PDC Driver

Boots Opticians; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the City of Edinburgh is seeking a Healthcare Logistics Driver to deliver and collect medicines. This role involves building relationships with care homes and ensuring timely deliveries while adhering to safety protocols. Candidates should have at least a year of driving experience and a genuine desire to help people. Full training is provided. Benefits include retirement savings and employee discounts.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year’s driving experience.
• Able to read and interpret delivery routes and instructions.
• Genuine desire to help people and provide legendary care.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and collect medicines from care homes and patients.
• Ensure timely and accurate deliveries while following safety protocols.
• Build great relationships with store teams and other stakeholders.

Skills

Driving experience

Reading delivery routes

Calm under pressure

Customer service

Job description

Overview

Joining us as a Boots Healthcare Logistics Driver (HLD) is a great opportunity. You’ll deliver first class care to those in the community who might otherwise never visit a Boots store. You’ll be part of a unique service that prioritises the patient behind the parcel; this role offers much more than other delivery positions.

What you’ll do

You will report into the Healthcare Logistics Manager and provide outstanding customer care by delivering and collecting medicines from care homes, patients at home, GP surgeries and other Boots stores within an allocated route time. You will help ensure timely and accurate deliveries while following safety protocols. You’ll be provided with a Boots-maintained vehicle and the training and equipment needed to work safely, including a handheld device that provides pre-planned routing and satellite navigation.

• Build great relationships with store teams, care homes and GP surgeries.
• Follow standards, operating policies and health and safety procedures.
• Drive safely and legally.
• Keep your vehicle maintained and clean, reporting any damage or issues.
• Feedback relevant customer comments and concerns and make suggestions on how the operation can be improved.
• Be a proud ambassador for Boots Healthcare Logistics.

What you’ll need to have

These are the essential skills or experience needed to succeed in this role. Full training is provided for this role:

• A minimum of 1 year’s driving experience.
• Able to read and interpret delivery routes and instructions.
• Enjoy following process and working at pace to achieve service levels and targets.
• Physical stamina and capability to work in a manually demanding role with heavy lifting.
• Comfortable using new technology.
• Calm in the face of unexpected changes or challenges.
• Comfortable in new situations and meeting new people.
• A genuine desire to help people and provide legendary care.

Desirable but not essential

These are desirable, not essential, so we would welcome applications from candidates that don’t match this additional criterion.

• Basic numeracy skills
• Experience in a driving role
• Experience in a customer-facing role

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and more
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme

Note: salary estimates on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots. More about rewards can be found at boots.jobs/rewards. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Why Boots

We foster an inclusive working environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, focused on embracing diversity and providing a positive and inclusive environment for all. We aim to change for the better with you.

What’s next?

If your application is successful, you will be invited to attend an in-person interview within the next 14 days. We are open to part-time and job share options during the application process. We can provide reasonable adjustments to support your application and interview. This role requires completing a pre-employment check after an offer and submitting a DBS check. Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

Information about the role

We are looking for drivers who can be flexible to meet customers’ needs. Basic hours will be FT/PT per week, 5 days Monday to Saturday, covering AM, PM and Evening shifts. Typical start/finish times are 8:45–13:00, 13:45–17:00 and 18:00–21:00. You will be on-call for one additional shift per week as needed.