AddressWe are looking for a GP Out of Hours Driver working out of Macclesfield District General Hospital on a Permanent 20 Hours per week plus a Zero Hour Contract, covering evenings and weekend shifts transporting the GP from the Hospital to various locations based at Macclesfield Hospital - Also, a Zero Hours contract for the service at Leighton Hospital based a Crewe – Patient addresses or Care homes.
Main Duties and Responsibilities of the role
- To complete vehicle checks prior to use, and to notify any defects to the Team Leader, verbally and by recording on appropriate documentation.
- To ensure the necessary medical and reference equipment is it the vehicle prior to the call out.
- To drive the GP to agreed locations using the most effective routes.
- To transport patients to and from the site at Macclesfield using the approved transportation of Patients Protocol - Full UK Manual Driving Licence is required for this position
- To always comply with the Road Traffic Act, and other relevant legislation.
- To maintain regular contact with the on-call office using a range of communication systems.
- To Complete documentation required by both legislation and organisational procedures.
- To always maintain the cleanliness of the vehicle both internally and externally.
- To notify the Team Leader without delay, any accident of incident, in which the driver may have been involved, and to complete a vehicle accident form immediately.
- To respond as necessary to reasonable requests for assistance made by any of the on-call service staff.
- To carry out ad hoc duties as requested.
- To attend training sessions and staff meetings as required.
- To act in a polite and courteous manner to staff, patients, relatives and road users at all times.
- The above is not intended to provide and exhaustive list of the duties, but to indicate the main areas of responsibility, and is subject to review and amendment in response to the changing needs of the business.
Respect for Patient Confidentiality
- Maintain confidentiality of information, acting within the terms of the Data Protection Act and Caldicott guidance on patient confidentiality at all times.
- Maintain an awareness of the Freedom of information Act.
Health and Safety/ Risk Management
- All Staff are responsible for working with their colleagues to maintain and improve the quality of services provided to our patients and other services users. This includes complying at all times with the business’s policies, including Health and Safety policies, in particular by following agreed safe working procedures and reporting incidents using the business’s incident reporting systems.
- All post holders have a responsibility to report risks such as clinical and non-clinical accidents or incidents promptly. They should be familiar with the Company’s use of risk assessments to predict and control risk, as well as the incident reporting system for learning from mistakes an near misses in order to improve services.
- Post holders must also attend training identified by their manager or stated by ERS Medical to be mandatory.
- All individuals have a responsibility under the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) and subsequently published regulations, to ensure that ERS Medicals’ health and safety policies and procedures are complied with to maintain a safe working environment for patients, visitors and employee.
- All staff have a duty to protect their own health and safety and that of other people who may be affected by their act or omissions.
- Support an environment where health and safety considerations are firmly embedded in the way you undertake work.
Quality
- Ensure the progress and quality of work meets the required standards and performance.
Working Relationships
- Adopt a polite, professional and respectful manner at all times.
- Maintain a professional working relationship with patients, carers, members of the public, colleagues and other health and social care professionals.
- Key relationships include: ERS Medical Team, Operation Teams
- Demonstrate effective and appropriate skills in communicating information to colleagues, patients and relatives.
Please note that this role will be subject to several regulatory pre-employment checks, and you will be asked to provide details of your full employment history should you be invited to an interview. Your HMRC record, available to download from the Government Gateway may help you in preparing this information when required.
Our Values
Collaborative – We work as one team with a shared purpose to meet the needs of our patients, passengers, colleagues, customers, communities, and the planet.
Agile – We listen, learn and adapt to improve the business, each other, and ourselves.
Reliable – We do what we say we will do, we take responsibility and we behave with integrity.
Empowered – We are confident and committed to taking responsibility to deliver the highest quality service.
About Us
The exciting merger of ERS Medical and E-Zec Medical has enabled us to rebrand, therefore as a combined business we are now known as EMED Group. We are the largest Patient Transport and Care Partner to the NHS with more than 2,500 colleagues across 50 depots. Our ambition is to continue developing transport services that improve the health and wellbeing for people across our local communities by providing transport that supports patient care, community support, secure mental health and medical courier services.
EMED Group are committed to providing equal opportunities and we endeavour to provide an inclusive and safe working culture for all.
