WestCall Out of Hours Driver | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £23,575 per annum, pro rata (incl of HCAS) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 08 May 2024 |
| Location: | Wokingham, RG41 2RE |
| Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6198768/371-CHS440 |
Summary
Are you looking for a new challenge?
Are you passionate about service delivery and delivering exceptional patient care?
Our friendly and experienced team is currently looking to recruit a Driver to support our clinical staff in our GP out of hour’s service.
The post holder will work as part of an out of hours operational team chauffeuring and supporting medical staff to undertake home visits in the effective and efficient delivery of a high quality out of hours service to NHS Berkshire West.
The post will include supporting medical staff to undertake some clinical tasks.
This is an exciting opportunity if you are enthusiastic and well-motivated and wish to join an efficient team working to provide an essential service.
In return we can offer a chance to refine and develop your skills in a fast paced and diverse environment, fully supported by the senior team and the wider organisation.
The successful candidate will as part of their role:
• Drive medical staff to home visits in a safe and timely manner
• Maintain effective communication with dispatching staff
• Ensure all medical bags and equipment are stowed at the beginning of each duty session and assist medical staff with locating bags and equipment
• Follow the service’s operational procedures for checking vehicles before the beginning of each duty session including fuel, water, oil levels. Complete data entries. Handover vehiclesto oncoming drivers with sufficient fuel and in a clean and tidy condition internally
• Work as part of a team supporting and assisting qualified staff with patient care within the Urgent Care setting
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites
The “must haves” for this role:
• Valid manual driving licence
• Flexibility with working hours/days including evenings, nights, weekends, bank holidays andChristmas/Easter festive periods
• Computer literate with an ability to navigate common systems and software including internet and email
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
This advert closes on Monday 15 Apr 2024
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