Head of Transport - Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Employer: Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: X98 Building Cody Business Park

Town: Farnborough

Salary: £55,877 – £62,626 per annum incl HCAS (pro rata)

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 21/04/2025 23:59

Head of Transport – Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Band 8a

Job overview

Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS) are looking for an enthusiastic, reliable, and highly flexible individual to fill a part-time job share as Head of Transport based at our Cody Depot at Farnborough.

Keyboard and driving skills are both vital elements of the job.

Main duties of the job

• Support the Head of Transport in running the BSPS transport service, including playing a full role in the strategic corporate leadership of the BSPS transport service and covering the duties of the Head of Transport in their absence.
• Day-to-day leadership of the BSPS Transport team.
• Responsible for setting standards of work within the pathology transport service and ensuring these are promulgated and adhered to.
• Responsible for the recruitment and training of staff across a complex multi-site, multi-Trust business.
• Excellent communication skills to enable the job holder to deal with complex communication issues across a wide range of work areas, dealing with staff at all levels as well as demanding customer interactions.

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.

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

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Post degree level qualification or equivalent work experience.
• Specialist knowledge of transport-related issues including health and safety, COSHH.

Experience

• Managing a multi-site Transport and warehouse operation.
• Management of change; Management of Health and Safety and manual handling issues.
• Team leadership and management experience.
• Experience of COSHH.

Skills & Knowledge

• Dealing with complex facts surrounding the provision of the transport service.
• Ability to deal effectively with challenging situations involving either staff or customers.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Basic First Aid knowledge.

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