OOH Driver
| Posting date: | 12 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £13.85 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £13.85 an hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 March 2026 |
| Location: | London, N12 8LY |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | B0441-26-0007 |
Summary
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday Shifts to cover: 19:00 - 00:00 00:00 - 08:00 Weekend Shifts available: 08:00 - 14:00 14:00 - 20:00 20:00 - 00:00 00:00 - 08:00 Check and ensure that all equipment is functioning before leaving the base. Ensure that the vehicle is roadworthy and complies with relevant legislation. If necessary, carry out simple maintenance on the vehicle such as a tyre change. Complete the relevant forms to report any vehicle defects. Complete the itemised vehicle checklist at the start and end of all shifts ensuring the car log is maintained. As a driver you will be trained to be multi skilled, you will be trained as a PCC receptionist and call centre support the expectation is for all staff to be flexible and move as required to meet the service needs to support with comfort calling or PCC reception support Every driver must clearly understand the patient safety calling, comfort calling, and courtesy calling standard operating procedure and both their responsibility and that of the clinician. The driver must prompt the clinician at the appropriate time to patient safety call, if unable to then the Operations Navigator (SON) must be informed Ensure that the vehicle is left in readiness for the next driver to take over if the driver taking over has not arrived then you need to unload any drugs or prescriptions. Ensure that vehicle and bags are fully equipped, and the car is left with no less than a tank of petrol. Ensure the driver/clinician records on adastra "en-route and clinician arrived". Aware of how to manage a breakdown situation or puncture, who to call and how to report. Assist the clinician in the use of the computer system if necessary. Ensure that all faulty equipment is reported to the line manager All drivers are expected to know the above and be signed off against the receptionist competencies so they can manage the OOH PCC if required To regularly check emails to keep up with relevant role and organisational information. To be aware of the Business Continuity process for the cars and how to operate and implement a manual process as required. To attend at least 50% of the operational team meetings held. All staff mandatory training must be completed and maintained at 100%. To fully understand the Escalation policy All drivers must be aware of how to raise an incident, complaint, concern or compliment. All drivers must be able to guide a new clinician through managing our home visits, you will need to explain the breach timings for urgent, routine. All drivers must be aware of how to access relevant policies and procedures. Access shifts and applies for shifts on rotamaster Bank Drivers Adhere to the sickness and annual leave policy for reporting sickness and requesting annual leave. Any ad hoc tasks and duties as required by the needs of the service.