Fleet Driver/Cleaner (2x part time posts, each 15 hours per week)

EMAS Community Response Team; Northampton; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

The East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust in Northampton is recruiting two part-time Fleet Driver/Cleaner roles (15 hours per week) to join the Northampton Fleet Workshop. This NHSAfC Band 2 post combines driving ambulances with workshop cleaning duties on a weekend pattern (two days, Saturday and Sunday).

You will collect and deliver vehicles within the trust, move parts and equipment, maintain a tidy workshop, and support safe and efficient fleet operations in line with EMAS values of

Qualifications

• Full clean driving licence
• Category A old style licence or C1 new style licence
• Able to follow written/verbal instructions
• Experience of cleaning
• Experience working without supervision

Responsibilities

• Carry out driving duties collecting and delivering ambulances within the trust and occasionally beyond.
• Collect and deliver ambulances, vehicle parts, tools and items to support day-to-day service delivery.
• Adhere to trust values and keep vehicles roadworthy when applicable.
• Ensure the workshop is clean and tidy.
• Move parts and medical equipment, with lifting/carrying requirements.
• Follow policies and procedures of EMAS; ensure patient safety and risk management compliance.

Skills

Follow instructions

Full clean driving licence

Self-motivation

Job description

Fleet Driver/Cleaner (2x part time posts, each 15 hours per week)

NHS AfC: Band 2

Main area Driver/Workshop Cleaner Northampton Fleet Workshop Grade NHS AfC: Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 15 hours per week (Two full days Saturday and Sunday) Job ref 335-A-2123

Site Northampton Workshop Town Northampton Salary £25,272 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 01/11/2026 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

The post holder will carry out driving and workshop cleaning duties and will be based at the Fleet Workshop at Northampton.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will collect and deliver vehicles to and from fleet workshops and outside repairers/bodyshops throughout the East Midlands and on occasion repairers further a field. The post holder will support operations and PTS in movements of ambulances.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the workshop is kept tidy, empty bins and ensure scrap metal is put in the skip, the post holder will be required to lift and carry parts in and out of vans and to and from vans to stations, sweep the workshop and any other house keeping tasks necessary to support the smooth running of the workshop.

EMAS NHS Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to improving representation from all sections of the community and well-being of its workforce. We are keen to promote a positive work-life balance wherever possible and have introduced various policies and working practices to support this goal.

At EMAS we believe that our culture should be built upon our core values and that our behaviour should reflect these. Our values 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 – and we have a team of great people, with great values: respect, integrity, contribution, teamwork and competence.

Working for our organisation

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

We have over 70 locations and 800 vehicles, a range of specialist medical devices and 3100 staff supported by 1800 volunteers

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main responsibilities:

To carry out driving duties on behalf of the trust, collecting and delivering ambulances primarily within the trust boundaries but occasionally beyond these.

To collect and deliver Ambulances, vehicle parts, tools and other items as requested to assist in day to day service delivery.

To adhere to trust values.

To ensure cleanliness and roadworthiness of vehicles used within role where appropriate.

To ensure the workshop is kept clean and tidy.

To move parts and medical equipment throughout the trust some lifting and carrying will be required.

The duties and responsibilities of the post will be undertaken in accordance with the policies, procedures and practices of the Trust, which may be amended from time to time.

Patient Safety is a key priority for the Trust. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are fully compliant with EMAS policies and procedures in respect of patient safety, for example Risk Management, Infection Prevention and Control, Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, but to give an indication of the main areas of activity and involvement.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Full clean driving licence
• Category A – old style licence – or categories C1 – new style licence)

Knowledge and Skills

• Able to follow written/verbal instructions and procedures

Experience

• Previous previous work experience in cleaning
• Experience of working without supervision

Personal Attributes

• Willingness and ability to be flexible with both hours and duties
• Demonstrates a thorough & methodical approach to work
• Ability to cover hours

The East Midlands has a lot to offer:

Making a Difference

Action Packed Roles

Support and Belonging

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.