Catering Stores Assistant Driver

Burton Upon Trent, England, United Kingdom

6/10/2025

To work as part of a facilities team at UHDB you will be working mainly at Burton Hospital in the Catering stores and also driving Trust vehicle to other sites making deliveries.

The work is varied and interesting, it demands initiative and awareness. Good communication skills, the ability to work as part of a team plus a flexible approach to working hours, which will include weekends and Bank Holidays which are all essential in order to meet the needs of the department.

Closing date of applications: 16th June 2025

Interview date: 30th June 2025

• Taking receipt of all food and non-food items for the Catering Department and the Trust’s Retail Outlets delivered into the catering stores using safe storage and temperature checks in accordance with Trust Food Safety Management System.
• Date stamp all goods with the date of delivery into the catering storage facility.
• Driving, loading and unloading trust vehicles around the respective site(s) to deliver orders. Carrying out driver maintenance and vehicle safety checks reporting any defects to the supervisor.
  
  

Full training will be given. A full driving licence is essential to include driving vehicles up to 3.5 tonne.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
  
  

Key Facts

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Smith Job title: Senior Patient Supervisor Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01283 511511

01283 511511 ext 5311