Fleet Driver

Ambulance Fleet Driver

C1 licence is essential

Band: 2

Location: Southend, Essex

Job Type: Temporary

Duration of booking: This is a temporary ongoing role with no end date specified at this stage

Proposed start date: ASAP

Sector: Healthcare

Working Days and Hours:

Rota basis to provide coverage of 7 days per week including weekends

37.5 hours per week; shift times will be:

6am-2pm

2pm to 10pm (including 30 minute breaks)

Pay Rates:

Monday - Friday: £12.82 paye inclusive of holiday per hour for any hours worked from 6am to 8pm

Saturday/hours worked from 8pm to 10pm: £16.50 paye inclusive of holiday per hour

Sunday/Bank Holidays: £20.50 paye inclusive of holiday per hour

Job Purpose:

Responsible for the safe collection and delivery of Trust vehicles. This is primarily from Trust locations to both Trust workshops and other designated vehicle repairers, although occasionally pickup from other locations is required.

To ensure all vehicles are always driven in a safe and economical manner and in line with Trust policy, bearing in mind that the vehicles are easily identified as belonging to the Trust.

To carryout extended road tests of vehicles during both collection and delivery to ensure the vehicles are ready for use by the trust.

These hours of collection and delivery may be beyond what is recognised as a normal working hour, so flexibility on start and finish times and working days is required.

Responsibilities

* Communicate general information and vehicle specific information to internal and external workshop staff, make ready staff and station managers.

* To deliver and collect Trust vehicles between Trust sites and external sites/agents.

* To undertake extended road tests of vehicles after either a Trust workshop or other vehicle repairer has been undertaken prior to them going back into service.

* To undertake ‘Vehicle Checks’ on each vehicle driven to ensure it has legal tyres, functioning lights, sufficient oil and coolant, and fuel for the journey being completed, in accordance with Trust Policy.

* Able to reactively plan working day based on operational requirements and changes to pre[1]planned work.

* To report any defects that arise during the collection, delivery or road test to either the Trust Workshop Supervisors, Workshop Manager or Fleet Admin team, prior to the vehicle being handed over to the user of that vehicle.

* To represent the Trust and drive in such a manner that reflects the type of vehicle that they will be expected to drive, e.g., an A&E Double Staffed Ambulance (DSA).

* To be responsible for the safe keeping of any fuel card or mobile phone issued to the individual during their period of work and to return such items prior to end of their duty. To report as soon as practicable any loss or theft of such items immediately to the Bank Driver co-ordinator or the Fleet Admin and Compliance Manager.

* To maintain contact with the Bank Driver Co-ordinator or SPOC (Single Point of Contact) to keep them informed of their availability for work.

* To complete records, such as vehicle daily checks, timesheets, etc. These can be both paper based and electronic format.

Qualifications

* The individual must hold a current full and valid driving licence for the following classes C1

* The driving licence can have a maximum of 3 points at the beginning of their employment with the trust. (The individual must report immediately upon an event happening that results in their driving licence being endorsed with additional points or results in them in being banned from driving any vehicle)