Driver

Local Care Direct is a non-profit Social Enterprise operating across 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, to provide various primary and urgent health care services across West Yorkshire. We have a Part-Time position available for a Driver in the Craven area working Sunday overnights driving the Doctor to home visits (or other premises) and for patient transport., All Drivers are responsible to the Out of Hours or Duty Team Manager for driving the Duty Doctor to home visits and to other premises, and for patient transport when needed. The Driver will be required to drive the Duty Doctor to patient homes within the West Yorkshire area. They will support the Duty Doctor with administrative tasks and the control of drugs to enable them to perform their duties satisfactorily. They will need a driving licence with no more than 3 points, extensive experience of driving in cities and motorways, both day and night time, together with customer service skills to enable them to work in partnership with the Duty Doctor and colleagues to provide the best standard of care to our patients.

We care about people at Local Care Direct. Together, we act with kindness & respect, fairness & consistency, and honesty & integrity. Every one of our values is essential, but our impact is greater when we use all of them together. Our purpose is to care for people. Established as a social enterprise in 2004 to deliver health services across West Yorkshire, our aim is to meet the needs and expectations of our patients, and our NHS and social care partners. Over the years, we have developed a broad range of services for patients across Yorkshire and the Humber including: a centralised contact centre, GP out of hours services, Urgent Treatment Centres, walk-in facilities, a dental assessment and booking service, as well as a number of bespoke services for our NHS clients.

Hourly Rate: £11.94 in hours, £12.94 out of hours (In Hours = Monday to Friday 08.00 to 18.00 & Out of Hours = Monday to Friday 18.00 to 08.00 and all day Saturday Sunday) Base Location: Local Care Direct, Skipton General Hospital, Keighley Road, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 2RJ Shift Available across a 4 week rolling rota (Average of 6.75 hours per week):

• Sunday weeks 1, 2 & 3 23.00-07.59