Transport Driver
The closing date is 03 February 2026
Job summary
Join Our Hospital Transport Team
Are you a reliable, confident driver ready to make a difference in the daily operations of local healthcare? Mid and South Essex Hospital Trust is seeking a dedicatedTransport Driver to support our essential services.
This is apart-time, fixed-term position offering flexible working hours across two days per week, covering the following shifts:
07:00 - 15:00
08:00 - 16:00
09:00 - 17:00
15:00 - 23:00
You will operate a Luton van equipped with a tail lift, managing both planned and ad-hoc routes across the Essex area. Your vital work involves the safe and timely delivery of goods, requiring competency in secure manual handling and lifting procedures.
You will need to be flexible to start your shifts from any of the following locations:- Broomfield Hospital
- St Peters Hospital in Maldon
- Braintree Community Hospital
- Basildon Hospital
Main duties of the job
- Collect and deliver various medical items on scheduled routes and adhoc routes in the Essex area. This includes but is not exclusive to Specimens, Medication, Patient Records, Post and machinery
- Collect and deliver sterile services equipment, both clean and dirty
- Responsible for refuelling vehicles and carrying out basic vehicle mechanical checks, at least once per week, covering oil, fuel, brake fluid, water, tyres, lighting, windscreen wipers/washers, batteries, changing tyres, maintain vehicle in a clean state inside and out and reporting accident damage
- Drive safely to national legal requirement
- To deliver training to new starters within the Transport department
About us
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.
We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking, and enthusiastic we want you to join us.
We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.
Details
Date posted
20 January 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£24,465 a year Per annum (Pro rata for part time)
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
JD Updated
Job locations
Broomfield
Court Road
Chelmsford
CM1 7ET
Employer details
Employer name
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Broomfield
Court Road
Chelmsford
CM1 7ET
Employer's website
https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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