Transport Driver

4 weeks ago


Bury, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Group Full time

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
**We are looking to appoint 3 Transport Drivers on a fixed term 12 month contract to carry out a daily scheduled service moving equipment, samples, notes, stores, pharmacy and any other ad-hoc requests between hospital clinics.**

There is a need to move patients to home addresses, nursing homes,and across all NCA sites etc. Schedules will run Monday to Sunday this is based on service requiremants. There is a need to know all schedules to cover if the need arises.

You must have a pleasant manner and be able to communicate with other members of staff and the general public.

You will need to be flexible towards the hours and duties within the Transport Department and be committed to work additional hours to meet contractual requirements. This means working on a rota system covering specific shifts, weekends and bank holidays and the Christmas period.

**Main duties of the job**:
You are required to have previous driving experience and will have to drive a range of commercial fleet vehicles ranging from small Ford Connect vans, minibuses, ambulances and 3.5t tail lifts. Previous driving experience is necessary as is good geographical knowledge. Manual handing is essential and you will be required to handle heavy objects and/or patients.

You must be in possession of a current full clean driving licence and have current DCPC.

You wil have recent experience of driving goods vehicles up to and including 7.5 tonne.

**Working for our organisation**:
Bury Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. Rated as ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, our Fairfield site delivers innovative patient-centred care, and boasts an award winning Stroke centre and Heart Care unit. Supported by our community services in Bury, a mix of professionals from health, social and voluntary sectors, Bury exemplifies the benefits of a joined up approach to health and social care.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Full clean driving licence
- Current DCPC

**Knowledge Skills Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Have proven recent experience of driving goods vehicles up to and including 7.5 tonne
- Must be able to communicate with staff and members of the public
- Must be numerate and literate
- Knowledge of the Greater Manchester area
- Flexible approach to working shifts

**Desirable criteria**:

- Able to plan work daily
- Customer focussed

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