This ambulance driver post sits within the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service at Barts Health NHS Trust, which moves patients who cannot travel by any other method because of a medical or mobility condition. The work centres on driving patients safely to and from the Trust's hospitals and assessing each patient and their surroundings before transfer. The service runs between patients' homes and North East London hospital sites, and returns them to booked addresses across mainland UK, using cars, wheelchair-accessible ambulances and stretcher vehicles. Visa sponsorship is not available.
What the job involves
- Drive patients safely to and from the Trust's hospitals in comfort and with minimal stress
- Carry out dynamic risk assessments of patients and their environment before non-emergency transfer
- Assess each patient before transporting them
- Move patients using wheelchairs, carry chairs, stretchers and car-suitable transfers
- Drive a range of vehicles, including cars, wheelchair-accessible ambulances and stretcher vehicles
- Transport patients home from Trust sites to booked addresses anywhere in mainland UK
- Work in line with Trust policies, procedures and required levels of competence
- Keep vehicles clean and tidy
- Report vehicle defects and accidents immediately
What’s required
Qualifications
- BTEC, NVQ3 or equivalent education
- Good knowledge of UK geography
Experience
- Previous experience of working in a healthcare setting, including with elderly or infirm patients
- Experience of working in a patient transport environment
- Understanding of Data Protection, Freedom of Information and Caldicott principles
Skills & knowledge
- Work on own initiative, managing own and others' workloads to tight deadlines
- Complete dynamic risk assessments before patient transfer
- Make decisions on difficult and contentious issues
- Plan good and economical routes
- Communicate clearly, verbally, non-verbally and in writing, and listen actively
- Adapt to change and uncertainty and work under pressure
Checks & eligibility
- Clean driving licence
Other
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team
- Sympathetic, empathetic, honest and dependable with patients
- Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values and behaviours
- Self-motivated, responsible and able to deliver objectives on time
Nice to have
- Advanced driving qualifications
- Willingness to undertake training programmes
- Appreciation of the relationship between the CCG, the Patient User Group and clinical groups
- Appreciation of CQC requirements for patient transport services
- Sense of humour
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
