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Pathology Van Driver
NHS
Chesterfield
On-site
GBP 22,000 - 26,000
Full time
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Job summary
Join the friendly and dedicated team as a Pathology Van Driver at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. This role involves collecting and delivering pathology samples while ensuring timely services and maintaining vehicle standards. Candidates should have a clean driving licence and a good educational background, with training provided to enhance your skills.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Must hold a full clean driving licence.
- Must have a good standard of general education.
- Previous experience of van driving is an advantage.
Responsibilities
- Drive and ensure timely collection/delivery of pathology samples.
- Maintain the upkeep of vehicles and report issues.
- Provide high quality customer service as an ambassador.
Skills
Education
Job description
Go back University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
The closing date is 30 June 2025
An opportunity has arisen for a Pathology Van Driver to join our existing friendly and hardworking team in the Support Services, Van Driver Team on the Chesterfield Site of Derbyshire Pathology.
You should have a good standard of education and hold a Full UK clean driving licence.
Previous experience of van driving and customer service would be an advantage but is not essential as full training will be given.
The hours of this post are 1pm to 5pm predominantly, but you are also required to be flexible regarding the working pattern to cover annual leave and sickness to support the needs of the service.
This is an opportunity to join a friendly, well motivated team and we would encourage you to contact us to discuss this post further.
You would be required to drive for long periods whilst collecting/delivering pathology samples/consumables to a schedule in a timely, professional and friendly manner.
Good communication skills are required to build relationships with colleagues and service users, whilst maintaining confidentiality at all times.
Delivery/collection of internal and external post
Reporting of any issues and documenting the upkeep/maintenance of the Pathology Vehicles, solving any problems and taking the initiative to ensure the vehicles are roadworthy.
To become part of a friendly and conscientious team and work flexibly to provide high quality customer service as an ambassador for Derbyshire Pathology.
Closing date of applications: 30th June 2025
Interview date: 14th July 2025
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
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- Must hold a full clean driving licence
- Must have a good standard of general education
- Willing to attend mandatory and non-mandatory training as required
- Previous experience of driving a van
- To be able to demonstrate the ability to work as part of a team
- To be able to demonstrate good workload management skills
- To be able to demonstrate the ability to act on own initiative
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.
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