General Transport Driver - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
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Birmingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Description
Transporting clean/dirty laundry, stock to various hospitals/GP's. Collection or delivery of equipment/notes/confidential letters.

Collection of Clinical waste around the West Midlands area.

Collection of specimens from various Clinics, GP surgeries & Health Centres.

Delivery of Radioactive gases to various Hospitals around the country.


Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff.

Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.


We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:

  • Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
  • Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
  • Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
  • To manage your own route according to the weather and traffic conditions
  • Staff on this duty will be expected to work unsupervised and will be responsible for the safe delivery of all specimens, Radiopharmacy, equipment, parcels or documents
  • Staff must have the physical ability to move heavy loads of 15kg plus using the appropriate equipment.
  • To carry out basic vehicle checks of fuel, oil, water, and lights to prevent unnecessary breakdowns prior to the commencement of the shifts as previously discussed by the Transport Manager
  • To keep accurate records of daily vehicle inspection and handing records into City Transport Office on a weekly basis (Monday Morning)
  • To log all jobs correctly via mobile phone
  • To keep the vehicle in a clean and tidy condition and to prevent the consumption of food and beverages.
  • To observe the Health and Safety at Work act, the Road Traffic act where appropriate and report any accidents, incidents or dangerous occurrences depending on the post holders assessment as to the severity as soon as possible after the occurrence
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