Sterile Services Driver

Please note that this post is Part of One LSC - a corporate collaboration hosted by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust and providing Estates and Facilities Services to Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust To deliver re-usable medical devices. to deliver soft packs to wards and other users. To partake in a rota to complete delivery/ collection schedule for instruments between Trust sites.

Job description

To deliver and collect instrumentation between Chorley and Preston hospital.

To ensure that all daily checks are done on the van every day and report any defects immediately to manager.

Involves long hours of driving, lifting and pushing of medical transport trolleys of medical equipment

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

• Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent
• Ability to Drive

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Awareness of Health and Safety Issues
• Have a basic knowledge of computer skills
• Numeracy and literacy skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Team Player
• Hold a current UK driving licence

Desirable

• Knowledge of work carried out by Sterile Services

Previous experience of working in a health care or related setting

Awareness of Quality Management Systems

Recent experience of trays and supplimentary instrumentation used in the wards, departments and theatres of LTH

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Good Interpersonal skills
• Experience of working as a team
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Willing to be flexible and adaptable in working practices
• Aware of own training needs and willing to undertake any appropriate training
• Good Manual Dexterity
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent Manual Handling skills
• Ability to stand for long periods
• Have knowledge of roads in local areas

About the employer

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as competent and caring staff. Being caring and compassionate is at the heart of everything we do, it is about understanding what each person needs and striving to make a positivedifference in whatever way we can. Working together as one team with shared goals, doing what it takes to ensure we provide the best possible service.