Job overview

Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Transport Services are looking for an enthusiastic and reliable bank drivers to join our busy team within the Transport department to cover as required.

 You will be based at the Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital depot, covering runs from Ashford and St Peter’s hospitals, but at times may be required to work at other sites in the network. We drive a variety of vehicles and also work from depots at Farnborough, Heatherwood and Wexham, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Royal Berkshire and Cody depot, Farnborough. The department provides services to customers between 06:30 and 20:00, Monday to Friday with the possibility of working additional weekends. Hours will vary to meet the urgent demands of our users, but you must be willing to work some evenings if required.

 The responsibilities of the successful applicant will include carrying out efficient and safe transportation of mail, laboratory samples, pharmacy, medical records and stores between hospital sites and other NHS organisations within the region.

 You should be reliable, have a responsible and flexible attitude with good organisational skills, and be resourceful, honest, with the commitment and ability to work on your own or as part of a team.

 You must have a full clean driving licence.

Main duties of the job

       As part of the Transport team, to carry out all the duties associated with the provision of a comprehensive delivery service, especially to drive delivery vehicles and carry out delivery schedules and complete all relevant paperwork.  Also, ensuring that the vehicles are kept clean, roadworthy, tidy and properly maintained.

 This merged department provides a service for Royal Berkshire Hospital, Frimley Health which includes Heatherwood & Wexham Park Hospitals, Royal Surrey County Hospital and Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals, together with other external organisations.

Working for our organisation

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

This is an exciting time to join our Trust, as we work on the expansion of our theatres at Ashford Hospital and move towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures; with care delivered by dedicated, specialist teams in a modern and well-equipped environment.

 We hope to use this centre to create an environment of learning and to facilitate training of the next generation of our skilled NHS workforce. Our plans are ambitious - why not, come and be a part of our journey.

Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.