Driver

Job Description:

Job Title: Driver (role involves equipment installation and heavy lifting)

Location: Community Equipment Stores , Europa Point, Warrington WA5 7TY

Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday, 8-4pm

Pay: £13.17 per hour

Trust Location: North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM)

We are looking to recruit 2 Drivers to join the Community Equipment Stores team.

This is an excellent opportunity offering both part-time and full-time hours, depending on your availability:

• Part-time: 15 hours per week
• Full-time: 37.5 hours per week
• Contract length: Minimum of 6 months, with the opportunity for ongoing work

The role involves delivering, installing and collecting community equipment from service users' homes and other locations. The position also involves heavy lifting and manual handling, so candidates must be comfortable with the physical requirements of the role.

What you’ll be responsible for:

• Driving trust vehicles in a safe and careful manner
• Work as a two-person team in relation to the delivery, installation, fitting, or dismantling and collection of often heavy/awkward equipment .
• Work as a single person in the delivery and/or collection of equipment appropriate for one person to safely manage independently and provide installation/assembly as is required.
• Undertake a visual risk assessment in the clients’ home.
• Use the route planning facility for the delivery/collection of equipment.
• Communicate with clients and carers in a sensitive and courteous manner both face to face and on the phone.
• Support warehouse duties when needed, such as manning the front desk, acceptance testing, stock control, working in the decontamination area, maintenance checks, completing the pick etc

Requirements for role:

• Full UK drivers licence
• FLT licence is preferred
• Knowledge of ELMS system preferred
• Experience of using hand held devices to support the picking of items in the warehouse.
• Knowledge of fitting hospital equipment would be an advantage

As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits:

• Competitive pay rates- work this week, get paid next week
• Essential support when you need it- 24/7 365 days- call us anytime
• Multi locational- work across neighbouring Trusts
• Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go- access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
• Varied working options to suit your lifestyle- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements
• Training and development opportunities- Keep up with the essentials and more
• Build holiday allowance for every shift you work- your work life balance is important to us
• Stakeholder pension scheme available- a flexible future for you and yours

Who are NHS Professionals?

We specialise in putting people in place to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members.

As an equal opportunities’ organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants form a range of backgrounds to apply.

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By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.

Disclaimer

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