Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTIO
JOB TITLE: DRIVER
REPORTS TO: DISPENSARY LEAD
HOURS: 10 hours per week
Monday to Friday (2 hours per day)
Job summary:
To provide a delivery service for the practices
dispensary and other general tasks.
Job responsibilities:
To
provide an efficient and effective delivery service for medications to
patients homes/nursing homes etc.
To
provide a transport service for collection and delivery of sterile items
to the local hospitals (Crawley HSDU).
To
deliver/collect other items that may from time to time be required.
To
Dispensary lead with any other reasonable request.
To
take the daily post to the post box.
Confidentiality:
In
the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to
gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other
matters. They do so in confidence
and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act
appropriately
In
the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the
post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to
patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare
workers. They may also have access to
information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All
such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly
confidential
Information
relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the
business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in
accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to
confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data
Health & safety:
The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their
own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health
& Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice
Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include:
Using personal security systems within the workplace
according to practice guidelines
Identifying the risks involved in work activities and
undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
Making effective use of training to update knowledge
and skills
Using appropriate infection control procedures,
maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
Actively reporting of health and safety hazards and
infection hazards immediately when recognised
Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas
generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards of
cleanliness consistent with the scope of the job holders role
Undertaking periodic infection control training
(minimum annually)
Reporting potential risks identified
Equality and diversity:
The
post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers
and colleagues, to include:
Acting in a way
that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a
way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current
legislation
Respecting the
privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
Behaving in a
manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and
respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional development:
The
post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice
as part of this employment, such training to include:
Participation in
an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility
for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
Taking responsibility
for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and
activities to others who are undertaking similar work
Quality:
The
post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
Alert other team
members to issues of quality and risk
Assess own
performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or
under supervision
Contribute to the
effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and
making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
Work effectively
with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
Effectively
manage own time, workload and resources
Communication:
The post-holder
should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and
will strive to:
Communicate
effectively with other team members
Communicate
effectively with patients and carers
Recognize
peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond
accordingly
Contribution to the implementation of services:
The
post-holder will:
Apply practice
policies, standards and guidance
Discuss with
other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will
affect own work
Participate in
audit where appropriate
