Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust employs a dedicated team of B and D1 category drivers providing light goods delivery and staff passenger transport services using a modern fleet of vans and minibuses between major Hampshire hospitals and the wider healthcare community.
A full UK Driver Licence with B category entitlement is essential, held for a minimum 2 years. The Transport Driver team support the Trust to provide a high level of care to our patients and staff. In this role, transport drivers deliver and collect pharmaceuticals, laboratory specimens, letter post and parcel post within Winchester, Basingstoke, Andover and the surrounding areas between hospitals, local surgeries and medical practitioners. Drivers can also expect to deliver a varied assortment of miscellaneous items such as medical supplies and essential equipment.
Members of the Transport Driver Team also provide NHS staff shuttle transfers between Basingstoke and Winchester using a 16-passenger seat minibus.
Supported by a small team, drivers will receive work instruction and guidance from the Transport Coordinator and work alone using their own initiative, whilst providing a friendly and efficient level of service. Over time, drivers will need to become familiar with numerous collection/delivery routes that extend across Hampshire.
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
This role is only open to applicants that currently work within an NHS Trust within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System (HIOW ICS).
Driver Licence
B category UK Driver Licence for minimum 2 years.
D1 category UK Driver Licence
Courier driving experience
Courier or similar, van driving experience
Professional driver in higher category.
We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first - as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
Transport Driver Job Description (PDF, 430.