Job summary
- Main area
- Corporate
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 242-4885
- Employer
- North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 10 Cumbria Group Workshop S2
- Town
- Workington
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Fleet Driver - Cumbria
Band 3
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are committed to providing services which embrace diversity and which promote equality of opportunity. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet our minimum selection criteria at each stage of the selection process. We will not tolerate discrimination on any of the following: gender, marital status, sexual orientation, race, colour, nationality, religion, age, disability, working pattern, caring responsibilities trade union activity or political beliefs-or any other grounds.
In October 2025 we published our Anti-racist Statement, which sets out our key commitments to becoming an anti-racist organisation. These commitments underpin our recruitment practices and reflect our dedication to creating a diverse, inclusive, and representative workforce.
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of staff from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. We encourage applications from all backgrounds to improve the diversity of our workforce and to better reflect the communities we serve to provide the right care, at the right time, in the right place; every time.
The Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy early if a large number of applications are received.
Due to the volume of applications received for our advertisements, we will only contact those candidates shortlisted for interview via email; we aim to do this within 4 weeks of the closing date. If you do not receive the email, it will be that you have not been shortlisting on this occasion. When applying for this position, it is essential that you read the job description and person specification fully. Please use the supporting information space to demonstrate your ability to undertake this role, drawing on your skills, knowledge and experience.
We also offers a range of excellent benefits including a pension scheme, up to 33 days Annual leave (exclusive of bank holidays), training and development opportunities, access to NHS discounts, Car Lease Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme, NHS Mortgages and Childcare Vouchers.
Job overview
Fleet Driver / Workshop assistant – Fleet Operations
Location –Cumbria
37.5 Hours per week average
Shift allowance applicable (approximately 12.5% USH uplift on top of basic salary)
Basic Salary: £24937 to £26598 per annum (AFC Band 3)
An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced Fleet Driver / workshop assistant to join the team at our Wallasey workshop facility.
The role of NWAS Fleet Driver / workshop assistant is to provide a logistical solution for NWAS vehicles movement around the Trust to meet workshop requirements. Effective personal time management and planning are a key element of the role. On site support at Fleet workshops also sees daily operational requirements including general workshop assistant duties encompassing but not limited to vehicle decommissioning decal removal, general workshop assistance, and associated cleaning duties.
The successful applicant must hold a full UK driving license with full category C1 entitlement.
Main duties of the job
Working in a modern workshop environment, our Fleet Driver / workshop assistant role benefits from significant levels of training, job satisfaction, and an opportunity to progress their current skill sets and CPD whilst being supported by a dedicated management team structure, ensuring our teams have everything available to maximize vehicle throughput, reduced workshop delays and minimal supply chain frustrations.
With over 1185 vehicles across the entire NWAS Fleet, each day offers variety.
Working for our organisation
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides 24 hour, 365 days a year accident and emergency services to those in need of emergency medical treatment and transport.
Our highly skilled staff provide life-saving care to patients in the community and take people to hospital or a place of care if needed.
We also provide non-emergency patient transport services for those patients who require non-emergency transport to and from hospital and who are unable to travel unaided because of their medical condition or clinical need.
Alongside the other emergency services, we also work to ensure the safety of the public and treatment of patients in the event of a major incident.
We also deliver the NHS 111 service in the North West. NHS 111 replaced NHS Direct in 2013. This service was introduced to make it easier for people to access local NHS healthcare services in England. It provides non-emergency medical help fast, and is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Operational requirements for the workshops cover 365 days per year via a rotating shift pattern which attracts an additional salary uplift of approximately 12.5% on top of the basic salary banding.
Further benefits include enrolment into the NHS pension scheme, access to discounted NHS car hire schemes, secure on-site parking facilities, cycle to work scheme, childcare vouchers and much more.
If all of this is of interest, and you wish to learn more, then simply follow our link to the application process.
Person specification
Skills / Competencies
Essential criteria
- Understanding of confidentiality
- Able to communicate across wide demographic boundaries in an appropriate manner
- Good Communication and relationship skill
- Effective team member
- Ability to work with minimum supervision. Able to organise and prioritise own workload and use own initiative to prioritise a busy workload, effectively switch between a range of activities
- Ability to work to strict deadlines
- Flexible and highly motivated
- Project a professional image
- Committed to continuing professional development
- Experience of general upkeep duties and housekeeping
Qualification
Essential criteria
- GCSE grade 4-9 in English literature or Language or equivalent qualifications
- GCSE grade 4-9 in Mathematics or equivalent qualifications
- Full Driving licence including manual vehicles and category C1
- Drivers CPC Qualification
- Good Geographical knowledge.
- Working knowledge of driving legislation
- Knowledge of equipment SOP’s relevant to role
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in the transport, logistics, fleet or motor industry.
- Experience of working with Microsoft packages – Microsoft 365
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Working together – demonstrate collaborative and inclusive working and challenge behaviour that is not inclusive or acceptable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Andy Houghton
- Job title
- Fleet Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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