Mobile Cancer Unit Driver

NHS; Colchester; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Mobile Cancer Unit Driver to support cancer patients by driving the Mobile Chemotherapy Unit. The role involves direct patient contact, ensuring vehicle maintenance, and providing refreshments. This part-time position requires an LGV Class 2 driving license and offers a chance to make a significant impact in patient care.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave (pro rata)

NHS discounts

Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Good standard of numeracy and literacy required.
• Experience of driving LGV and working with cancer patients.

Responsibilities

• Drive the Mobile Chemotherapy Unit from Colchester Hospital to daily locations.
• Assist patients on and off the unit and ensure cleanliness.
• Perform general maintenance of the vehicle.

Skills

Numeracy

Literacy

Patient Care

Education

LGV Class 2 (C) driving License

Job description

Go back East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Mobile Cancer Unit Driver

The closing date is 26 May 2025

Colchester Hospital are looking for someone that wants to help make a difference to our cancer patients.

We are looking for a driver who has a LGV Class 2 (C) driving license with experience of driving Light Goods Vehicles to drive our Mobile Chemotherapy Unit (MCU) from Colchester Hospital to the agreed daily location. Please ensure you indicate your LGV Class 2 (C) driving license on your application otherwise you may not be shortlisted.

In this post you will work part time 45 hours over 2 weeks. The current working pattern is: alternate Mondays (7 hours) and 9.5 hours on a Tuesday and Wednesday. These may be subject to change in the future upon needs of the service.

You will have direct contact with patients whilst the MCU is at its daily location including offering refreshments, assisting patients on and off the unit and ensuring chairs are cleaned between patients.

You will liaise with the nurses and other medical colleagues to ensure continuity and high quality care is given to patients during their visit to the MCU.

You will also be responsible for general maintenance of the vehicle and other legal requirements of drivers in accordance with industry standards and relevant road traffic law.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

To drive the Mobile Chemotherapy Unit (MCU) from Colchester General Hospital to the agreed daily location whereby they will be responsible for setting up the unit so it is ready for the treating nurses to start seeing patients. You will ensure that the MCU is tidied up and safely return it at the end of the working day to the Colchester General Hospital.

You will be responsible for ensuring the general maintenance of the vehicle, daily inspections and other legal requirements of drivers in accordance with industry standards and relevant road traffic law.

The role involves direct patient contact whilst the MCU is at its daily location.

You will be responsible for ensuring the chairs are cleaned between patients and ensure the unit is cleaned at the end of the day.

To ensure refreshments are offered to patients whilst they are receiving treatment.

To assist patients on and off the unit, and to operate the lift when needed.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• LGV Class 2 (C) driving License
• Good standard of numeracy and literacy

Experience

• Experience of driving LGV
• Experience of working with the General Public
• Experience of working with Cancer Patients

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 Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£24,625 to £25,674 a yearper annum pro rata