Job summary
- Main area
- Transport Services
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Other
- Job ref
- 151-DV-41-B
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley Park Hospital
- Town
- Frimley
- Salary
- £23,575 pro-rata Per annum inc. HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Transport Crew
Band 2
Job overview
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***
Main duties of the job
- 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.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Willing to undergo training in advanced manual handling techniques and oxygen delivery within 3 months
- Knowledge of local area and ability to read maps.
- Knowledge of routine vehicle checks / procedure.
- Experience in frontline customer service.
- Full clean driving licence with C1 category.
- Patient Care.
Desirable criteria
- Experience and expertise in advanced manual handling techniques and oxygen delivery
- Knowledge of health & safety issues
- LGV licence
- Advanced driving skills
- Basic First Aid knowledge
- 12 months experience of commercial driving
- Working knowledge of BHS
- Experience of completing journey logs
Experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding of Confidentiality, basic health & safety awareness.
- Numeracy, literacy skills
- Numeracy, literacy skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Friendly disposition.
- Self-motivated and able to work without close supervision.
- High level of concentration required for driving vehicles.
- Able to meet changing needs.
Desirable criteria
- Multi drop deliveries
- Working knowledge of NHS
- Experience of completing journey logs
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Provide input (and audit of) an electronic booking system
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Michele Harris
- Job title
- Discharge Lounge Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 613 6218
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