Transport Driver

MFT Transport Services Driver

As part of the Transport Services team, you will be joining a friendly dynamic team responsible for ensuring a high quality and efficient service is provided for Manchester University NHS FT as well as GP practices in the MFT catchment area. Along with completing transport tasks for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, the Transport Services team currently supports more than 100 GP practices across Greater Manchester, other NHS and non-NHS organisations with the collection and delivery of medicines, samples and medical equipment.

As a member of the MFT Transport Services Team you will be a first point of contact between NHS staff and GP surgeries, and as such will play a vital role in ensuring the needs of our service users are met.

A good standard of education (to GCSE level or equivalent) is necessary and possessing a full clean manual driver’s licence. You should be methodical and organised with good communication skills. Full in-service training will be provided. You should also have good verbal and written communication skills, be flexible, accuracy to detail and evidence of working well in a team.

You will be supported throughout with regular reviews to help you develop appropriate knowledge and skills to enable personal development. You will also be required to complete regular driver risk assessments and driver training sessions and other mandatory trust training appropriate to your role.

To undertake driving duties, deliveries and collections of various cargoes and goods on a variety of routes. Predominantly using small vans with occasional use of larger 3.5 Tonne vehicles.

The post holder is required to take responsible care for the health and safety of themselves and other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work. The post holder is also required to co-operate with the Trust to ensure that statutory and departmental safety regulations are adhered to.

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!