Are you passionate about supporting your local community? We have a fantastic opportunity for a SEND Transport Driver to join our Healthcare transportation team based in Sussex.
We have expanded our community service support and created a new division within our already established patient transport business and we are delivering care in the community by transporting Special Educational and Disability Needs (SEND) transport for children to and from healthcare facilities; ie schools and other learning hubs to repatriation and travel to specialist education centres.
Assist children with special educational needs during transport to ensure their safety and well-being.
Driving carefully and considerately to safely drive children to and from their place of education using our vehicles.
Support children in boarding and alighting from the vehicle, providing any necessary physical assistance.
Maintain a calm and positive environment during transport, addressing any behavioural or emotional needs that may arise.
Familiar with the safeguarding policies.
Part time (split shifts) and full time positions available
Example split shifts (these can vary depending on travel time) - 07:45-09:45 and 15:15-17:15
Monday - Friday, term time only
AM and/or PM shifts available
Life Assurance - providing colleagues and their family financial peace of mind and protection to the value of £5,000.
~24/7 online/telephone GP Consultation and access to prescriptions.
~2nd opinion medical support following diagnosis or where a colleague is on a treatment pathway.
~ Cash-plan benefits, providing colleagues the option of protecting themselves in case of illness and recuperation, including dental, optical, chiropody.
~ Access to legal advice on domestic issues e.g. motoring offences, wills and probate, and personal injury.
~ Financial guidance re retirement planning, tax savings and state benefits.
~ Long Service Recognition Scheme - recognising colleagues for their continued service after 5 years and at 5-year intervals with an increase in annual leave.
~ Values-based Internal Recognition Scheme with financial reward, which will lead to an annual recognition event.
~ Refer a Friend recruitment incentive scheme with financial rewards.
~ The EMED foundation, to provide support to colleagues and our local communities.
~ Paid holiday entitlement.
~ Pension Scheme.
~ Uniform provided.
~ EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) to support a range of health and wellbeing requirements.
~ Flu vaccination (through an internal campaign in Autumn/Winter)
You will need a full UK driving licence with no more than three penalty points
Pass a DVLA D4 Medical.
Display a calm, considerate and careful driver behaviour.
An Enhanced DBS check is required for all successful candidates which is fully funded by EMED Group
Collaborative - We work as one team with a shared purpose to meet the needs of our patients, passengers, colleagues, customers, communities, and the planet.
Agile - We listen, learn and adapt to improve the business, each other, and ourselves.
Empowered - We are confident and committed to taking responsibility to deliver the highest quality service.
The exciting merger of ERS Medical and E-Zec Medical has enabled us to rebrand, therefore as a combined business we are now known as EMED Group. We are the largest Patient Transport and Care Partner to the NHS with more than 2,500 colleagues across 50 depots. Our ambition is to continue developing transport services that improve the health and wellbeing for people across our local communities by providing transport that supports patient care, community support, secure mental health and medical courier services.
EMED Group are committed to providing equal opportunities and we endeavour to provide an inclusive and safe working culture for all.
EMED Group are committed to providing services for our patients, service users, clients, and community and is supported by employees with an increasing variety of backgrounds. To do this effectively it is essential that we promote equality and embrace diversity and inclusion and treat all of our employees, patients, service users and clients with dignity and respect.
EMED Group is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination, with our aim being to be truly representative of all sections of society and our clients, and for each employee to feel respected, valued and able to give their best.