Driver - Bedminster, United Kingdom - EMED Group
Description
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Community Care Assistant to join our team based either from home or our site at
Bedminster Bristol.
A Community Care Assistant (CTA) is a hugely rewarding and fulfilling role.
Each day, you'll be helping someone in need, making their lives that little bit easier, and knowing that you make a difference to their day provides you with a real sense of achievement.
Your main responsibility will be transporting elderly, sick and vulnerable service users to and from their place of education, medical appointments and between healthcare facilities.
This can be carried out as two-person crews or alone, so it is vital to hold a full UK manual driving licence and to have a good degree of physical fitness.
Location
:
North Somerset, Bristol, Nailsea, Evercreech
Salary
:
£11.44 ph
Contract
:
Mon - Fri /
Permanent - Full and Part Time positions available
What benefits can you expect?
- Paid holiday entitlement
- NEST Pension contributions
- Apprenticeship learning opportunities for career development
- Monthly colleague recognition rewards
- Discounted high street benefits
- Access to our employee assistance programmes for wellbeing support
- Uniform provided
Other duties include:
- Assisting in the transportation SEND school children to their place of education and/or supporting patient care transporting 1man wheelchair and walker patients to and from hospital.
- Building rapport by effectively communicating with Service users and their relatives/friends
- Responsible for lifting, securing, and helping service users in and out of the service vehicles to always ensure their safety.
- Assist with the handing over of service users to appropriate staff on arrival at treatment school, centres/hospital's or to family/friends at their homes.
- Assisting service users with challenging behaviour and/or mental health illnesses
- Ensuring that the Vehicles is kept safe, clean and tidy.
To be considered as an CTA, you will need to be:
- Committed to supporting local communities and children with special education/transport needs
- An effective communicator and experience of communicating with others in what can often be emotional circumstances
- To be a calm, considerate, careful driver, with no more than three penalty points on your license
- To have a natural flair for team working and collaboration
- Be physically fit for patient handling and moving
- Pass an Enhanced DBS check (company funded)
- Be able to work flexible shifts
- Familiar with the local and surrounding area
Our Values
Collaborative - we work as one team with a shared purpose to meet the needs of our patients, passengers, colleagues, customers, communities, and the planet.
Reliable - We do what we say we will do, we take responsibility and we behave with integrity.
Empowered - We are confident and committed to taking responsibility to deliver the highest quality service.
About Us
The exciting merger of ERS Medical and E-Zec Medical has enabled us to rebrand, therefore as a combined business we are now known as EMED Group.
We are the largest Patient Transport and Care Partner to the NHS with more than 2,500 colleagues across 50 depots.
Our ambition is to continue developing transport services that improve the health and wellbeing for people across our local communities by providing transport that supports patient care, community support, secure mental health and medical courier services.
EMED Group are committed to providing equal opportunities and we endeavour to provide an inclusive and safe working culture for all.
Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Salary:
£11.44 per hour
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Licence/Certification:
- UK Manual Driving Licence (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location:
In person
Reference ID:
CM/DRIVER/NS
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