Melissa Driver - North Tyneside, United Kingdom - Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
5 days ago
Description
To provide reliable, safe and efficient delivery of the MELISSA bus to specified locations at specified times, as and when required.
This is an education facility, and no passengers are carried on the bus.- Drive the bus, safely and on time to and from specific events.
- Work with management to understand location and position requirements of the facility.
- Ensure vehicle is checked, each trip, with necessary paperwork completed and maintained in accordance with Northumbria Trust policies, and that of the MELISSA Service Team.
- Refuel and clean the facility, as and when required.
- Provide basic assistance to the MELISSA crew, if required, including basic set up of the facility, awning and training kit.
- Any other duties as deemed appropriate by the MELISSA Management
- You will be expected to have basic functional skills, including literacy, mathematics and digital skills. Digitally literacy is the ability to locate, organise, understand, evaluate and analyse information using digital sources.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.
We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres.
We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate.
High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us.
Dimensions
- Drive the bus, safely and on time to and from specific events.
- Work with project management to understand location and position requirements of
- Ensure vehicle is checked, each trip, with necessary paperwork completed and maintained in accordance with Northumbria Trust policies, and that of the MELISSA service.
- Refuel and clean the facility, as and when required.
- Provide basic assistance to the MELISSA crew, if required, including basic set up of the facility.
- Any other duties as deemed appropriate by the MELISSA Project Management team
- Able to communicate to members of staff and public, whilst driving and moving the bus in a professional manner
- Must be able to demonstrate the English language proficiency level required for this post
- General Education
- Must have a clean license, with no convictions or endorsements.
- Must be able to concentrate for long periods of time for safe driving throughout the day
- Must have literacy/numeracy skills for checking or processing paperwork, special instructions, directions
- A knowledge of relevant policies and procedures
- An awareness of health and safety
- COSHH re safe transportation/delivery/storage
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid, clean, relevant driving license to drive a double decker bus Class C or C1, and is able to get to base using other means of transport.
- Makes judgements involving straightforward job related facts such as decisions on driving routes, such as:
- Able to use the onboard sat nav system to ensure hazards are avoided
- Able to calculate routes to ensure fuel stops are factored in
- Organises the allocated work of a routine nature
- Skills for driving a heavy good vehicle
- Incidental contact with patients
- To adhere to relevant policies and procedures
- An awareness of health and safety
- COSHH re safe transportation/delivery/storage
Financial & Physical Resources
- Observes duty of care for vehicle and equipment used on a daily basis
- Assist in the induction of new bus driving staff
- Assist in the training of new bus driving staff
- Signs checklists and makes MELISSA Project Management aware of any concerns with the vehicle
- You will be expected to have basic functional skills, including literacy, mathematics and digital skills. Digitally literacy is the ability to locate, organise, understand, evaluate and analyse information using digital sources.
Research & Development
- Assist in surveys and audits in own work place
- Works within the policies and proced
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