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Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Elland; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NEST pension

Sick pay policy

Maternity leave

Job summary

Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions Ltd is recruiting drivers for Transport Services to support Acute and Community Services across Calderdale and Kirklees. You will join the Equipment Loan store team handling transport, deliveries and collections.

Successful candidates will undergo a drivers assessment and must have no more than 6 points on their licence. The role includes duties such as vehicle checks, dispatch of equipment and mail, and occasional cross-site deliveries.

Responsibilities

• First user vehicle checks and transportation of equipment
• Deliver mail throughout the Calderdale area, including Path Lab results/specimens & mail
• Deliver and collect equipment to and from service users homes, clinics and other sites
• Delivery of various daily living aids and equipment

Job description

Driver (Facilities) | Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions Ltd

Company:

CHS are recruiting for a number of Transport Services driver's to complement the current team.

Working to agreed competencies and protocols, the post holder will contribute to providing a high quality transport service to Acute and Community Services and clients throughout the Calderdale and Kirklees area. The post holder will be working under the supervision (not always direct) of the operation's manager. This will involve taking responsibility for an identified and delegated workload.

Work will be carried out both from an Acute setting to a variety of community based settings, e.g. HRI/CRH,Health Centres, Dentists, Opticians, the service users home, residential care or other community venues.

Please note whilst this role is predominantly based within the equipment service, there may be a requirement in the future to work across all Facility services, which include Portering/Linen, Domestics, Catering, Transport/Equipment and other support services .

The successful candidate will join the Equipment Loan store team to include all aspects of transport , deliveries and collections.

Duties include but are not limited to:- first user vehicle checks, transportation of equipment, samples and any other requests deemed suitable as well as completion of relevant tracking forms, general upkeep of the vehicles including cleaning and day to day maintenance of vehicles (oil, water, DEF etc,)

Successful applicants will need to undertake a drivers assessment and have no more than 6 points on their licence.

CHS has recently been voted as top 25 companies to work for in Kirklees.

All staff new to Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions are required to undergo a 6 month probationary period (with the exception of staff on temporary or fixed term contracts for 6 months or less who are subject to separate arrangements).

Pension

• Automatic enrolment into the NEST pension scheme Contributions: 5% from the employee and 3% from the employer.

Sickness

• No pay for first the first working day of absence. During the first year of service: statutory sickness payment only.
• More than 1 year and up to 2 years of service: 4 weeks full pay + 4 weeks half pay.
• Over 2 years: 6 weeks full pay + 6 weeks half pay.

Maternity

• Full pay - 8 weeks (2 months)
• Half pay -18 weeks (4 months) +SMP then:
• SMP only - 13 weeks (3 months)

• To provide transport to and from both hospital sites.
• Deliver mail throughout the Calderdale area, including Path Lab results/specimens & mail.
• To deliver medical and non-medical supplies.
• Deliver & collect equipment to & from service users homes, clinics and other sites.
• Delivery of various daily living aids and equipmennt

This advert closes on Thursday 17 Sep 2026