Job Description

Are you looking for a responsible and rewarding driving job that gives a flexible choice of hours over evenings and weekends?Join the team supporting our Out Of Hours services across the Devon region and play your part in ensuring better healthcare for your local area.We are specifically looking for Overnight Drivers in the South Devon / Newton Abbot.As the largest independent provider of NHS services, Practice Plus Group is delivering a new model of Integrated Urgent Care that reduces pressures on services and staff. By bringing together NHS 111 call centres, clinical assessment and other urgent care services, we enable patients to access the right care, when they need it. It's better for everyone.As an Overnight Driver, you'll chauffeur GPs and nurses to and from patients' homes - typically when they're unable to see their usual clinician. This is not an emergency service and you will need to follow all the normal rules of the road. It will be part of your role to ensure the safety of our clinicians and medical equipment, so you may be asked to escort them to the patient's front door. You'll also be expected to keep vehicles appropriately maintained, and at times you'll need to communicate with the public, as well as the team back at base.This a permanent, Part Time position, between 21.41 hours per week to cover our night shifts for our Out of Hours GP service, this will include overnights across the weekdays, weekend and bank holidays.What you'll be doingWhat you will need:

• Driving experience, with a full driving license (no more than three points), good map reading skills and knowledge of the local area.
• Good communication skills, both in person and by telephone.
• Basic IT skills for noting information such as itinerary checklists and time logs accurately.

What you will get:

• 25 daysxe2x80x99 annual leave (full time equivalent), increasing with service up to 28 days per year + bank holidays.
• Opportunities for ongoing training and career progression into other operational roles within our services.
• Practice Plus Group benefits including online shopping discounts and vouchers, pension, free eye tests, cycle to work schemes and more.

What we'll look for in youPractice Plus Group is passionate about great healthcare. We believe that anyone should be able to access excellent care, whether via the NHS or privately. Our breadth of expertise spans surgery, diagnostics, general practice, offender health and urgent care, with an unrivalled range of different services provided across the country. Wexe2x80x99re proud to be at the forefront of developing new and exciting ways to support the nationxe2x80x99s health too, helping patients to maximise their wellbeing and live life to the full.When youxe2x80x99re part of the Practice Plus Group team, you donxe2x80x99t just have a job. You have a career. We work with you to help you grow in your role and take your career in the direction you want to go. Wexe2x80x99ll help you be the best you can be.We want our team members to feel motivated and rewarded. So we offer a competitive package of pay and benefits. We also recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance xe2x80x93 so we always try to be flexible, helping you fit your working life around your home life.If you'd like to learn more, please contact Charlie onPlease note that offers of employment are subject to receipt of satisfactory references and a DBS check.Practice Plus Group is committed to creating a diverse environment and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.LocationDevon OOHSpecialismAdministration and Business SupportAdvertising SalaryCompetitive hourly rates between xc2xa312.11 - xc2xa318.18Vacancy TypePermanentSchedule TypePart TimeRewards & BenefitsFlexible workingPhysical and mental health supportRefer a friend schemeBlue Light Card, Boundless card and Costco membership eligibilityAward winning ED&I programmeTraining & DevelopmentTailored CPD training delivered via our bespoke Learning Management System.Extensive training courses accessible via Practice Plus Group Skills Academy.Great development and career progression opportunities.At Practice Plus Group, we currently deliver more than 70 different healthcare services across the UK with some of these services being rated 'outstanding' by the CQC. Our healthcare services include hospitals and surgical centres and we are proud to be the UK's leading independent provider of healthcare services in over 40 prisons. We also lead the way in the design and delivery of Integrated Urgent Care.

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