Ambulance Care Assistant / Driver Recruitment Day 22nd July 2023

Job summary

** Patient Transport Ambulance Care Assistant / Driver Recruitment Day Saturday 22ndJuly2023 - LOMBARD ROAD, MORDEN ** Come along to our open day on Saturday 22nd July 2023 between 09:00 and 15:00 we will be interviewing on the day so you could walk away with a job offer! Find us at Unit 13 - 15 Lombard Rd, Morden, SW19 3TZ. There will be a driving assessment prior to your interview so please do bring your driving licence.

We are recruiting for Ambulance Care Assistant (ACA)/Drivers to take patients to and from their hospital appointments in and around Epsom, Carshalton and Surrey Downs as far as Croydon, West Byfleet, Crawley and Farnham.

We are looking for warm and friendly people who can reassure our patients and provide a high level of professional transport service. Basic literacy and numeracy are required.

Ensuring patient safety and comfort is a top priority so you will need to use excellent driving skills. You must have a full current UK driving licence (manual) with no more than 3 points and have held your licence for 2 years or more.

A uniform and training will be provided. The department provides a service between 5am and 1am the following day, covering 6 days a week including weekends and bank holidays. Full time hours are 42.5 hours per week part time hours may also be available, please discuss your requirements with the interview panel.

Main duties of the job

Ambulance Care Assistant/Driver - Permanent

Operational responsibilities include

• Working alongside the Fleet Team complete a range of vehicle checks including but not limited to tyre pressure, oil and screen wash levels
• To report any vehicle defects to the Fleet Team
• To report any equipment defects to the Fleet Team
• To Ensure that your allocated vehicle is adequately stocked with essential consumables and to report any missing stock to the Fleet Team
• Report the return of untidy ambulances to the Shift Manager
• To keep in regular communications with the Control Team to gain instructions throughout shift, calling following each completed conveyance, calling to report any aborted, cancelled or delayed journey, calling to report any incorrect details relating to a patients docket, calling to request a meal break.
• To ensure that your allocated vehicle remains refuelled and is returned to base refuelled at the end if shift.
• Work in line with all Policies and Procedures
• To wear correct issued uniform at all times following the BBO guidelines.
• To sign out/in all equipment issued to them to assist with a patients conveyance.

Please note this is not on NHS Terms and Conditions.

We will be interviewing on the day so you could walk away with a job offer!

About us

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surreyand NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and issupported by over 500 volunteers.