Team Leader

Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Transport Services BSPS are looking for an enthusiastic, reliable and highly flexible Team Leader to lead a team of drivers within the Transport department.
BSPS is an NHS partnership organization operating between Frimley Health, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals, Royal Berkshire Hospital. BSPS Transport Services is responsible for carrying out efficient and safe transportation of mail, laboratory samples, pharmacy, medical records and stores between hospital sites and other NHS organisations within the region.
The responsibilities of the successful applicant will include strong support to the Transport Manager, comprehensive staff management throughout the employee life cycle including induction of new staff, training, objective setting and performance management. The successful applicant will also play a full part in the operational management of the department as a member of the transport management team and cover runs as required. In addition the successful applicant will be expected to lead on a number of corporate initiatives e.g. Health and Safety, COSHH, staff uniform provision and quality management.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo, Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Transport Services BSPS are looking for an enthusiastic, reliable and highly flexible Team Leader to lead a team of drivers within the Transport department.
BSPS is an NHS partnership organization operating between Frimley Health, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals, Royal Berkshire Hospital. BSPS Transport Services is responsible for carrying out efficient and safe transportation of mail, laboratory samples, pharmacy, medical records and stores between hospital sites and other NHS organisations within the region.
You will be based at the Wexham depot in Slough, managing a team of drivers covering runs across the business. BSPS Transport provides services to customers between 06:30 and 23:00, Monday to Friday as well as at weekends. Hours will vary to meet the urgent demands of the business, but it is likely that the hours will be 08.30 to 17.00 in the first instance.
The responsibilities of the successful applicant will include strong support to the Transport Manager, comprehensive staff management throughout the employee life cycle including induction of new staff, training, objective setting and performance management. The successful applicant will also play a full part in the operational management of the department as a member of the transport management team and cover runs as required. In addition the successful applicant will be expected to lead on a number of corporate initiatives e.g. Health and Safety, COSHH, staff uniform provision and quality management.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.