Urgent Care Driver & Receptionist

HUC; Taunton; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

HUC is seeking an adaptable driver to transport a doctor on home visits and perform vehicle safety and stock checks. The role may require moving to other bases within the region to support operations, with a minimum weekly commitment of 12 hours averaged over a 4-week cycle.

Responsibilities include accompanying the doctor on visits, maintaining vehicle logs, stocking medical equipment, and acting as receptionist in Out of Hours bases when required.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates empathy and compassion when interacting with patients and colleagues.
• Committed to providing safe, responsive, and person-centred care.
• Willingness to take on additional responsibilities to support team goals.
• Ability to engage positively with a wide range of people and situations.

Responsibilities

• Check the car is safe to use and ensure adequate stock is always ready, e.g. checking lights, tyres, engine oil levels, screen wash, coolant level check (visual only) at the start of the shift; making sure that the vehicle has enough fuel and reporting any faults to the Shift Manager.
• Accompanying the doctor on Home Visits, ensuring security and safety measures are always adhered to.
• Restocking and doing final checks on the vehicle at the end of the shift.
• To report any incidents or vehicle problems during the shift to the Shift Manager.
• To load and unload any vehicle medical equipment into the vehicle safely. Vehicles should be stocked with Defibrillators, nebulisers, 2 x full tanks of Oxygen, tagged consumables bag, PPE and paperwork folder.
• Medicines should be loaded prior to a visit and never left unattended in the vehicle.

Job description

HUC is seeking an adaptable driver to transport a doctor on home visits and perform vehicle safety and stock checks. The role may require moving to other bases within the region to support operations, with a minimum weekly commitment of 12 hours averaged over a 4-week cycle.

Responsibilities include accompanying the doctor on visits, maintaining vehicle logs, stocking medical equipment, and acting as receptionist in Out of Hours bases when required.