Van Driver and Admin Assistant – Sexual Health Screening

NHS; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization in Sheffield is seeking a Van Driver and Admin Assistant to support Sexual Health Screening services. This role includes driving the screening van to designated sites, managing inventory, and assisting with patient registration using NHS systems. Working hours may vary, and successful candidates will enjoy professional development opportunities along with a fixed-term contract.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• GCSE in English and Maths or equivalent experience.
• Full manual driving licence with required categories.
• Previous experience of driving commercial vehicles and public facing roles.

Responsibilities

• Drive screening van to various sites for health services.
• Register patient details and ensure equipment is ready for sessions.
• Provide clerical support and maintain a clean clinical environment.

Skills

Communication

Customer service

Initiative

Education

GCSE at Grade C/4 in English and Maths

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Go back Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Van Driver and Admin Assistant – Sexual Health Screening

The closing date is 09 July 2025

The post holder will be responsible for the collection of the screening van and driving/delivery of the van to agreed sites across Sheffield.They will ensure stock, resources and equipment is maintained for the delivery of each outreach session and secured at the end of each session.They will register patient details using the Inform software and collect screening attendance information.

Main duties of the job

• The collection of the screening van from RHH site and transporting to agreed sites across Sheffield based on the planned screening rota and return to base at the end of the session. Some events may take place outside of office hours.
• Ensure the van is stocked with relevant consumables, resources and equipment to deliver the Sexual health screening service. This will include blood taking consumables and swabbing and PPE equipment.
• The return and secure storage of consumables, resources and equipment at the end of the session.
• Provide clerical support, to Sexual Health Screening team. Responsible for registering patients on the Inform system, recording safeguard information and collecting screening attendance information.
• Support with setting up and clearing away clinical working area prior to and after each clinical activity, and support with cleaning and maintaining safe clinical working environment.
• Collection and delivery of samples to RHH site for processing.

About us

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for a period of 18 months (until 31/03/2027) due to the post being recruited as part of a limited term project within the Trust. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts taking into consideration the requirement for the post to be maintained as a part of the project's implementation and the timescales associated with this.

Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• GCSE at Grade C/4 in English and Maths (or equivalent qualifications) or equivalent experience

Experience

• Previous experience of driving commercial vehicles
• Previous experience of delivery duties using commercial vehicles
• Experience using Electronic Patient Record Systems, Electronic Staff record and other NHS information systems.
• Experience of working in a public facing role.
• Experience of working with administration processes
• Previous experience of reversing large trailers
• Working within a team

Skills and Knowledge

• Knowledge of / experience of using information and/or customer service systems
• Ability to use initiative.
• Professional approach at all times when dealing with a variety of people and situations.
• Good communication and literacy skills
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages including Outlook, Excel and Word.

Personal Qualities

• Full manual driving licence. Licences issued after 1.1.97 will need the following categories in addition to standard licence: B+E, categories C1 and D1
• Flexible attitude to working hours.
• Commitment to undertake all training requirements of the post.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£24,169 a yearpa/pro rata for part time staff