Driver/receptionist - Bedfordshire

3 months ago


Bedford, United Kingdom HUC Full time

Our Bases

Bedford Hospital, Ivel Medical Centre, Biggleswade, Urgent Treatment Centre, Luton Grove View Health Hub, Dunstable and Luton Town Centre Surgery.

**Overall Purpose of the Role**:
The role of the driver is to transport the doctor to home visits quickly and safely and to ensure that the in-car equipment is operational and secure.

The Role of receptionist at the Out of Hours bases involves checking in patients, appointment booking and comfort calling, opening and closing the base and doing stock checks.

As and when the service requires, Drivers may need to move to support another base within the region (a base other than that for which the original shift was booked).

**Principle Responsibilities will Include**:
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.

To always maintain the security of the vehicle, ensuring it is locked and the mobile data unit hidden from view.

To maintain vehicle logs and records as required.

To act as receptionist in Out of Hours base when required.

To use the computerised system for recording confidential data in line with operational policies and procedures.

In addition to the above, the post holder may be required to undertake such duties reasonably commensurate with the post which may include chaperoning patients during clinical examinations.

At HUC you will develop a wide range of skills within a growing urgent and primary care organisation, making a real difference to service development and delivery. If you want to make your professional and personal mark in an organisation that is open to doing things differently, this could be the ideal move for you.

For a full job description and full person specification, along with more details about our organisation, please see attached documentation.



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