equipment. Therole also involves the delivery and collection of time-critical pharmacy productsand the transportation of theatre instruments between hospital sites.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Basic Maths & English
• Good communication skills. Electronically or Verbally

Experience

• A good knowledge of transport regulations.
• Experience in driving light commercial vehicles up to 3.5 tonne
• Clean current driving licence
• Working for a Healthcare service

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust