Courier Driver (Weekends)

EMED Group

  • Ipswich, Suffolk
  • £12.21 per hour
  • Permanent
  • Part-time
  • 1 month ago
We have a fantastic opportunity for Courier Drivers to join our team based in the East of England (Colchester and Ipswich).The main purpose of this courier driver role will be to contribute to the safe and timely movement and transportation of goods and equipment.The role will require excellent communication skills with customers, colleagues and other stakeholders to maintain the highest standards. Using electronic and paper based forms of recording jobs and items delivered and collected, making sure that all courier jobs are carried out correctly and on time.
  • This is a part-time position working weekends only. Saturday - 8hr, Sunday - 8hr
Your duties include:
  • To carry out courier journeys to various locations and to agreed routes and timings.
  • To complete digital and manual documentation required by both legislation and organisational procedures
  • To maintain regular contact with the operations office using a range of communication systems
  • To ensure all items are kept safe and secure at all times
  • To comply at all times with the Road Traffic Act while driving and other relevant legislation connected to the vehicle
  • To act as customer contact at delivery points of service, and relay relevant information to the operations office
  • To complete vehicle checks prior to use, and to notify any defects to the Operations Office verbally and by recording on appropriate documentation
  • To act in a polite and courteous manner to customers and road users at all times
For this role, you MUST hold a Full UK Manual Driving Licence and have no more than 6 penalty points.To be considered as a Courier Driver, we are looking for:
  • The ability to work on own initiative
  • Must be able to plan routes effectively
  • Must be a good communicator
  • Customer focused
  • Experience in a similar role is advantageous
Skills and Abilities
  • Able to remain calm under pressure
  • Good problem solving skills
  • Good communicator
  • Good literacy and numeracy skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Willing and able to use a PDA (training will be given)
  • Clear, legible handwriting
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 ValuesCollaborative – 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 UsThe 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 are committed to providing services for our patients, service users, clients, and community and is supported by employees with an increasing variety of backgrounds. To do this effectively it is essential that we promote equality and embrace diversity and inclusion and treat all of our employees, patients, service users and clients with dignity and respect.EMED Group is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination, with our aim being to be truly representative of all sections of society and our clients, and for each employee to feel respected, valued and able to give their best.

EMED Group