Driver - Staff Shuttle Service

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; United States; Remote; USD 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Job summary

NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group is seeking a full-time Staff Shuttle Driver to transport NHS colleagues between ULH hospitals on a structured schedule. The role involves daily vehicle checks, adherence to safety protocols, and accurate record keeping to support reliable service delivery.

You will plan your day, provide delivery and collection services, and maintain vehicle and journey documentation.

Qualifications

• Clean driving licence for up to 7.5 tonne weight.
• Ability to communicate with staff and customers in a courteous and diplomatic manner.
• Ability to work unsupervised and demonstrate initiative.
• Ability to manage time and prioritise tasks.
• Ability to carry out manual handling.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily vehicle checks (oil, fuel, tyres) and keep records of mileage, deliveries and incidents.
• Adhere to health, safety and infection control protocols while transporting NHS colleagues.
• Maintain accurate journey records and vehicle logs in line with Transport Regulations.
• Plan and execute deliveries and collections as per schedules while maintaining timetables.
• Provide safe loading/unloading of goods and ensure patient and staff safety during movements.

Skills

Clean driving licence

Effective communication

Independent working

Time management

Manual handling

Job description

We are recruiting a full-time Staff Shuttle Driver on a 37.5 hour contract, working any 4 days from 7. The role will involve transporting NHS colleagues between the ULHG hospitals on a structured schedule. As an NHS driver, you will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation of our healthcare services.

• Vehicle Maintenance: Performing daily checks, including checking oil, fuel, tyre pressure, and ensuring the vehicle is clean and well-stocked.
• Adhering to Safety Protocols: Following strict health and safety guidelines, including infection control procedures.
• Record Keeping: Maintaining accurate records of deliveries, pick-ups, mileage, and any incidents or issues encountered during their duties.
• Safe and Controlled Driving; Ensuring staff reach their destination in a safe and professional manner, to manage workload to maximise efficiency of deliveries and collections.

The post will require some problem solving to address on site customer enquiries. To achieve and maintain the standard of service as agreed, keeping within timed schedules, and working unsupervised.

Planning of own day to day work tasks. To supply a delivery and collection service as laid down by current schedules. Deliveries and collections will include such items as casenotes and internal post as per scheduled or non-scheduled journeys to provide an efficient service.

To keep documented reports associated with each journey - i.e. vehicle log sheets, mileage, to comply with Transport Regulations. To check the vehicle each day, prior to use, of fuel, oil, water, tyres, lights and keep documented records, i.e. defect reports etc. as required plus any other associated forms, in order to maintain the safety of the driver, vehicle and other road users. Taking the vehicle to hirer for repairs, servicing and MOT's. To keep the vehicle, clean inside and out, to prevent dirt and cross contamination.

To be responsible for the safe loading and unloading of goods, observing associated Health and Safety guidelines, to prevent injury to self and other persons. The moving of case notes between sites as necessary, e.g. distribution and/or emergency movement ensuring that customer daily requirements are met.

To maintain patient safety through rigorous and consistent compliance with Trust Policies, for the prevention and control of infection, including hand hygiene. To undertake appropriate mandatory training and updates in infection prevention and control. There will be a need to communicate with other staff at various levels within the Trust.

To establish good working relationships with all customers to maintain the agreed level of service. The ability to plan and prioritise your day to day work load as appropriate. To keep all relevant parties informed of any changes that may occur outside your agreed schedule.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community.

We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £25.70 (standard disclosure) or £46.70 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

• Clean Driving Licence for use up to 7.5 tonne weight, Ability to demonstrate good driving practice, following road traffic regulations, being aware of all other road users, including pedestrians, to ensure safety of self and others
• Ability to communicate with staff and customers in a courteous and diplomatic manner in order to maintain good working relationships; being an effective team member
• Ability to work unsupervised and demonstrate use of initiative
• Ability to manage time and prioritise tasks
• Ability to carry out manual handling

About the Employer

NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHL Group) was formed on 1 November 2024, born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our communities. We are one of the largest employers in region, with over 18,900 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services that extend to more than two million people in the North West. We operate from five hospital sites: Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside, and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to several elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital provide specialist services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology and respiratory medicine, both in the hospital and out in the community. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single en-suite bedrooms and mainly focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.