Mobile Cancer Unit Driver

Job summary

Colchester Hospital are looking for someone that wants to help make a difference to our cancer patients.

We are looking for a driver who has a LGV Class 2 (C) driving license with experience of driving Light Goods Vehicles to drive our Mobile Chemotherapy Unit (MCU) from Colchester Hospital to the agreed daily location.

In this post you will work part time 45 hours over 2 weeks. The current working pattern is: alternate Mondays (7 hours) and 9.5 hours on a Thursday and Friday. These may be subject to change in the future upon needs of the service.

You will have direct contact with patients whilst the MCU is at its daily location including offering refreshments, assisting patients on and off the unit and ensuring chairs are cleaned between patients.

You will liaise with the nurses and other medical colleagues to ensure continuity and high quality care is given to patients during their visit to the MCU.

You will also be responsible for general maintenance of the vehicle and other legal requirements of drivers in accordance with industry standards and relevant road traffic law.

Main duties of the job

To drive the Mobile Chemotherapy Unit (MCU) from Colchester General Hospital to the agreed daily location whereby they will be responsible for setting up the unit so it is ready for the treating nurses to start seeing patients. You will ensure that the MCU is tidied up and safely return it at the end of the working day to the Colchester General Hospital.

You will be responsible for ensuring the general maintenance of the vehicle, daily inspections and other legal requirements of drivers in accordance with industry standards and relevant road traffic law.

The role involves direct patient contact whilst the MCU is at its daily location.

You will be responsible for ensuring the chairs are cleaned between patients.

To ensure refreshments are offered to patients whilst they are receiving treatment.

To assist patients on and off the unit, and to operate the lift when needed.

About us

One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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