• Job Description

  Req#: C9350-25-1028?language=en&page=342&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  An exciting opportunity to work within the Trust Transport Department as required. The driver is responsible for driving, service users/patients to A&E and outpatient departments, transfer patients between differentMersey Care units including High secure units, also transfer service users/Patients to hospitals and courts nationwide, transport staff, goods and trust visitors utilising the appropriate trust vehicles.

  The Successful candidate must have D1 Drivers Licence and CPC Qualification.

  Interview date TBC

  Main duties of the job

  To work within the Trust Transport Department as required. The driver is responsible for driving, service users/patients to A&E and outpatient departments, transfer patients between different Mersey Care units including High secure units, also transfer service users/Patients to hospitals and courts nationwide, transport staff, goods and trust visitors utilising the appropriate trust vehicles.

  About us

  Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

  We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

  At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

  Details

  Date posted

  19 August 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 3

  Salary

  £24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  350-TWS7262512-B

  Job locations

  Maghull Health Park

  Maghull

  L31 1HW

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To transport all Mersey care service users/patients between different units within Mersey Care, also to hospital appointments court hearing or other units, any locations deemed necessary by the manager including nationwide.

  To participate in training, including Mandatory training as required by Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. To participate in performance management, PACE whilst maintaining personal responsibility to ensure that all required training is kept up to date.

  To adhere to and follow Trust and departmental procedures.

  The post holder will be expected to act as a team member in all areas of the Trust.

  To carry out daily vehicle maintenance checks and taking appropriate action as required. Work with other members of the Transport Department to ensure that vehicles are clean and fit for purpose at all times and ensuing all documentation complete.

  To be accountable for recording accurate information regarding duties, driving hours, mileage, working hours, activities, vehicle searches, financial transactions and other information as required.

  To be responsible for reporting to the line manager all untoward incidents and accidents so that the relevant paperwork is completed.

  To transport all Mersey Care service users between their place of residence and designated Day Hospitals, Mersey Care Locations, Courts and any other locations in the UK in a safe and secure manner.

  To be responsible for operating the GPS system fitted in vehicles and to maintain communication with the Transport office.

  To assist patients and staff to enter and exit the vehicle in a safe manner.

  Following appropriate training- to be responsible for the securing of powered and manual wheelchairs within the vehicle.

  To liaise with and maintain relationships with management, supervisory and nursing staff at all locations.

  To be responsible for liaising with relevant clinical staff for any concerns with reference to service users.

  Following appropriate training to be responsible for the safe transportation of oxygen across trust sites in line with relevant HSE legislation and guidance

  To assist the nursing staff cleaning spillages within the vehicle.

  To ensure toilets on the vehicles are empty after use.

  To work an On call service as necessary to ensure a continuous 24 hour transport service for the Trust.

  Please refer to attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To transport all Mersey care service users/patients between different units within Mersey Care, also to hospital appointments court hearing or other units, any locations deemed necessary by the manager including nationwide.

  To participate in training, including Mandatory training as required by Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. To participate in performance management, PACE whilst maintaining personal responsibility to ensure that all required training is kept up to date.

  To adhere to and follow Trust and departmental procedures.

  The post holder will be expected to act as a team member in all areas of the Trust.

  To carry out daily vehicle maintenance checks and taking appropriate action as required. Work with other members of the Transport Department to ensure that vehicles are clean and fit for purpose at all times and ensuing all documentation complete.

  To be accountable for recording accurate information regarding duties, driving hours, mileage, working hours, activities, vehicle searches, financial transactions and other information as required.

  To be responsible for reporting to the line manager all untoward incidents and accidents so that the relevant paperwork is completed.

  To transport all Mersey Care service users between their place of residence and designated Day Hospitals, Mersey Care Locations, Courts and any other locations in the UK in a safe and secure manner.

  To be responsible for operating the GPS system fitted in vehicles and to maintain communication with the Transport office.

  To assist patients and staff to enter and exit the vehicle in a safe manner.

  Following appropriate training- to be responsible for the securing of powered and manual wheelchairs within the vehicle.

  To liaise with and maintain relationships with management, supervisory and nursing staff at all locations.

  To be responsible for liaising with relevant clinical staff for any concerns with reference to service users.

  Following appropriate training to be responsible for the safe transportation of oxygen across trust sites in line with relevant HSE legislation and guidance

  To assist the nursing staff cleaning spillages within the vehicle.

  To ensure toilets on the vehicles are empty after use.

  To work an On call service as necessary to ensure a continuous 24 hour transport service for the Trust.

  Please refer to attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

  Person Specification

  Skills

  Essential

  • Clean full UK driving licence
  • D1 entitlement on driving licence
  • Ability to carry out manual and driving tasks, function as a member of a team and support the management objectives of the department and trust
  • Able to use a phone and deal with telephonic requests from service users, managers and staff in a friendly and helpful way
  • Ability to use GPS
  • Transportation of Hazardous materials (oxygen)
  • Able to use a computer for data entry and simple data processing and communication tasks.

  Desirable

  • Any trade, catering, laundry, stores, escorting experience in the organisation or similar

  Knowledge and experience

  Essential

  • Excellent geographical knowledge of Merseyside Area and uk

  Desirable

  • Experience of working in the NHS in a role managed by a supervisor or facilities management assistant
  • Good geographical knowledge of Merseyside area and the UK

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent
  • Certificate of professional competence (CPC)

  Desirable

  • NHS experience and training is safety, health, and any catering, cleaning, estates, portering, driving tasks

  Values

  Essential

  • Continuous Improvement
  • Accountability
  • Respectfulness
  • Enthusiasm
  • Support
  • High professional standards
  • Responsive to service users
  • Engaging leadership style
  • Strong customer service belief
  • Transparency and honesty
  • Discreet
  • Change oriented

  Person Specification

  Skills

  Essential

  • Clean full UK driving licence
  • D1 entitlement on driving licence
  • Ability to carry out manual and driving tasks, function as a member of a team and support the management objectives of the department and trust
  • Able to use a phone and deal with telephonic requests from service users, managers and staff in a friendly and helpful way
  • Ability to use GPS
  • Transportation of Hazardous materials (oxygen)
  • Able to use a computer for data entry and simple data processing and communication tasks.

  Desirable

  • Any trade, catering, laundry, stores, escorting experience in the organisation or similar

  Knowledge and experience

  Essential

  • Excellent geographical knowledge of Merseyside Area and uk

  Desirable

  • Experience of working in the NHS in a role managed by a supervisor or facilities management assistant
  • Good geographical knowledge of Merseyside area and the UK

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent
  • Certificate of professional competence (CPC)

  Desirable

  • NHS experience and training is safety, health, and any catering, cleaning, estates, portering, driving tasks

  Values

  Essential

  • Continuous Improvement
  • Accountability
  • Respectfulness
  • Enthusiasm
  • Support
  • High professional standards
  • Responsive to service users
  • Engaging leadership style
  • Strong customer service belief
  • Transparency and honesty
  • Discreet
  • Change oriented

  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.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Maghull Health Park

  Maghull

  L31 1HW

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Maghull Health Park

  Maghull

  L31 1HW

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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