Driver (Leeds)

**Description**:
**Driver (Leeds)**:
**Job summary**:
Local Care Direct is a non-profit Social Enterprise operating across 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, to provide various primary and urgent health care services across West Yorkshire.

**We have Part-Time positions available for Drivers in the Leeds area working weekends and overnights **driving the Doctor to home visits, or other premises, and for patient transport when required.**

**Hourly Rate**: £11.94 In Hours & £12.94 Out of Hours

(In Hours = Monday to Friday 08.00 to 18.00 & Out of Hours = Monday to Friday 18.00 to 08.00 and all day Saturday Sunday)

**Base Location**:Local Care Direct, Lexicon House, Wilmington Grove, Barrack Street, Leeds, LS7 2BQ

**Available shifts (across a 4 week rolling rota)**:

- Wednesday week 3 23.59-05.59
- Friday weekly 23.59-06.59
- Friday weeks 2&4 23.59-05.59
- Saturday weekly 19.00-00.59
- Saturday weekly 18.00-23.59
- Saturday weeks 3&4 23.59-05.59

**Main duties of the job**:
All Drivers are responsible to the Out of Hours or Duty Team Manager for driving the Duty Doctor to home visits and to other premises, and for patient transport when needed.

You will be required to drive the Duty Doctor to patient homes within the West Yorkshire area. You will support the Duty Doctor with administrative tasks and the control of drugs to enable them to perform their duties satisfactorily.

You will need a driving licence with no more than 3 points, extensive experience of driving in cities and motorways, both day and night time, together with customer service skills to enable you to work in partnership with the Duty Doctor and colleagues to provide the best standard of care to our patients.

**About us**:
**We care about people at Local Care Direct**. Together, we act with kindness & respect, fairness & consistency, and honesty & integrity. Every one of our values is essential, but our impact is greater when we use all of them together.

**Our purpose is to care for people**. Established as a social enterprise in 2004 to deliver health services across West Yorkshire, our aim is to meet the needs and expectations of our patients, and our NHS and social care partners. Over the years, we have developed a broad range of services for patients across Yorkshire and the Humber including: a centralised contact centre, GP out of hours services, Urgent Treatment Centres, walk-in facilities, a dental assessment and booking service, as well as a number of bespoke services for our NHS clients.

**Benefits of working for Local Care Direct**:

- Employee Assistance Programme
- Comprehensive Staff Training programme
- Modern working environment with a positive atmosphere
- **NHS Pensions**:

- NHS Discounts (Blue light card)
- Various hours available in a 24/7 environment
- Support available 24/7
- Health & Wellbeing group to support staff
- Supportive and Friendly teams
- Annual Awards focused on raising money to support a local charity

**Job description**:
**Job Title**: Driver

**Team**:West Yorkshire Urgent Care

**Base Location**: Lexicon House, Leeds

**Line Manager**: Area Manager

**DBS Check Level Required**: Enhanced with adult & child barring check

**Vaccination Requirements**:

- Covid19 double vaccination recommended
- This job has been rated as Medium Risk for requiring Hepatitis B immunisation vaccination is recommended, therefore Post Holders will be offered a Hep B immunisation.
- Flu jab recommended and will be offered.

**Job Purpose**:
All Drivers are responsible to the Area Manager for driving the Duty Doctor to home visits and other premises and for patient transport when needed.

**KEY PRINCIPLES**

1. Drive the Duty Doctor to home visits and other premises as directed by the Duty Controller/Team Manager.

2. Drive the vehicle in a controlled and calm manner, observing local speed limits and prevailing road conditions.

3. Collect patients from their home address and transport to their appointment, or from appointment to their home address.

4. Ensure that all procedures around the checking and safe keeping of drugs are adhered to.

5. Ensure that the protocols around the booking in and out and usage of controlled drugs are adhered to at all times.

6. Maintain Pharmaceutical records as required by the company

7. Assist the Duty Doctor in any tasks he/she believes to be appropriate to your capability.

8. Ensure that the Duty Doctor has all the information and available equipment to fulfil his/her role.

9. Ensure patient confidentiality is adhered to at all times.

10. Ensure rota details are checked prior to duty so that you and the clinician are ready for the start of the shift.

11. Inform the Contact Centre if not ready for start of shift and enter details on the handover report.

12. Maintaining the cleanliness of your Local Care Direct vehicle.

13. Maintaining vehicle records as required by the company.

14. Ensuring the safety and good working order of their allotted Local Care Direct ve