East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Colchester Hospital is looking for someone who wants to help make a difference to our cancer patients.
We are looking for a driver who has a LGV Class 2 (C) driving license with experience of driving Light Goods Vehicles to drive our Mobile Chemotherapy Unit (MCU) from Colchester Hospital to the agreed daily location. Please ensure you indicate your LGV Class 2 (C) driving license on your application; otherwise, you may not be shortlisted.
This post is part-time, totaling 45 hours over 2 weeks. The current working pattern is: alternate Mondays (7 hours) and 9.5 hours on a Tuesday and Wednesday. These may be subject to change in the future upon the needs of the service.
You will have direct contact with patients while the MCU is at its daily location, including offering refreshments, assisting patients on and off the unit, and ensuring chairs are cleaned between patients.
You will liaise with the nurses and other medical colleagues to ensure continuity and high-quality care is provided to patients during their visit to the MCU.
You will also be responsible for the general maintenance of the vehicle and other legal requirements of drivers in accordance with industry standards and relevant road traffic law.
Main duties of the job
1. Drive the Mobile Chemotherapy Unit (MCU) from Colchester General Hospital to the agreed daily location, ensuring the unit is set up and ready for the treating nurses to start seeing patients.
2. Ensure that the MCU is tidied up and safely returned at the end of the working day to Colchester General Hospital.
3. Conduct daily inspections and ensure compliance with legal requirements of drivers.
4. Maintain direct patient contact while the MCU is at its daily location.
5. Ensure chairs are cleaned between patients and that the unit is cleaned at the end of the day.
6. Offer refreshments to patients while they are receiving treatment.
7. Assist patients on and off the unit and operate the lift when needed.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics, and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals, we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata), and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in the hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role, please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* LGV Class 2 (C) driving License
* Good standard of numeracy and literacy
Experience
* Experience of driving LGV
* Experience of working with the General Public
* Experience of working with Cancer Patients
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum pro rata
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