Job Introduction
We are looking for a new Team Member to help us with Annual Leave and Sickness Cover on an adhoc basis delivering and collecting supplies, post, specimens etc from various GP Surgeries and Hospital within the BANES, Somerset & Bristol locality.
The majority of the work is pre-booked to cover Annual Leave, Sickness etc, there is is also adhoc last minute work. You could be working for us for just a day, a few days, a week or even longer depending on the demand on our service.
This will ideally suite someone who want flexibility in the work that they do or even someone who is semi-retired and they can pick and chose if they want to work or not.
Our hours our operation are from 7am to 3pm and 8.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday, excluding Bank Holidays.
Main Responsibility
Delivery & Collection of:
- Pathology Supplies
- Pathology Specimens - Blood & Urine etc
- Pharmacy Supplies
- Sterile Equipment - Clean & Dirty
- Medical Equipment - ie mattresses, heart monitors etc
- Postal Service - including Internal/External Mail, Boxes and Parcels etc
- Medical Examiner Notes - site specific
- Occasional Medical Records
The Ideal Candidate
All our routes are timmed, therefore you will need to be able to follow our schedules of work as set out.
You should be able to liaise with people at all levels and have a calm nature as you are classified as a Lone worker and will need to be able to deal with situations and and when they arise and know when to call for assistance.
Having a flexible approach to working and be able to work as part of a Team and on your own is essential.
Full training is provided on all schedules before undertaking any work on your own.
You should have no more than 3 points on your licence and be able to drive in all weathers and undertake basic vehicle checks to ensure that the vehicle is roadworthy each day.
Package Description
As well as the attractive hourly rates of pay, at HCRG Care Group you will benefit from:
- HCRG Care Group is pleased to offer access to Wagestream - which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them. No more high-interest loans or overdraft fees - simply get paid as you go.
- Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards
- Access to our Strive for Better networks, a national support and professional network made up of NHS professionals like you, giving you the chance to constantly develop industry-leading care and quality
- Access to our free well-being service available 24/7/365 online and by telephone including; counsellors, post trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helpline, guided self-help, telephonic career coaching and monthly well-being newsletters
- Free statutory and mandatory training, as well as access to a range of courses and e-learning to develop further skills and in-house opportunities continuing your professional development
- Innovative forward-thinking culture with the opportunity to put forward your ideas to contribute to the way we work. You will be encouraged to apply for national funding to drive your initiatives locally to benefit our patients and service users
- Rewarding and supportive teams, you will be recognised and have opportunities to recognise others by nominating for local and national awards annually and taking part in our new virtual “Ask our Executives” event, where you can submit questions to the board and hear updates regularly on company strategy and objectives
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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