Medical Device Engineering Team Driver

Integrated Care System; Alfreton CP; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional emergency service provider in Alfreton is seeking an MDE Driver to transport medical equipment. The role requires a full clean driving license and relevant driving experience. Candidates must demonstrate teamwork, organisational skills, and maintain vehicle cleanliness. This position offers the opportunity to contribute positively to the community by playing a key role in service delivery.

Qualifications

• Full clean driving licence required (minor speeding offences may be considered).
• Good levels of fitness and manual-handling skills.
• Ability to work in a team and maintain initiative.

Responsibilities

• Drive vehicles for collecting and delivering medical equipment.
• Adhere to trust values and ensure vehicle cleanliness.
• Maintain personal development and competency.

Skills

Relevant driving experience

Organisational skills

Job description

Go back East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Medical Device Engineering Team Driver

The closing date is 17 August 2025

An opportunity has arisen for a MDE Driver to join our team at Alfreton

The successful applicant will drive Trust vehicles to collect medical devices and other equipment, vehicles from EMAS sites and 3rd party providers. Contributing to ensuring success of the medical devices team and ensuring the correct and properly maintained equipment is available at all times.

Main duties of the job

With a flexible approach to both hours and duties, applicants must have a full clean driving licence (minor speeding offences may be considered).

The successful applicant will driveTrust vehicles to collect medical devices and other equipment, vehicles from EMAS sites and 3rd party providers.

About us

Working for your 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

Job responsibilities

• To carry out driving duties on behalf of the trust, moving equipment around the trust, primarily within the trust boundaries but occasionally beyond these.
• To collect and deliver parts, tools, medical equipment 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 adopt a flexible approach in response to operational needs regarding duties, base/location and hours of work.
• To maintain a level of fitness in accordance with role and attend any medical assessments to enable the post holder to safely carry out the duties post.
• To keep informed and abreast of current trends and developments within the Trust and nationally.
• To maintain personal development and competency.
• To undertake any other duties as requested.
• Will be responsible for personal professional development continuous.

Person Specification

Experience

• Relevant driving experience
• Organisational skills/experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address

Meadow Lane Ind est, Salcombe Road, Salcombe Court

Meadow Lane Ind est, Salcombe Road, Salcombe Court