Logistics Operative - Driver

NUH; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust in Nottingham is seeking a Logistics Transport Operative to join the Estates & Facilities team. You will drive, check vehicle readiness, collect and deliver goods, and support clinical staff while ensuring patient and staff safety.

Hours are 37.5 per week, rota between 6am and 9pm, including weekends and bank holidays. The role offers permanent, full-time employment with a salary of £25,272 per year and opportunities for development in a large NHS Trust.

Qualifications

• Full driving licence with C1 entitlement.
• Driver CPC card.
• Basic knowledge of vehicle maintenance.
• Experience driving commercial vehicles up to 7.5 tonnes.
• Experience using digital tachographs.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all vehicles are kept defect-free and report faults to the team leader.
• Provide a high-quality transport service to wards and departments.
• Maintain safety and well-being of patients, staff and visitors at all times.
• Carry out daily safety checks and vehicle readiness.
• Collect and deliver linen, medicines and other goods as required.
• Assist with other duties as directed by the team.

Skills

Full driving licence (C1)

Driver CPC

Health & Safety awareness

Induction readiness

Experience driving 7.5t vehicles

Tools

Digital tachographs

Job description

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff

Main area Estates & facilities Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (5 days out of 7) Job ref 164-8268261

Site City Town Nottingham Salary £25,272 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 09/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

The post holder will provide support and assistance to Healthcare Professionals within all areas of the Trust. The role will be to work under the direction of the Logistics Transport Team Leader and are primarily concerned with the movement of goods and services in the most efficient and effective way, using the correct lifting and handling equipment.

The post holder will be responsible for providing a high quality service from designated destinations as directed, maintaining high standards of service delivery and ensuring the safety and well-being of patients, staff and visitors at all times. They will be responsible for ensuring that all vehicles meet the daily demands of this service.

To adopt a caring and friendly manner at all times.

Hours of work are 37.5 per week working between the hours of 6am and 9pm on a rota basis which will include weekends and bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the below summary, you need to familiarise yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring all that all vehicles are kept (defected) checked before you commence with driving -any defects are to be reported to your team leader on shift.

Responsible for providing a high quality transportation service from designated destinations as directed, maintaining high standards of service delivery and ensuring the safety and well-being of patients, staff and visitors at all times. They will be responsible for ensuring the vehicles meet the daily demands of this service.

A basic knowledge of Health & Safety is required in order to correctly complete incident forms and report any untoward incidents to Team Leaders.

Make sure that the trust grounds are clear of any scrap or any unwanted items (furniture).

Roll cages to be collected daily.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Collect soiled linen from all wards and departments and deliver to the designated storage areas for later collection by Transport.

Collect clean linen from the designated storage areas and deliver to all wards and departments including the emergency adhoc linen requests. Put all items in the linen cupboards in a neat and tidy manner.

Undertake specific site cleaning both internally and externally as directed by the Team Leaders, wearing appropriate protective equipment where necessary.

Assist with the delivery of medical gases to the Trust and provide a delivery service following requests from wards and departments.

Distribute pharmaceuticals including the safe transportation and delivery to wards and departments of controlled drugs.

Assist other staff with their duties such as furniture removal etc.

Safe use of equipment used personally; appropriate use of expensive/highly complex equipment e.g. electric vehicles.

To maintain electric vehicles and equipment to defined standards at all times, reporting any defects to the Team Leaders. This will include ensuring that all vehicles are in operational readiness, carry out safety checks including re-charging and topping up of batteries as required.

Radios are to be collected from the Co-ordinators office at the start of every shift, ensuring they are switched on and fully charged.

To adopt a flexible approach in response to operational needs regarding duties and hours of work.

Assist Patient Escort with patient movement as and when required.

Demonstrates own activities to new or less experienced employees – supports induction on new starters.

Undertake any other duties that may reasonably be required as appropriate to the Grade.

Communication

Liaise with clinical staff where appropriate as to the requirements/needs of the department.

Report and relay to appropriate personnel information regarding queries/problems.

Ensure that the communication equipment is fit for daily use, test batteries each day and report any fault to the Team Leader.

Other

Undertakes surveys or audits, as necessary to own work.

Follow departmental policies, comment on proposals for changes in working practices.

Use equipment safely and take a duty of personal of care in relation to equipment.

Demonstrates own duties to new or less experienced employees.

Person specification

Training& Qualifications

• Full Driving Licence with category C1 entitlemen
• Driver Certificate of Professional Competence Card (CPC)
• Basic knowledge of vehicle maintenance
• Able to attend to a full week induction Monday - Friday
• Experience of driving commercial vehicles up to 7.5 tonnes
• Experience in the use of digital tachographs.

Experience

• Significant experience in relation to working in a healthcare setting
• Experience in the safe use of electric vehicles ie., hand held tugs and sit on electric vehicles

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

ID and Right to work checks : NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.