Part Time Driver Route 2 & Route 6 Band 2

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Boston; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a part-time Driver for Route 2 & Route 6 based at Pilgrim Hospital Boston. The role involves transporting time-critical items to support clinical services, including handling loads and driving diverse vehicles up to 3500kg GVW.

Applicants should have a UK driving licence with minimal points, DCPC, and NHS or customer-service experience. The post requires flexibility and the ability to work with minimal supervision in a healthcare

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence with minimal penalty points.
• Ability to read and understand written instructions and complete delivery paperwork.
• Category C1 entitlement for driving vehicles up to 7500kg MA M.
• Driver CPC qualification and ongoing safety training.
• Health & safety training and first aid qualifications.
• Minimum 3 years driving experience in the UK.
• Experience in customer-facing roles and NHS environments.

Responsibilities

• Move time-critical items to support clinical services, including radioactive material.
• Manually secure loads and load/unload vehicles.
• Drive various vehicle types up to 3500kg GVW including cars and light commercial vehicles.

Skills

UK driving licence with <=3 points

Literacy & numeracy for paperwork

Experience driving vehicles up to 3500

Customer-focused approach

Load/unload experience

Flexible workload handling

Team working

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Customer Care

DCPC (Driver Certificate of Professional Competence)

Health & Safety training

First Aider training

Tools

Category C1 entitlement (up to 7500kg)

NHS transport experience

Job description

Part Time Driver Route 2 & Route 6 Band 2

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trusts' Fleet & Logistics team provides a wide range of non-patient transport services in collaboration with a number of other NHS organisations across the whole of the county. Items transported include, internal courier mail, health records, patient food, pharmacy, stores, diagnostic specimens and medical instruments.

Main duties of the job

This part time driving post based at Pilgrim Hospital Boston will involve the movement of time critical items to support the delivery of clinical services. (including radioactive material). The post holder will be required to manually secure the load, be able to load/unload the vehicle and must be capable and have experience of driving various vehicle types including passengers cars and light commercial vehicles up to 3500kg Gross Vehicle Weight.

About us

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

Qualifications (academic, professional & vocational)

• Full and valid United Kingdom driving licence with no more than 3 penalty endorsement points for a minor motoring offence
• Able to demonstrate literacy and numeracy skills sufficient to complete paperwork relating to delivery and collections and comprehension skills sufficient to be able to read and understand written instructions
• Category C1 driving entitlement for driving vehicles up to 7500kg Maximum Authorised Mass (MAM)
• Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (DCPC)
• Health & Safety qualifications and/or training
• NVQ Level 2, or above, in Customer Care
• First Aider training
• Able to demonstrate previous experience in a customer based organisation
• Minimum of 3 years driving experience in the United Kingdom
• Vocational driving experience in a previous job role
• Experience of working with vehicles, drivers or in a transport environment
• Previous experience of working for the NHS
• Able to demonstrate previous experience in a customer based organisation

Evidence of particular: - knowledge - skills - aptitudes

• Demonstrate a flexible approach to changes in workload, duties, and priorities
• Able to demonstrate good knowledge and a keen interest or aptitude for driving and vehicle related issues
• The ability to react quickly and sensitively to a wide range of differing needs
• Able to demonstrate the ability to use initiative to resolve problems
• Able to demonstrate the ability to work with minimum supervision
• Able to demonstrate a high standard of interpersonal skills
• Able to demonstrated a positive approach to team working
• Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda.
• Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework: ?Patient Centred ?Safety ?Compassion Respect and Excellence
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of moving and handling techniques

Specific Requirements

• Able to demonstrate good driving skills and a satisfactory driving safety record
• Able to demonstrate a commitment to customer care.
• Able to demonstrate a flexible approach to changes in workload/duties/priorities
• Able to demonstrate the ability to react quickly and sensitively to a wide range of differing needs
• Demonstrate a basic understanding and awareness of road transport regulations and legislation i.e. construction and use regulations, corporate manslaughter act, carriage of dangerous goods, health & safety law etc.

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.

£25,272 a yearper annum, £9,097 pro rata