Transport Driver

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As a Transport Driver you will keep blood and related products moving safely and on time, 24/7. You will collect and deliver essential items between our sites and customers, using on-board technology to track and record every movement. You will take pride in providing a professional service, completing daily vehicle checks, and keeping vehicles and equipment secure and clean.

With full training, you may also support urgent blue light deliveries. This is a hands‑on role where your judgement, reliability and customer care help protect patients and support clinical teams every day.

In this role you will drive our vehicles to collect, transport and deliver blood and related products and equipment. You will keep your vehicle secure and roadworthy, complete daily checks, and help us deliver a reliable service that patients and hospitals can depend on. Your responsibilities will include:

• Drive a range of vehicles up to and including 7.5 tonne (except in South London (Tooting), Basildon, Lancaster and Southampton, where you will drive light goods vehicles up to 3.5 tonne).
• Use digital hand-held devices to track work and complete accurate electronic and paper records.
• Load and unload products and equipment, including assembling and dismantling kit, and safely move items up to 20kg with or without lifting aids.
• Carry out vehicle security checks, daily checks and basic maintenance, and report defects promptly.
• Support urgent blue light deliveries when required (full training will be provided).
• Use your customer care skills to give colleagues, donors, hospital staff and members of the public a positive experience of NHSBT.
• This role works a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week shift system, including variable hours and days, evening and night shifts, weekends and bank holidays on a rostered basis.

Experience and Knowledge

• Previous vocational driving experience or evidence of driving proficiency
• Able to work with information technology such as digital hand held devices, Microsoft Office or other IT packages
• A good geographical knowledge of the local area and road network
• Knowledge of basic vehicle maintenance checks

Qualifications and Training

• Possession of a valid driving licence allowing you to drive in the UK with 6 points or less on your licence which will be subject to DVLA check is essential
• C1 driving licence would be desirable. B licence is essential for this role
• Able to meet NHSBT minimum standards of driving skills which will be assessed at interview stage

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you’ll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary - donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.

Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work – and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality.

Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever.

You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the…