Transport driver

Job summary

As a vital member of our team operating a 24/7 service you will be providing a safe and professional service, collecting and delivering blood products, equipment and staff to hospitals, blood centres and blood collection sites throughout the country. This could include emergency blue light deliveries. You should also be able to work to tight deadlines and have experience of dealing professionally with members of the public. You will be required to work evenings, weekends, nights and bank holidays on a 24/7 roster. A uniform will be provided, and you will be given an induction, training and development opportunities. You will undertake an extensive induction and training programme, with ongoing assessment, and receive ongoing development to support you in your role and achieving your career ambitions.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will be responsible for driving our vehicles for the collection, transportation and delivery of blood and related products and equipment, including security, daily checks and maintenance of the vehicles in your care. Your responsibilities will include:

• Driving a variety of vehicles up to and including a 7.5 tonne, except in South London (Tooting), Basildon, Lancaster and Southampton where you will be required to drive light goods vehicles up to 3.5 tonne.
• Operating digital hand held devices and complete electronic and paper based records.
• Loading, unloading, assembling and dismantling equipment on a regular basis including heavy objects of up to 20 kgs with and without lifting aids.
• Undertaking, on occasions, emergency Blue Light deliveries, for which training will be provided.
• Using your customer care skills to ensure that our colleagues, donors, hospital staff and members of the public have a positive experience of our organisation.

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you'll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.