Main area Support Services
Grade Salary Ranges: 15,000 - 25,000
Contract: Permanent
Please note that due to insurance restrictions we cannot employ anyone under 25 years old.
Hours: 8 hours per week (part time hours minimum of 8 hours)
Job ref: Urgent Care Driver
Employer: BrisDoc Healthcare Services
Employer type: Private Sector
Site: Unit 21 Osprey Court, Town: Bristol
Salary: £13 - £13.19 per hour
Salary period: Hourly
Closing: 27/03/2025 23:59
Urgent Care Driver
Salary Ranges: 15,000 - 25,000
Job overview
To primarily transport clinicians to the homes of patients in order to provide medical assistance. The post holder will also be responsible for the maintenance of the vehicle during each shift. Drivers must carry out duties in a safe and legal manner ensuring that all vehicles are maintained and driven within current driving regulations and codes, principally the Road Traffic Act and Highway Code.
Main duties of the job
1. Ensuring the car has adequate fuel for the shift. When necessary, re-fuelling the car using the company fuel card.
2. Responsibility for safely loading and unloading the appropriate medical equipment and supplies in the vehicle that may be required by the mobile clinician and driver, whilst adhering to all manual handling guidelines.
3. Completing the drivers check list at the start of each shift ensuring all necessary equipment/supplies are available and functional in the car.
4. Maintaining the cleanliness and general upkeep of the vehicles and reporting any faults immediately to the Shift Manager and completing the fault notification sheet.
5. Driving the clinician to patients’ homes / place of residence safely and within the current road and traffic act regulations noting that this is not an emergency service and speed limits and laws in accordance with the Highway Code must be followed at all times.
6. Accurately recording all call details of visits, returning all Driver Log sheets to base at end of shift.
7. Driving deliveries to other destinations at the request of the Shift Manager. This may include delivering supplies, prescriptions, medication, etc between sites.
Working for our organisation
We run an exciting range of Primary Care Services including the SevernSide Urgent Care Service, GP Practices, and the Homeless Health Service. This enables BrisDoc to offer excellent healthcare 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to over 1 million patients across Bristol, North Somerset & South Glos.
We are a ‘Social Enterprise’ and an ‘Employee-Owned Business’ - this means the decisions we make are for the good of our patients, workforce, and wider community. This involves prioritising the health of our patients, protecting our environment, focusing on equality, diversity, and inclusion, looking after the health & wellbeing of our team, and improving the social and economic status of our population.
We are proud to be an organisation that ‘gives back’. Our BrisDoc ‘Community Fund’ is a staff-led team which works closely with health-based charitable causes, both local and international, to invest time and money to improve lives in disadvantaged communities.
By joining BrisDoc, you will be part of a multi-disciplinary organisation that prides itself on being a fantastic place to work; somewhere that you will feel valued, supported, developed, and part of a family. We strive to make sure every member of the team feels proud of the work they do and the services that we offer.
We look forward to welcoming you to the team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Ensuring the car has adequate fuel for the shift. When necessary, re-fuelling the car using the company fuel card.
2. Responsibility for safely loading and unloading the appropriate medical equipment and supplies in the vehicle that may be required by the mobile clinician and driver, whilst adhering to all manual handling guidelines.
3. Completing the drivers check list at the start of each shift ensuring all necessary equipment/supplies are available and functional in the car.
4. Maintaining the cleanliness and general upkeep of the vehicles and reporting any faults immediately to the Shift Manager and completing the fault notification sheet.
5. Driving the clinician to patients’ homes / place of residence safely and within the current road and traffic act regulations noting that this is not an emergency service and speed limits and laws in accordance with the Highway Code must be followed at all times.
6. Accurately recording all call details of visits, returning all Driver Log sheets to base at end of shift.
7. Driving deliveries to other destinations at the request of the Shift Manager. This may include delivering supplies, prescriptions, medication, etc between sites.
Person specification
Qualifications and Experience
* A good standard of education to GCSE or equivalent.
* Full Driving License with no more than 3 points.
* Experience of working in healthcare / NHS.
* Experience of driving for other employers.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Mrs Amanda Harshaw
Job title: People team Coordinator
Email address: workwithus@brisdoc.org
Telephone number: 01179370900
Additional information: For more information please email workwithus@brisdoc.org
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