Job description
The General Transport Department at SWBH are looking for a Full time GTS driver. The successful candidate must hold a clean UK driving license with a desirable D1 category. the hours are 37.5 per week worked over 5 days Monday to Friday and the earliest start time of 07:30 and the latest finish 18:30 hours. The successful candidate will need to be flexible, reliable, friendly and prepared to work as a team. Full training will be given. Transporting clean/dirty laundry, stock to various hospitals/GP's. Collection or delivery of equipment/notes/confidential letters. Collection of Clinical waste around the West Midlands area. Collection of specimens from various Clinics, GP surgeries & Health Centres. Delivery of Radioactive gases to various Hospitals around the country. Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality. Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities. We have three newly emerging strategic objectives: 1. Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff 2. Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do 3. Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on what the role entails.