Driver in Preston

Pay: £12.60 per hour. Weekend and overnight enhancements apply.

Hours: Part-Time 20 Hours

Accountable to: BVUTC Operational Specialist

Base: Blackpool Victoria Urgent Treatment Centre Urgent and Emergency Care, Blackpool Victoria Hospital.

Closing Date: 23rd January 2026

Overview of Role: You will be working within the Blackpool Victoria Urgent Treatment Centre team providing a professional and high-quality driving service for the GP Out of Hours Service. You will need to be a minimum twenty-five years old for car insurance purposes. The Service works on a 4 weeks rolling rota. Full training will be given at mutually agreeable times.

Day to Day Duties include, but are not limited to:

• To provide a professional and high-quality driving service for the GP Out of Hours Service
• To follow strict procedures and protocols at all times
• To work with the clinical team and liaise with our other services to support safe and effective service delivery, ensuring patients receive appropriate care in a timely manner
• When necessary, to complete stocktakes of medical equipment
• Using a Patient Record system; experience of Adastra would be an advantage
• To complete routine administration checks when working overnight
• Ensuring full patient confidentiality at all times
• To work individually or as part of a team
• To undertake all relevant training consistent with the requirements of the post
• To be flexible in roles undertaken according to the business need
• To be available especially on the overnight shifts but with flexibility to work during the day when required
• To handle drug stock and replenish when used
• To undertake vehicle checks
• To report any vehicle problems to the appropriate person
• To maintain and attend all mandatory training

Other Criteria:

• A full UK Driving Licence held for a minimum of two years
• Over twenty-five years of age for driving company vehicles

Our key expectations are:

• Self-awareness - Living authentically
• Adaptability - Being ready to adjust depending on the situation
• Openness - What you see is what you get
• Positivity - With a real sense of being able to strive for the impossible
• Generosity of spirit - Everyday should be an opportunity to act with kindness
• Ability to have fun - Taking the role seriously, whilst being yourself

Our Why: To nurture an environment of inspiration, innovation and disruption so that people in our world receive exceptional healthcare for this generation, and the next.

Values: Our organisational culture is very important to us, so it is vital that the successful candidate lives and breathes complimentary values and behaviours. Our behaviours should be in line with our values which form part of our Company DNA:

• Fun: People rarely succeed unless they are having fun. Happiness is healthy!
• Awesome: We aren't here to be average, we're here to be awesome!
• Humble: We're here to make a difference to the lives of others, NOT to see how important we can become
• Brave: We challenge the norm. We have the courage to get the difficult jobs done
• Oompf: We have natural oompf! It's infectious!
• Go-getting: We are intuitive to changing needs and respond quickly which we do with energy, ideas, and positivity

We offer:

• NHS Pension
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Career Development Opportunities
• Attendance Bonus
• Staff Benefit Scheme
• Free Tea & Coffee
• Eye Care Contributions

Disability Confident Employer - As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exemption Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. This will require three forms of valid ID to be produced and verified. The onboarding process is also subject to an Occupational Health check, suitable professional references and eligibility to work in the UK (with the requirement to provide relevant documentation as evidence).

Person Specification:

Qualifications Essential:

• A full UK Driving Licence held for a minimum of two years

Desirable:

• GCSE/O Level English and Maths

Experience Essential:

• Ability to work as a team member and at times in isolation
• Able to exercise initiative in organisation and prioritising
• Effective communication skills both written and oral
• Good literacy and numeracy skills
• Good Interpersonal skills
• Experience of working with IT systems/basic skills (Microsoft)
• Over twenty-five years of age for driving company vehicles
• Experienced, confident driver

Desirable:

• Previous experience of working in an office environment

Personal Qualities Essential:

• Enthusiastic and committed about the role
• Flexible
• Positive and confident disposition
• Commitment to personal and professional development
• Promote the Service with its ever expansion
• Smart appearance at all times
• Professional Conduct at all times

The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. You will be expected to fulfil your mandatory safeguarding training at the level applicable to this role.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.