Driver (Full-time/Part-time) Reading, England
Job description
Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Transport Services are looking for enthusiastic and reliable drivers to join our busy team within the Transport department.
You will be based at the Reading depot, covering runs from Royal Berkshire Hospital and operating throughout the Reading and West Berkshire areas. At times you may also be required to work at other sites in the network. We drive a variety of vehicles and work from depots at Guildford, Reading, Bracknell, Ashford and St Peters, and Cody depot, Farnborough. The department provides services to customers between 06:30 and 23:00, Monday to Friday with the possibility of working additional weekends. Hours will vary to meet the urgent demands of our users.
The responsibilities of the successful applicant will include carrying out efficient and safe transportation of staff, 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.
You will be based at the Reading depot, covering runs from Royal Berkshire Hospital and operating throughout the Reading and West Berkshire areas. At times you may also be required to work at other sites in the network.
The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading’s biggest employer.
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
