Courier Driver Transport

NHS; Worcester; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Worcestershire is seeking a full-time driver for their transport department. Responsibilities include driving the Trust fleet across hospitals, ensuring safe transportation of sensitive materials, and maintaining vehicle standards. Candidates must possess a full UK driving license and have excellent teamwork skills. A structured training program will be offered.

Qualifications

• Professional and sympathetic approach to people.
• Excellent reasoning skills.
• Basic computer knowledge for online learning.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and collect items from hospitals in the Trust.
• Transport sensitive data and specimens.
• Ensure compliance with legislation during transport.

Skills

Calm under pressure

Teamwork

Good verbal skills

Health & Safety knowledge

Education

Full UK driving licence with 5 years’ experience

Job description

Overview

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.

The role involves driving the Trust fleet to provide services to our hospitals and other NHS organisations throughout Worcestershire and Birmingham. Our fleet comprises 13 vehicles, including one 3.5-ton box van. A full detailed training programme will be provided for the post holder. A supporting document link is available that shows the benefits of working for Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust.

Main duties

The post holder will be part of a transport department team, driving competently and safely one of our fleet vehicles. Responsibilities include daily safety checks, keeping the vehicle clean and tidy, and working under the direction of the Portering Co-ordinator & Transport Supervisor for job allocation. Daily vehicle log sheets, journey forms, and defect reports must be completed. May be required to work across our 3 hospital sites in exceptional circumstances.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local and specialised services to residents of Worcestershire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester. Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centered care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision – working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours underpin our everyday work and remain at the heart of all we do. Our objectives are simple:

• Best services for local people
• Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
• Best use of resources
• Best people

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation, demonstrating our commitment to flexible working within our organisation as a flex-positive employer.

Details

Date posted: 19 September 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 2

Salary: £24,465 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: C9365-25-0834

Job locations:

Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1DD

Kidderminster General Hospital, Bewdley Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 6RJ

The Alexandra Hospital, Woodrow Drive, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 7UB

Job responsibilities

Main responsibilities include delivering and collecting items from our hospitals within Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and other NHS organisations across Worcestershire and Birmingham. This includes transporting patient-sensitive data, specimens (in compliance with legislation), internal and external post, movement of expensive hospital equipment, delivery and collection of time-critical pharmacy products, and transporting theatre instruments between hospital sites.

Person Specification

Qualifications - Essential
Requires a professional and sympathetic approach to people. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations. Able to accept criticism and learn from it. Ability to work within and as part of a team and also independently. Excellent verbal, thinking and reasoning skills. Good understanding of Health & Safety. Basic computer knowledge to complete online learning. Holds a full UK driving licence with 5 years’ experience.

Desirable - Essential

• Confident in driving commercial vehicles up to 3.5T

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A disclosure check will be required by the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB).

Employer details

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address: Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1DD

Note: Website information is provided for reference; no external links are included in this refined description.