Transport Coordinator

2 months ago


Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

The Transport Coordinator is a key member of the team that includes the services Lead, Manager, Drivers, and Volunteers.

The Coordinator will provide a high quality, prompt and efficient transport service for the patients and families under the care of Sobell House and Katharine House Hospices and is pivotal in maintaining the transport office systems and administration of processing all transport requests received.

Main duties of the job

The main duties include:

Line management of the employed transport team and volunteer drivers. Maintain the relevant databases capturing staff and volunteer activity and producing reports. Deliver training to volunteers and staff pertinent to the transport role. Assist to recruit and interview volunteers. Ensure all fleet vehicles are kept in good working order.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Transport Coordinator is a key member of the team that includes the services Lead, Manager, Drivers, and Volunteers.

The post holder will provide a high quality, prompt and efficient transport service for the patients and families under the care of Sobell House and Katharine House Hospices.

The post holder is pivotal in maintaining the transport office systems and administration of processing all transport requests received.

The post holder will directly line manage the employed hospice drivers.

The post holder will effectively co-ordinate the staff/volunteer drivers and manage the running and maintenance of hospice fleet vehicles.

The post holder will be expected to maintain the relevant databases used for keeping patient and family information, including capturing, and maintaining staff and volunteer records of activity and producing reports as requested by the service Lead, Manager and Sobell House and Katharine House charities.

The post holder will be expected to have excellent organisational and IT skills, be capable of using own initiative, take responsibility for organising the workload, be able to work both independently and as a team member.

There is an expectation that the post holder will have frequent and direct contact with patients and families, who may have varying levels of distress and anxiety.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

5 GCSEs at grade C/4 or above including English and Maths

Desirable

IT qualifications

Knowledge

Essential

Good standard of computer skills, e. g. microsoft office. Team working Organisational skills

Desirable

Working with volunteers

Practical/intellectual

Essential

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Desirable

Line management experience

Personal attributes

Essential

Sensitive to the needs of patients, relatives and colleagues Professional in approach Working flexibly Demonstrating initiative
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