Transport Driver – Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
Opportunities for Transport Drivers to join our busy Transport Department. Positions available on a full-time (36 hours), part-time (4 hours) and bank basis.
Posts and Hours Available
- POST 1: 1 x 36 hours, Monday to Friday, hours of work between 7am & 5pm
- POST 2: 1 x 4 hours, Saturday only 11.30am to 3.30pm
- POST 3: Bank, 0 hours as and when required
Please note on application form which post(s) you are applying for.
Working Hours and Schedule
The hours of work will be in line with the needs of the service and meet service demands. Working days are predominantly Monday–Friday, with limited weekend service.
Role Overview
You will be fully trained in all Transport driving duties such as laboratories/specimen collections, pharmacy, stores goods, patient transport and clinical waste collections. Drivers can be lone workers, driving throughout Fife and surrounding areas (Edinburgh & Dundee) on a daily basis. Routes can also be repetitive. Vehicles range from cars, vans, minibuses and 3.5 tonne lorries.
You will be based within the service yard at the Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, but may be required to work within other hospital sites if required. Physical and manual handling is involved, transporting various items including cages, stores, medical notes, equipment, furniture, clinical waste bins and labs & pharmacy boxes.
Key Responsibilities
- Operate transport vehicles safely and efficiently.
- Deliver specimens, pharmacy orders, store goods, patients, and clinical waste.
- Follow route mapping and timed duty schedules.
- Handle manual and physical tasks associated with transport duties.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Full clean UK driving licence.
- Good communication skills.
- Ability to follow route mapping and timed duty schedules.
- Ability to perform manual handling tasks.
Full department training, one‑to‑one coaching and ADR training for clinical waste collections will be provided. Attendance will also be required at the NHS Fife induction training course, and annual mandatory training and PDP reviews are conducted online.
Contact
Informal enquiries: Liam O’Connor, Transport Co‑ordinator, 01592 643355 ext 20778.
Legal and Equality Statements
Mandatory Induction Standards and Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers NHS Circular CEL(2010)23. Your performance must comply with the “Mandatory Inductions Standards for Health Care Support Workers in Scotland” 2009, and with the Code of Conduct for Health Care Support Workers, both as amended from time to time, which will be issued with your contract.
Failure to adhere to the Standards or to comply with the code may result in poor performance measures or disciplinary action and could lead to dismissal; or if you are self‑employed, such failure will be deemed to be a breach of an essential term of your contract, allowing us to terminate with or without notice.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. All applicants are required to confirm their right to work in the UK in their application.
We offer flexible working and family‑friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long‑term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
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