EMED Group
Redhill
Full Time
Permanent
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Community Transport Assistant/Driver to join our team based in Redhill, Surrey.
A Community Transport Assistant is a hugely rewarding and fulfilling role. Each day, you ll be helping someone in need, making their lives that little bit easier, and knowing that you make a difference to their day provides you with a real sense of achievement.
Your main responsibility will be transporting SEND children to and from school. You will also support out PTS division in transporting elderly, sick and vulnerable service users to and from their place of education, medical appointments and between healthcare facilities. This can be carried out as two-person crews or alone, so it is vital to hold a full UK driving licence and to have a good degree of physical fitness.
What benefits can you expect?
Other duties include:
To be considered for this role, you will need to be:
Full FREC 3 Training (Certificate in First Response Emergency Care)
Committed to Community Care
An effective communicator and experience of communicating with others in what can often be emotional circumstances
To be a calm, considerate, careful driver, with no more than three penalty points on your license
To have a natural flair for team working and collaboration
Be physically fit for patient handling, wheelchair on off boarding
Pass an Enhanced DBS check (company funded)
Able to hold a PHV taxi license
Able to work flexible shifts
Familiar with the local and surrounding area
Please note that this role will be subject to several regulatory pre-employment checks, and you will be asked to provide details of your full employment history should you be invited to an interview. Your HMRC record, available to download from the Government Gateway may help you in preparing this information when required.
Our Values
Collaborative We work as one team with a shared purpose to meet the needs of our patients, passengers, colleagues, customers, communities, and the planet.
Agile We listen, learn and adapt to improve the business, each other, and ourselves.
Reliable We do what we say we will do, we take responsibility and we behave with integrity.
Empowered We are confident and committed to taking responsibility to deliver the highest quality service.
About Us
The exciting merger of ERS Medical and E-Zec Medical has enabled us to rebrand, therefore as a combined business we are now known as EMED Group. We are the largest Patient Transport and Care Partner to the NHS with more than 2,500 colleagues across 50 depots. Our ambition is to continue developing transport services that improve the health and wellbeing for people across our local communities by providing transport that supports patient care, community support, secure mental health and medical courier services.
EMED Group are committed to providing equal opportunities and we endeavour to provide an inclusive and safe working culture for all.
EMED Group
Redhill
Full Time
Permanent