Job summary
- Main area
- Pathology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 326-7648666-RB
- Employer
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- East Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Redhill Surrey
- Salary
- £24,465 per annum plus high cost allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Transport Driver
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
Based at ESH we have vacancies for full /part time and permanent drivers for our Transport team.
Previous experience desirable, familiar with knowledge of the local areas within Surrey & Sussex.
The role of the drivers are collection of samples from the Hospital delivering and collecting, patients samples, post and medical records to GP surgeries around Sussex & Surrey. Previous experience desirable with familiar knowledge of the local areas within Surrey & Sussex.
Applicants should be flexible and hold a full UK licence.
Main duties of the job
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:
- Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
- National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
- We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight.
Person specification
Criteria
Essential criteria
- Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
- A complete and accurate application
- Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
- Evidence of essential experience for role
- Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
- Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
- Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
- Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the personal specification
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Roger Mole
- Job title
- Transport Supervisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07815655162
- Additional information
Anne Mbabazi, [email protected]
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