Transport Driver

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Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Winchester seeks a dedicated Transport Driver to deliver essential goods and provide shuttle services using various vehicles. Candidates must hold a valid B category UK driver's licence, ideally with D1 category, and demonstrate a commitment to high service levels in a healthcare environment. The role requires flexibility in working hours based on 37.5 hours per week, including occasional weekends.

Qualifications

• Full UK Driver Licence with B category for minimum 2 years.
• D1 minibus category desirable.
• Experience in a healthcare environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver pharmaceuticals and medical supplies within Hampshire.
• Provide shuttle transfers for NHS staff.
• Work alone using initiative under guidance.

Skills

Working with the public

Driving

Education

B category UK Driver Licence

D1 category UK Driver Licence

Job description

Employer Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Hampshire County Hospital. Town Winchester Salary £24,169 per annum. Salary period Yearly Closing 24/06/2025 08:00

Transport Driver

NHS AfC: Band 2

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

Job overview

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust employs a dedicated team of B and D1 category drivers providing light goods delivery and staff passenger transport services using a modern fleet of vans and minibuses between major Hampshire hospitals and the wider healthcare community.

Main duties of the job

A full UK Driver Licence with B category entitlement is essential, held for a minimum 2 years. D1 minibus category is also desirable.

The Transport Driver team support the Trust to provide a high level of care to our patients and staff. In this role, transport drivers deliver and collect pharmaceuticals, laboratory specimens, letter post and parcel post within Winchester, Basingstoke, Andover and the surrounding areas between hospitals, local surgeries and medical practitioners. Drivers can also expect to deliver a varied assortment of miscellaneous items such as medical supplies and essential equipment.

Members of the Transport Driver Team also provide NHS staff shuttle transfers between Basingstoke and Winchester using a 16-passenger seat minibus.

Supported by a small team, drivers will receive work instruction and guidance from the Transport Coordinator and work alone using their own initiative, whilst providing a friendly and efficient level of service. Over time, drivers will need to become familiar with numerous collection/delivery routes that extend across Hampshire.

We are looking for staff that can commit to a varied work pattern based on 37.5 hours per week including occasional weekend working (for which an enhanced rate is payable).

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the detailed Job Description attached for more information and advice about this vacancy.

This role is only open to applicants that currently work within an NHS Trust within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System (HIOW ICS).

Person specification

Driver Licence

• B category UK Driver Licence for minimum 2 years.
• D1 category UK Driver Licence
• Professional driver in higher category.

Working with the public.

• Working with the public.
• Working in healthcare environment.

Our commitment to you:

We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

The paperwork:

• HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first – as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
• Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
• All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
• In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
• This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.