Driver | 2gether Support Solutions
| Posting date: | 09 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £23,225 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 May 2024 |
| Location: | Margate, CT9 4AN |
| Company: | 2gether Support Solutions |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6161144/6161144QEQM |
Summary
2gether Support Solutions are looking for a Driver to join our team at QEQM Hospital, Margate. This is a permanent, full time position for 37.5 hours per week Mon - Fri.
Are you looking for a role where you can your support local NHS healthcare service? if so, 2Gether Support Solutions are interested in you. As a driver for 2Gether, you will be part of a team delivering a professional transport logistics service on a daily basis throughout east Kent.
Working within the NHS gives you the opportunity to support the delivery of patient care services and improve the quality of lives every day. Whilst also offering long term career opportunities and job security by being part of one of the UKs largest employers.
To provide as part of a team, a hospital transport service, operating between hospital sites and other locations as determined by the Logistics Department.
This will include working in an unsupervised environment driving mini buses, cars and vans, conveying post, pharmacy, pathology and other items as required and directed.
As a wholly-owned subsidiary of one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, 2gether Support Solutions prides itself on the delivery of high-quality facilities, property, procurement and professional services.
We put customer service and quality at the heart of everything we do across all our areas of expertise, including cleaning, catering, portering, security, parking, logistics, laundry, estates, medical engineering and procurement. We work over five East Kent hospitals: William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital in Margate, Buckland Hospital in Dover, Royal Victoria Hospital in Folkestone; and Kent and Canterbury Hospital in Canterbury.
As a new organisation, we are working hard to become an employer of choice by improving pay, and providing opportunities for learning and development in the workplace.
Our Values:
• We pull together as one team to make a difference
• To deliver great support to patients and staff
• We find solutions, care about what we do and you can trust us
• We are proud of our work and know what we are here to do
Our Benefits:
• 25 days annual leave allowance
• The opportunity to buy or sell up to 10 days annual leave each year
• Company Pension
• Training and development opportunities including BICS and functional skills training
• Career progression
• Discount in selected high street retailers
• Onsite childcare facilities at our three acute sites
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme with Health Assured
Key Responsibilities
• The safe conveyance of all items carried in the vehicles, and collection from/delivery to the designated places in a timely fashion
• The safe operation of vehicles, including daily start and end of shift vehicle and equipment checks, making sure the vehicles are road legal and that fluid levels are maintained (i.e. water, fuel, oil, antifreeze, other hydraulic fluids) in order to ensure the safe and effective operation of the vehicles
• Ensuring the vehicles are maintained in a road worthy condition at all times, completing defect report forms and reporting any safety defects immediately
• The maintenance of the necessary records and documents concerned with the operation of the vehicles (including mileage records, fuel issues and any service surveys that may be required)
• Keeping the vehicles clean inside and out
• Operating the vehicles mobile communications system and maintaining contact with line managers and controllers as required
• Working mainly unsupervised, informing the line manager of any accidents or damage occurring to the vehicles, equipment, passengers or contents, however slight
• Carrying out the correct traffic accident procedure
• Reporting of any unusual occurrences or events and of all traffic offences, i.e. speeding, parking etc
• To attend in-service training on specific subjects as required, and including driver training and lifting and back management
• Function as an integrated member of the Logistics Department
• To be aware of the Health and Safety at Work Act and its implications and demands upon the employee
• To be aware of the policies and procedures of the Healthcare Transport Logistics Department
• To wear uniform provided, and to keep it clean and in good repair
• To maintain good discipline and a high professional standard
• Carry out any other reasonable and appropriate duties, of the Healthcare Transport Logistics Department
Knowledge & Skills:
• Physically fit for lifting and carrying duties
• Capable and competent driving skills pertinent to the types of vehicles that may be driven
• Good interpersonal and communications skills, including tact and diplomacy
• Willingness and ability to be flexible and adaptable in the workplace with good time keeping
• Able to work on own initiative, unsupervised, but also to take and act upon instructions
• Working knowledge of the geographical area
• Knowledge of the Health and Safety at Work legislation
Qualifications
• Driver's License with D1 accreditation
This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Apr 2024