Renal Dialysis Driver

**Renal Dialysis Driver**

**Location: Lochgilphead, Campbeltown or Oban, Argyll**

**Contract type: Permanent**

**Hours per week: 21hrs per week**
**to be worked on any day between Monday and Sunday.**

**Salary: £18,724 per annum pro rata (£11,234 per annum at 21hrs per week)**

**We’ve got an opportunity**

The British Red Cross are looking for an experienced driver to join our Independent Living team in Lochgilphead, Campbeltown or Oban. This position will suit someone who is compassionate, caring and is able to support people in need at various stages of their life.

As a Renal Driver you will transport patients safely between their home and place of treatment. You will accompany patients to the ward or clinical areas where their treatment will be carried out.

**Say hello to the team**
The Independent Living & Crisis Response service (IL/CR) supports people in the space between hospital and home and responds to the needs of people in crisis following an emergency; maintaining an extensive network of external relationships across health, social care, and emergency services.

**About you**

To be successful in this role you must have following skills and experience:

- Be able to demonstrate an awareness of the safety and wellbeing of passengers
- Understanding of the routine maintenance of vehicles
- An awareness of the road traffic law and health and safety legislation relating to passenger transport
- Manual driving licence (Category D1 is preferred but not essential)
- Aged 21 years or over
- Reasonable level of physical fitness required such that the driver can assist passengers with mobility problems, push wheelchairs up ramps and use moving and handling equipment including (as part of a team) a carry chair to carry / move passengers

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**A little bit more about us...**
The British Red Cross help anyone, anywhere in the UK; get the support they need if crisis strikes. From hiring a wheelchair or dealing with loneliness, to adjusting to life in a new country - we're there when you need us.

Our organisation was born out of a desire to bring help without discrimination. Impartiality and neutrality have been central values for the Red Cross since we started.

At the British Red Cross, we are looking for the best people to help us provide support to millions of people affected by crisis in the UK. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone, regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or disability.

Diversity is something we celebrate and we want you to be able to be yourself at work, and feel you’re in a great position to help us spread the power of kindness.

In the British Red Cross we will not tolerate any form of misconduct, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse. We have a code of conduct in place, and are committed to creating a culture of integrity in the organisation where misconduct is not tolerated, situations of abuse are quickly investigated and perpetrators are dealt with effectively.

As part of its recruitment and selection process the British Red Cross undertakes DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checking of all individuals who regularly work with or have access to children and vulnerable adults.

If driving is an essential requirement of the role, appropriate driver checks will be completed in line with current policy.

The British Red Cross, incorporated by Royal Charter 1908, is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SC037738).

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