Driver (XN02) in Leeds

Are you an experienced driver who would thrive from helping us keep Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust running? Facilities Transport Services is pleased to offer a full time Heavy Goods Vehicle Class C Driver or a Public Service Vehicle Class D Driver position. In this role, you’ll be part of our transport team, helping to deliver a friendly, prompt, and professional service on behalf of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

In this role, you could be supporting our patients by taking samples for urgent testing, taking them home after a stay with us, helping staff move between our sites, or keeping our hospital in great condition by transporting waste. It’s a crucial and varied role which is vital to our patients, staff and visitors in many ways.

Applicants must have good communication skills, a good geographical knowledge of Leeds and Nationwide and must be able to work effectively in a service focused environment. It’s worth noting that there is also a significant manual handling element and collection of bulk items attached to this post.

Please be aware the post will require the applicant to work 37.50hrs a week over rotational shift patterns, which can include weekends and bank holidays. This demand on the transport team is dynamic and fast-paced, so a flexible working attitude is essential to the role.

If you think you have the necessary skills to operate in a dynamic and service-focused environment, then we look forward to hearing from you.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be responsible for undertaking a diverse range of tasks including:

• To drive any of the Trust vehicles we rely on and undertake any duties relevant to the role.
• Services include the movement of patients, staff, food, goods, blood products, clinic notes, post and pharmacy to all wards and departments.
• The role requires flexibility in approach to the duties required as these may alter throughout the course of a workday/week.
• High standards of quality will be expected to be delivered in line with Facilities/LTHT practices and policies.
• The post holder will be expected to have basic knowledge of a number of administrative and operational functions and utilise both facilities and LTHT IT systems in order to complete their job role.
• The nature of the role requires responding to tasks via a defined communication system.
• Adhering to standards and practices in Trust Policy and facilities practices/procedural manuals alongside national initiatives, to ensure that a safe and clean environment is provided for patients.
• To be a point of contact for patients and other visitors to the Trust and provide a warm, friendly and welcoming presence, offering directions, support, and assistance where needed.
• Team members will be expected to operate as part of the Facilities team covering any Trust managed service within the region.

About us

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the largest employers in Leeds, employing over 20,000 staff and providing care to 1.6 million patients every year. The Estates and Facilities team keep the Trust's sites running and manage one of the largest estate portfolios across the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying “at risk” members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Transport Driver
Reports to: Facilities Supervisor
Accountable to: Facilities Manager
Band: 2
Unit/Department: Facilities Transport Operational Services
Location: All Trust managed sites

Job Purpose/Summary

The post holder is a member of the facilities operational team and will be responsible for carrying out any duties commensurate with the grade of post. Services include the movement of patients, staff, food, goods, blood products, clinic notes, post and pharmacy to all wards and departments.

The role requires flexibility in approach to the duties required as these may alter throughout the course of a work day/week. High standards of quality will be expected to be delivered in line with Facilities/LTHT practices and policies.

The post holder will be expected to have basic knowledge of a number of administrative and operational functions and utilise both facilities and LTHT IT systems in order to complete their job role. The nature of the role requires responding to some tasks via a defined communication system.

Adhering to standards and practices in Trust Policy and facilities practices/procedural manuals alongside national initiatives, to ensure that a safe and clean environment is provided for patients.

To be a point of contact for patients and other visitors to the Trust and provide a warm friendly welcome offering directions, support and assistance.

Team members will be expected to operate as part of the Facilities team covering any Trust managed service within the region.

The Leeds Way Values

Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

• Accountable
• Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values. Additionally, the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:

• Maintaining effective communication with patients, colleagues in all working areas.
• Demonstrate the desire to provide a high quality facilities service.
• Display a working knowledge and understanding of service users needs and requirements.
• Ability to follow instructions and make judgements at the time of service delivery.
• Ability to record any information required for facilities services.
• Be flexible and adapt to changes in circumstances which impact on patient care.
• Use tact & diplomacy when occasion arises.
• Be able to organise workload depending upon priorities.
• Be able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team during a serious/major incident.
• Be a positive role model for the Facilities Directorate and wider Trust colleagues.
• To maintain high standards of personal hygiene and appearance at all times whilst on duty.
• To work independently with limited supervision.

West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT)

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients. By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care.

By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change. WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnership’s ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition.

Infection Control

The jobholder must comply at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Infection Control policies, in particular by practising Universal Infection Control Precautions. Hand hygiene must be performed before and after contact with patients and their environment.

Health and Safety / Risk Management

All staff are responsible for working with their colleagues to maintain and improve the quality of services provided to our patients and other service users. This includes complying at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Policies, including Health and Safety policies, in particular by following agreed security and safer working procedures, and reporting incidents using the Trust Incident Reporting system.

Equality and Diversity

The jobholder must comply with all policies and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment and that services are delivered in ways that meet the individual needs of patients and their families. No person whether they are staff, patient or visitor should receive less favourable treatment because of their gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc.

Person SpecificationExperience

• Experience of working within a customer focused environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbally, using a radio, telephone and IT systems.
• Substantial previous driving experience.
• Previous work experience within the NHS.

Skills & Behaviours

• Substantial previous driving experience.
• Display a working knowledge and understanding of service users needs and requirements.
• To be flexible and adapt to changes in circumstances which impact on patient care.

Qualifications

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service records check. Formal Qualification (NVQ, GCSE) Transport NVQ Driver CPC.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.