Fleet Driver - Alfreton

EMAS Community Response Team; Annesley Woodhouse; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is seeking a Fleet Driver to join the team in Alfreton. The role is part-time, 18.75 hours per week on a three-week rotating shift pattern (07:00–17:00).

You will transport Trust vehicles between stations, workshops and service providers, contributing to frontline operations and patient care across the region. Applicants must hold a full, clean driving licence with Category C1 entitlement and have a minimum of two years driving experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years driving experience.
• Full, clean driving licence with Category C1 entitlement.

Responsibilities

• Safely drive and transport Trust vehicles between stations, workshops and service providers.
• Carry out duties while maintaining vehicle cleanliness and roadworthiness.
• Fulfill duties with flexibility to operational needs and shift patterns.

Skills

2 years driving experience

C1 driving licence

Job description

Main area Fleet Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Job share - 18.75 hours per week (3 Week rota - Week1 Weds-Thurs Week2 Mon-Tues Week3 Thurs-Fri - 0700-1700hrs)

Site Sherwood Park Town Annesley Salary £25,272 pro rata, per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 11/10/2026 23:59

We are East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), an organisation focused on delivering a high standard of emergency and urgent care to our patients across the region.

The East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) provides Emergency, Urgent and Non-Emergency pre-hospital care and transport across six counties (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Rutland and Northamptonshire).

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for aFleet Driverto join our team based inAlfreton.

This is a part time position, working on athree-week rotating shift pattern (07:00–17:00) Week1 Weds-Thurs Week2 Mon-Tues Week3 Thurs-Fri

As a Fleet Driver, you will play avital role in supporting frontline operationsby ensuring Trust vehicles are safely and efficiently transported between Ambulance Stations, Fleet Workshops, and third-party service providers. Your work directly contributes to keeping our fleet operational and available for emergency crews, helping to deliver critical care to patients across the region.

If you're a reliable, safety-conscious driver who takes pride in supporting essential healthcare services, we’d love to hear from you.

Applicants must hold afull, clean driving licence(minor speeding offences may be considered) and possessCategory C1 entitlement on the newer style licence.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for dependable and self-motivated individuals with a flexible approach to both working hours and duties. Applicants must hold a full, clean driving licence(minor speeding offences may be considered) and possessCategory C1 entitlement on the newer style licence.

You should be able to work independently with minimal supervision and demonstrate a high level of reliability. Previous experience in a similar role would be advantageous, particularly within a fleet or logistics environment.

Working for our organisation

EMAS has five values which underpins everything we do; how we deliver our services and how we work with each other. Our values were updated in 2018 to reflect our commitment to encouraging innovation, team and partnership working, and looking outwards as well as inwards.

By living these values and supporting others to do the same, we will help to make sure that EMAS is an organisation we can all be proud of.

• Respect: Respect for our patients and each other
• Integrity: Acting with integrity by doing the right thing for the right reasons
• Contribution: Respecting and valuing everyone's contribution, and encouraging innovation
• Teamwork: Working together, supporting each other, and collaborating with other organisations
• Competence: Continually developing and improving competence

There are many qualities you will need to make a success of being a member of the EMAS team. Some you will learn as your career develops; others are personal skills:

• A willingness to work as a member of a team
• Good levels of fitness and manual-handling skills (for some roles)
• Initiative
• A calm manner even in the most challenging situations
• A willingness to learn and further develop your skills

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Safely carry out driving duties on behalf of the Trust, primarily transporting vehicles within Trust boundaries, with occasional travel beyond as required.
• Collect and deliver parts, tools, medical equipment, and other essential items to support daily service operations.
• Ensure all duties are performed in line with the Trust’s values and standards.
• Maintain the cleanliness and roadworthiness of vehicles used in the role, where appropriate.
• Demonstrate flexibility in response to operational needs, including variations in duties, base location, and working hours.
• Maintain a level of physical fitness appropriate to the role and attend any required medical assessments to ensure fitness for duty.
• Stay informed about current developments and best practices within the Trust and the wider healthcare sector.
• Take responsibility for personal development and maintaining professional competence.
• Undertake any other duties as reasonably requested to support the service.
• Commit to continuous professional development and actively manage your own learning and growth

Person specification

Experience

• Minimum 2 years driving experience
• C1 Driving licence

Experience

• Experience in a similar role

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Accessibility

If you have any accessibility requirements at any point during the recruitment process, then please contact the recruiting manager.

If you haven’t heard back from us within eight weeks of the closing date please consider your application unsuccessful.

Due to the high volume of applications received we are unable to provide updates on the progress of applications and only successful candidates at shortlisting stage will be contacted, regrettably feedback will not be provided. If you are unsuccessful at this stage please refer back to the job description, person specification and advertised requirements for ways to improve your future applications.

Internal candidates applying for vacancies must have completed their probationary period (stated within your contract) at point of application.

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer,committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We actively encourage interest from across our diverse communities. Black and Minority Ethnic staff are currently under-represented within our workforce, and we welcome applications from within these communities.

We are keen to promote a positive work-life balance. We recognise the importance of being able to spend quality time with family and friends and to engage in your own personal interests outside of work, which alongside work helps us to lead healthy and fulfilling lives. We are committed to embedding the NHS People Promise to support colleagues to work flexibly in a way that works for our patients, for us and for you. Many of our staff already work flexibly in many different ways, including job share, part-time or other flexible working patterns. Please talk openly to us at interview about flexible working opportunities. In addition, if a role is advertised as home based, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations, so please talk to us about the options available to you. If it works for our service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

At EMAS we believe that our culture should be built upon our core values and that our behaviour should reflect these. Our values – respect, integrity, contribution, teamwork and compassion - underpin everything we do – how we deliver our services and how we work with each other. We believe that it’s our people who make EMAS what it is.

Our Vision -Respondingto patient needs in the right way,developingour organisation to become outstanding for patients and staff, andcollaboratingto improve wider healthcare.

Please note we reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy if an internal member of staff on our redeployment register expresses an interest and is successful for this vacancy, or if a sufficient number of applications is received.

Please be aware if you are applying for a Frontline role, an Enhanced DBS clearance check will be required, and depending on the nature of other non-patient facing roles this check may also be required if offered a position with EMAS (Al l spent and unspent convictions must declared).

If you are not part of the update service, you will be liable for the payment and this will be deducted from your first months’ salary. The current cost of an enhanced DBS check is £55.38.

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