EMED Group
Courier Driver - Evenings
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We have a fantastic opportunity for evening Courier Drivers to join our team based in Northwest London (NW10).
About the Role
The main purpose of the courier driver role is to contribute to the safe and timely movement and transportation of medical samples, consumables, and medical information.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the safe and timely movement and transportation of medical samples, consumables, and medical information.
- Excellent communication skills with customers, colleagues, and other stakeholders to maintain the highest standards.
- Use electronic and paper-based forms of recording tasks and items delivered and collected, ensuring all courier tasks are carried out correctly and to scheduled times.
- Heavy lifting/manual handling of equipment and goods may be involved.
- Driving vehicles from small vans to medium vans, which can be driven on the category B part of the UK Manual driving license. Vehicles will be taken home with no travel cost.
Benefits
- £14.80 per hour
- Permanent/Full Time
- No travel cost – take home vehicle
- Monday – Friday, Evenings, 40 hours per week – shift patterns will be discussed at the interview stage
- Life Assurance – providing colleagues and their family financial peace of mind and protection to the value of £5,000.
- 24/7 online/telephone GP Consultation and access to prescriptions.
- 2nd opinion medical support following diagnosis or where a colleague is on a treatment pathway.
- Cash-plan benefits, providing colleagues the option of protecting themselves in case of illness and recuperation, including dental, optical, chiropody.
- Access to mental health and physiotherapy consultations.
- Access to legal advice on domestic issues e.g. motoring offences, wills and probate, and personal injury.
- Financial guidance re retirement planning, tax savings, and state benefits.
- Long Service Recognition Scheme – recognizing colleagues for their continued service after 5 years and at 5-year intervals with an increase in annual leave.
- Values-based Internal Recognition Scheme with financial reward, which will lead to an annual recognition event.
- Refer a Friend recruitment incentive scheme with financial rewards.
- The EMED foundation, to provide support to colleagues and our local communities.
- Blue Light Card.
- Uniform provided.
- EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) to support a range of health and wellbeing requirements.
- Flu vaccination (through an internal campaign in Autumn/Winter).
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Other Duties Include
- Carry out courier journeys to various locations and to agreed routes and timings.
- Complete digital and manual documentation required by both legislation and organizational procedures.
- Maintain regular contact with the operations office using a range of communication systems.
- Ensure all items are always kept safe and secure.
- Comply with the Road Traffic Act while driving and other relevant legislation connected to the vehicle.
- Act as customer contact at delivery points of service, and relay relevant information to the operations office.
- Complete vehicle checks prior to use, and to notify any defects to the Operations Office verbally and by recording on appropriate documentation.
- Always act in a polite and courteous manner to customers and road users.
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Requirements
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Ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a Team.
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Must be able to plan routes effectively.
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Must be a good communicator.
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Customer focused.
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Able to remain calm under pressure.
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Good problem-solving skills.
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Good literacy and numeracy skills.
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Good attention to detail.
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Must be able to use a PDA (training will be provided).
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Good/Clear handwriting.
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Familiar with the local and surrounding areas.
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Must have held a Full UK Manual Driving Licence for a minimum of 12 months and have no more than 6 penalty points.
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
EMED Group is an established healthcare logistics provider that enables access to health and social care through our four specialist divisions. We are one of the largest health and care partners to the NHS with 4,000 colleagues across over 60 bases UK-wide.
EMED Group is committed to pro-actively improving the wellbeing of our communities by providing access to vital health and social care services across the UK.
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