Volunteer Car Driver | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A community health service provider is seeking a Volunteer Car Driver to transport patients to appointments. Candidates should be competent drivers with a caring nature and the ability to assist patients. Experience with elderly or mentally ill patients is advantageous. This position offers reimbursement for travel and subsistence costs while committing to a minimum of 6 months of volunteering.

Benefits

Travel reimbursement

Subsistence allowance

Qualifications

• Must be competent drivers.
• Patient and caring nature is essential.
• Working with elderly mentally ill patients is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Pick up patients and transport them to various appointments.
• Help patients into and out of the car.
• Report accidents or incidents to the Voluntary Services Manager.

Skills

Competent driving

Patience

Caring nature

Job description

Volunteer Car Driver

Details about the placement (what it offers etc): Attend support and supervision sessions (a minimum of 1 session every 3 months). Able to commit to regular hours of volunteering and must be able to volunteer for a minimum of a 6 month period. Must be available to attend training as required for the placement and/or personal development. You will be reimbursed for travel within the boroughs of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich (must provide original receipts if using public transport) and you can also claim for lunch or other subsistence costs (maximum of £5 per day) if your volunteering exceeds 4 hours in a day (please refer to volunteers policy for further details).

Responsibilities

• To pick up patients and transport them to various appointments and therapy groups ensuring punctuality. To be able to help patients into and out of volunteers car. To report any accidents or untoward incidents to the Voluntary Services Manager immediately.
• Transport patients to and from their appointment.
• Keep a record of mileage, patients details & jobs carried out, to submit regularly for expense.
• Behaving at all times in a professional manner.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
• We’re Kind
• We’re
• We Listen
• We Care

Volunteer car drivers need to be competent drivers, be very patient and have a caring nature. Working with elderly mentally ill patients is not essential but would be an advantage.

• Transport patients to and from their appointment
• Keep a record of mileage, patients details & jobs carried out, to submit regularly for expense
• Behaving at all times in a professional manner
• Be confident when communicating with an older person who may have specific difficulties, such as hearing and sight loss

This advert closes on Thursday 2 Oct 2025