NEPTS Patient Transport Driver-BH

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking motivated Ambulance Drivers for their Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service. In this vital role, you will ensure safe and timely transport for patients with mobility challenges, using specialized equipment to assist them. The organization is committed to excellence in patient care and offers a supportive environment where your contributions will make a significant impact. Join a team that values compassion and professionalism, and help improve the quality of service for patients across the region. This is a permanent position with opportunities for personal growth and development.

Qualifications

• 2 years driving experience and full manual UK driving license required.
• Good knowledge of UK geography is essential.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients safely to and from hospitals ensuring comfort and minimal stress.
• Conduct dynamic risk assessments before patient transfers.

Skills

Driving Experience

Dynamic Risk Assessment

Interpersonal Skills

Problem Solving

Time Management

Education

BTEC or NVQ3 equivalent

Advanced Driving Qualifications

Job description

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Client:

Barts Health NHS Trust

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Posted:

02.05.2025

Expiry Date:

16.06.2025

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Job overview

*Previous applicants within the last 12 months need not apply

Advert for NEPTS Patient Transport Driver:

We are looking for motivated and experienced Ambulance Drivers to join the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS) at Barts Health.

Our NEPTS is available for patients who cannot travel to or from our hospitals using any other method of transport because of their medical or mobility condition, or because their medical condition would otherwise worsen. All requests for patient transport are assessed on medical need. Transport is only provided for patients coming from their home addresses to North East London NHS Trust locations. Transport is also provided for patients going home from a North East London NHS Trust locations to a booked address stated by the ward or clinic anywhere in the mainland UK.

2 Years driving experience and full manual UK driving license required

Main duties of the job

The NEPTS Ambulance Driver performs a key role in providing a safe transport service for patients requiring transport to and from the Trust’s hospitals ensuring that all patients are transported in a timely manner in comfort and with minimal stress. The Ambulance Driver’s main duties includes transferring patients to and from their vehicle using a variety of equipment based on the patient’s mobility needs (including wheelchairs, carry chairs, stair climbers or stretchers) and ensuring that their vehicles are maintained in a clean and tidy manner, reporting immediately any defects or accidents. The Ambulance Drivers are also responsible for conducting dynamic risk assessments of patients and/or their environment before they are transported in non-emergency situations.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

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Person specification

Qualifications

• BTEC or NVQ3 equivalent education
• Good knowledge of UK geography
• Advanced driving qualifications

Experience

• Previous experience of working in a healthcare setting. Dealing with the elderly or infirm
• Experience of working within a Patient transport environment
• Understanding of Data Protection, Freedom of Information and Caldicott principles.
• Experience of co-ordinating, reviewing and interpreting patient transfer requirements
• Experience in reporting incidents and near misses and ability to share adequate handover information.
• Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the CCG, the Patient User Group and Clinical groups
• Should have an appreciation of CQC requirements as it relates to patient transport services.

Skills

• Able to work on own initiative, organizing and prioritizing own and others workloads to changing and often tight deadlines.
• Ability to complete dynamic risk assessment before patient transfer to ensure safety
• Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be several courses of action.
• Good interpersonal skills, ability to work as a team
• Active listener - Teamwork/individual
• Problem solving - Decisive/assertive
• Ability to plan good and economical routes

Knowledge

• Freedom of Information Act Understanding of Equal Opportunities policies and procedures.
• To develop organizational culture in line with Trust Values and behaviors.
• Ability to prioritize workload, work under pressure and deliver results.
• Adaptability, flexibility and ability to copy with uncertainty and change
• Professional calm and effective manner.
• Experience of dealing with people in difficult and challenging circumstances applying ‘customer care’ skills –

Personality

• Good interpersonal skills
• Able to work on own initiative
• Dependable
• Able to work under pressure
• Be sympathetic to the needs of patients
• Able to work within team framework
• Honest/trustworthy - Selfdisciplined - Flexibility - Adaptability (resourceful) - Approachable - Fair/courteous - Empathetic - Tactful/discreet
• Sense of humor

Motivation

• To improve quality of service
• To be self-motivated
• To deliver agreed objectives on time

Other

• Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values