Driver

Nuffield Health Brentwood; Tiverton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare charity in Tiverton is seeking a Driver for its Sterile Services Unit. The role involves collecting and delivering equipment, maintaining vehicle condition, and ensuring record accuracy. Candidates should hold a full driving license with C1 entitlement, enjoy manual handling, and ideally possess a digital tachograph card. The position offers a competitive salary, benefits like free gym membership, and opportunities for career advancement.

Benefits

Free gym membership

Paid holiday entitlement

Enhanced pay rates

Free onsite parking

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• You must have a full driving license with C1 entitlement.
• Experience with manual handling of heavy transport trolleys is essential.
• A digital tachograph card is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Collect and deliver to customers.
• Maintain vehicles and report faults.
• Keep work environment tidy and identify stock issues.
• Ensure accurate tachograph records.
• Be flexible with working hours.

Skills

Full driving license with C1 entitlement

Manual handling comfort

Knowledge of driver hour legislation

Digital tachograph card

Education

CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence)

Job description

Driver Tiverton HSSU Hub | Sterile Services Unit | Permanent | Full time | Including Weekends

£24,043.50 per annum

37.5 hours per week

Hours over 7pm are paid at 30% extra, and weekends 20% extra. Over time rate is paid at 1.5x | Varied Shift Patterns

Our Hospital Sterile Services Unit (HSSU) transports sterile and disinfected surgical equipment to our local hospital network. If you have a full driving license with a C1 entitlement which allows you to drive rigid vehicles up to 7.5 tons Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) and hold a digital tachograph card, you could enjoy the benefits of joining the UK’s largest Healthcare Charity.

A full Driver Qualification card (CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence) is advantageous but full training is available.

As a Driver on our Tiverton HSSU team, you’re comfortable with manual handling and happy to move transport trolleys weighing upwards of 250kg. As well as a basic knowledge of current driver hour legislation, you ideally hold a driver digital tachograph card. You’ll be a great ambassador for our unit and our customers’ first point of contact.

As a Driver, you will:

• Collect and make deliveries to our customers.
• Keep equipment & delivery vehicles in good working order and report any faults / defects
• Keep a clean, tidy work environment and identify stock issues as they arise
• Maintain accurate tachograph records and documentation
• Be flexible with your working hours (shifts operate between 4am and 9pm, Monday to Friday with varying times on Saturdays.)

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. These include:

Free gym membership & discounted family memberships, full uniform and PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). Paid holiday entitlement with additional paid wellness days. Enhanced pay rates, nighttime rates between 7pm & 7am and overtime rates after 37.5hrs. Free onsite parking, CPC required top up hours provided, no multi drop work (max 5 customers with 7.5-ton vehicle) and driving new Mercedes Benz trucks with tail lifts. There are no requirements for nights away from home. Opportunities for career progression and annual salary reviews.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

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