Job summary
- Main area
- Facilities
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 269-SFT9419
- Employer
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Salisbury
- Salary
- £24,465 pro rata if part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Courier Driver
Band 2
Job overview
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a full time Courier Driver to join an existing Team. You will be working for the Trust Courier Service transporting post, samples, specimens and healthcare equipment from Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust to GP surgeries, Health Centre's and other NHS Hospitals in the surrounding area.
The Courier Driver will require a flexible attitude and the ability to act as part of a team are an advantage and essential to this role.
The ideal candidate will have some driving experience and hold a group B driving license, experience of working in a multi drop delivery and collection service would be advantageous but full on the job training will be given covering routes, cargo handling etc.
Main duties of the job
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Skill
Essential criteria
- Driving licence essential
Driving experience
Essential criteria
- Has previous undertaking driving as a job
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Justine Baker
- Job title
- Transport, Accommodation & HQ Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01722336262
- Additional information
For more information, please contact Justine Baker, HQ & Accommodation Manager on 01722 336262 ext 5608 or Emma Hunt, Facilities HQ Admin Co-ordinator 01722 336262 ext 3989
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