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Job Reference
27789
Service
Out of Hours
Location
Ipswich
Job Category
Driver
Salary/Hourly Rate
Evening and Weekends Rate £11.67 P/Hour, Overnight Rate £14.58 P/Hour
Closing Date
03/11/2024
Brief Description

Driver/Receptionist

We have an opportunity for a Driver/Receptionist to join our Out of Hours service.

What is the role?

  • You will be responsible for chauffeuring clinicals to and from patient home visits, ensuring appointment slots are kept too, and patients receive communication if there are any delays.
  • You’ll be ensuring the car is suitable ahead of your shift, conducting internal and external checks to check for damage and cleanliness.
  • When needed, you will also be able to support with reception duties at on our Out of Hours bases, checking patients in on SystmOne.

You’ll join our Suffolk Out of Hours team. This service is delivered by Suffolk GP Federation - we are a not-for-profit, community interest company and our main purpose is to support Primary Care across Suffolk, including support with working collaboratively and at scale. We also deliver a portfolio of NHS services across Suffolk and North East Essex, including Podiatry, Ultrasound, Diabetes, as well as Urgent Care Services including the Out of Hours face-to-face Service in Suffolk.

Is it for me?

We will work alongside the successful candidate to ensure they are sufficiently inducted and trained; there will be regular constructive supervision in place. It is important to us that you feel safe and supported in the role.

  • In order to be successful in this role, you’ll need to have a full, clean UK driving licence and good map reading skills.
  • If you have worked within the healthcare sector before as a driver, or receptionist this would be an advantage to your application, but is not essential.
  • You’ll need to be able to stick to appointment times, and remain calm at times of pressure.

Contract type:

Permanent - average 14 hours per week based on the following shift pattern

WEEK ONE

  • Friday Receptionist 19:45 00:14
  • Saturday  Receptionist 20:00 23:59
  • Saturday Driver 1 23:59 07:59

WEEK TWO

  • Friday Driver/Receptionist 23:59 07:59

WEEK THREE

  • Saturday Driver 1 14:00 19:59
  • Saturday Driver 1 20:00 23:59
  • Sunday Driver 1 14:00 19:59
  • Sunday Driver 1 20:00 23:59

WEEK 4

  • Saturday  Receptionist 16:00 19:59
  • Saturday  Receptionist 20:00 00:14

What we can offer you:

  • A strong ethos of flexible working, to help us maintain (or reclaim) that work/life balance.
  • Innovative teams who strive in forward thinking, with a voice that is heard.
  • A visible and supportive management team, with operational support that ‘get it’
  • Excellent IT teams & support giving us first class equipment and ‘no wait’ responses
  • A commitment to personal development, training, and leadership opportunities, with service-managed training budgets
  • Competitive salaries with annual benchmarking
  • Blue light card employer – Access to the discount service with thousands of discounts online and on the high street.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Interested? Have questions? Just wondering? Please get in touch with Service Manager, Joshua Thornton on Joshua.thornton@suffolkfed.org.uk