Mastercall Healthcare

Overnight Driver

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Job summary

Are you a reliable and skilled driver looking for a rewarding career in the healthcare industry?

We are seeking to recruit a dedicate, knowledgeable driver to specifically work the overnight shifts. The Driver will join our existing dynamic overnight team supporting the Out of hours service across the Stockport and Trafford region. As an overnight driver you will play a crucial part in ensuring better healthcare for your local area. This permanent part time opportunity will be working alternate weeks on fixed shifts Midnight to 08.00. The hours we have available are highlighted below:

Saturday Week 1 of 2 00.00 -0800

You must have right to work in the UK as we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role or any extensions.

Main duties of the job

To provide an efficient service for doctor and clinician driving them to patients homes. The role covers a range of duties ensuring the vehicle is maintained and fully equipped, and you will support the Doctor with any IT and administrative tasks. You will need a good geographical knowledge of the Stockport and Trafford area. A clean driving licence is essential with excellent customer service skills to enable you to work in partnership with the Doctors and colleagues to provide the best standard of care to our patients

About us

Mastercall Healthcare has over 28 years experience as an innovative, highly performing, award-winning Social Enterprise organisation.

We are passionate about providing the very best patient care at the very best place for the patient.

Our Social Value ethos commits us to ensuring the very best use of the public pound, maximising the return on investment of our commissioners, and supporting the NHS deliver affordable, effective, safe patient centred services.

Our purpose is to ensure that we deliver safe, high quality, patient centred services that support people to live and age well. We are here to support our community and our health and social care partners. We provide a range of highly effective urgent primary care services that support hospital admission avoidance and early supported discharge from hospital where clinically safe and appropriate.

Employee benefits include:

Living Wage Employer

NHS Pension Scheme

NHS Blue light card/Discount scheme

Flexible working

Career development

Competitive rates of pay

Generous holiday entitlement, long service enhancements and the option to purchase additional leave

Wellbeing schemes

Date posted

13 March 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£15.60 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

B0540-25-0007

Job locations

International House

Pepper Road

Stockport

SK7 5BW

Job description

Job responsibilities

This non-exclusive list of duties, which follows, represents the range of tasks which may be required to be undertaken routinely or periodically.

To provide an efficient service for doctor transportation to patients homes. Ensure the vehicle is maintain and equipment is checked in line with Mastercall policies and procedures.

Escort duty doctors on home visits.

Collection of drug bags and medical equipment ensuring that the logbook is signed appropriately by the clinician on duty. Check that all equipment is accounted for and returned at the end of your shift.

Have a good knowledge of the Stockport/Trafford area to assist the doctor plan the most efficient route for home visits.

Ensure the vehicle safety check/inspection is carried out in accordance with written procedure and record your findings on the daily log sheet. Ensure adequate fuel and re-fuel as necessary.

To ensure prescriptions are stocked in the equipment bag prior to leaving the building. To date and document prescription number on daily log sheet

Carry out checks of all the communication equipment and record any faults in the transport diary as well as informing the Shift Leads.

Accept and complete calls transmitted to the Adastra Communication system. Ensuring follow-up codes have been selected. Where this is not possible ensure good communication with base operator to complete unfinished calls.

Liaise with base dispatchers on arrival and completion of home visits.

Maintain a sound knowledge and understanding of Mastercalls operational policies and procedures.

In the event of vehicle breakdown/accident report incidence to the Shift Lead on duty and make arrangements for relief vehicle and recover/breakdown services.

All updates to policies & procedures will be communicated by e-mail.

On commencement of your shift check the outside of the vehicle for any significant scratches, dents or damage and document in the Transport Diary. Also, check tyres and fuel levels.

To ensure your vehicle is parked in the designated parking space in the car park. If this is not possible, the overnight driver to park vehicles in designated parking area.

The gritting of car park and ramp during adverse weather conditions

Check the vehicle interior at the end of shift ensuring it is clean and tidy for the commencement of the next shift.

Any other task that are within your skills/capabilities