Relief Driver

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 now have a vacancy for a Relief Driver to work full time at Salford Royal Hospital.**

We are looking for a dynamic person to help support the Transport Service including monitoring daily schedules, the moving of equipment including samples, notes, stores, pharmacy and any other ad/hoc requests between hospital clinics and sites. This could include transporting patients to home addresses, nursing homes etc. The service runs schedules run will run Monday - Sunday and there is a need to know all schedules to cover if the need arises.

**Applicants will need to be age 25 and over.**

**Main duties of the job**:
To provide a quality service to all patients, visitors and staff throughout the Trust, by carrying out a wide range of duties, including moving and handling, driving and security in a professional manner observing all health and safety and departmental codes of practice and procedures.

You will require previous driving experience and will have to drive a range of commercial fleet vehicles ranging from small ford connect vans, minibuses/ambulance and 3.5t tail lifts.

Previous driving experience

Good geographical knowledge

Manual handling is essential.

People skills

Required to handle heavy object and /or patients.

Basic IT skills

Understanding of the trust values

Required to undertake prolonged concentration.

From time be exposed to unpleasant working conditions or hazards.

Must be very flexible towards hours & duties within the Transport department.

**Working for our organisation**:
**We’re thrilled you’re thinking of joining us**

Salford Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. Salford is the place, which is taking bold, pioneering steps towards delivering a world class, fully integrated care system for adults. Salford Care Organisation is responsible for delivering a range of acute, community and primary care services and specialist services to Greater Manchester and beyond.

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

- full uk driving licence
- Flexible approach to work
- excellent communcation skills

**Desirable criteria**:

- Previous experience in Healthcare communication or associated type work.
- able to plan work
- Understanding of trust values
- able work on their own

**driver**:
**Essential criteria**:

- flexible approch to work
- able to work all shifts within transport schedules

**Desirable criteria**:

- basic literacy skills
- We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

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