Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Transport Driver

The closing date is 11 July 2025

Job summary

Are you a confident driver who wants to make a difference?

Mid and South Essex Hospital Trust are looking to recruit a full time driver to work within the Transport Department, located at Broomfield Hospital. You may on occasion be asked to start from Basildon Hospital, Braintree Community Hospital or St Peters Hospital.

This role is on a fixed term basis, for three days per week working flexibly on the below shifts:

07:00 - 15:00

08:00 - 16:00

09:00 - 17:00

15:00 - 23:00

You will be able to drive a Luton van, with a tail lift around the Essex area on both planned and adhoc routes. This role requires safe manual handling and lifting of items.

Main duties of the job

  • Collect and deliver various medical items on scheduled routes and adhoc routes in the Essex area. This includes but is not exclusive to Specimens, Medication, Patient Records, Post and machinery
  • Collect and deliver sterile services equipment, both clean and dirty
  • Responsible for refuelling vehicles and carrying out basic vehicle mechanical checks, at least once per week, covering oil, fuel, brake fluid, water, tyres, lighting, windscreen wipers/washers, batteries, changing tyres, maintain vehicle in a clean state inside and out and reporting accident damage
  • Drive safely to national legal requirement
  • To deliver training to new starters within the Transport department

About us

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

Details

Date posted

04 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

390-EFM-BR-0829

Job locations

Broomfield

Court Road

Chelmsford

CM1 7ET


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for further details on this post and the person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for further details on this post and the person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Significant qualified driving experience
  • Good level of education
  • Full clean driving licence

Knowledge

Essential

  • Past experience as an employed courier driver
  • Able to identify and correct basic mechanical faults

Communication

Essential

  • Good level of literacy - demonstrated through minimal mistakes on application form
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Significant qualified driving experience
  • Good level of education
  • Full clean driving licence

Knowledge

Essential

  • Past experience as an employed courier driver
  • Able to identify and correct basic mechanical faults

Communication

Essential

  • Good level of literacy - demonstrated through minimal mistakes on application form

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Broomfield

Court Road

Chelmsford

CM1 7ET


Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Broomfield

Court Road

Chelmsford

CM1 7ET


Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Transport Manager

Leanne Lawrence

leanne.lawrence5@nhs.net

01245514560

Details

Date posted

04 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

390-EFM-BR-0829

Job locations

Broomfield

Court Road

Chelmsford

CM1 7ET


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