Transport Crew | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £23,575 pro-rata Per annum inc. HCAS |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 18 May 2024 |
| Location: | Frimley, GU16 7UJ |
| Company: | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6239766/151-DV-41-B |
Summary
Frimley Park Transport team are looking for a strong, approachable and friendly individual who can work well as part of a very busy team that provides a service to our patients that are too ill, Injured or frail to travel by themselves or with family members.
This position will be 10.00-22.00 Saturdays and Sundays every other weekend. This will be made up of 7.5hrs per shift and the additional hours will be as bank.
**Previous applicants need not apply***
• Transporting non-emergency patients to and from hospital, clinics, or other healthcare facilities.
Working as a double crew member, responsible for either driving the ambulance or supporting the travelling patient.
Regular heavy lifting, using equipment such as wheelchairs, stretchers and carry chairs.
Assisting patients in and out of the ambulance, ensuring their comfort and safety during transportation.
Liaising with healthcare professionals and other staff to ensure a high level of patient care.
Completing patient documentation and reports accurately and in a timely manner.
Maintaining the ambulance equipment and supplies ensuring they are clean and in good working condition.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.
Successful Candidates must have a full, clean C1 manual driving License.
A caring and understanding nature, with a friendly manner.
Previous healthcare experience would be an advantage.
The ability to work in a role that requires regular heavy lifting of patients, as well as exposure to bodily fluids (including urine, faeces, vomit and blood)
A calm and considerate driver with good knowledge of UK road signs and the highway code.
Good Communication skills are essential.
This advert closes on Thursday 2 May 2024
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