Driver

Job summary

Job Description:

Driver

Richmond Villages Letcombe Regis, South Street, Oxfordshire, OX12 9RG

£12.65 per hour

Permanent. Part time, 32 hours per week

Shift - 4 Days 8 HOUR SHIFTS MONDAY - FRIDAY

We make health happen

As a Driver, you'll organise and facilitate a daily transport schedule that meets the needs of residents within the village, providing scheduled and on-demand trips such as shopping trips, places of interest and medical appointments.

At Bupa, we provide support when it's needed most. Richmond Villages, our retirement village provider, offers personalized care that promotes independence and respects individual choices, enabling residents to live their best lives.

Upon starting, you can expect a comprehensive induction to ease you into your new role, followed by continuous training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships. Additionally, you'll have access to our online portal, which offers a range of resources for personal development, as well as complimentary access to LinkedIn's online learning platform.

You'll help us make health happen by:

• Collecting and delivering items of equipment to and from the village as required using company vehicles

• Carrying out scheduled checks on company vehicles, ensuring all documentation is in order and that vehicles are cleaned and have an adequate supply of fuel

• Reporting any vehicle defects and investigating and documenting the findings as required

• Completing journey logs after each use and monitoring Tax and MOT expiry dates, informing the Administrator near due dates

• Ensuring vehicles are locked and that alarms are activated when parking

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

As a Driver, it's essential that you hold a full, clean UK driving licence and have experience in a customer focused environment. You're polite and courteous with a can-do approach to your work. Flexible and adaptable, you're a skilled and responsible driver that has an ability to build a trusting relationship with people. First aid trained with previous experience driving groups of people, using wheelchair restraint systems and vehicle tail-lifts would be advantageous.

Because we care for vulnerable people, we'll need you to complete a DBS check as part of the recruitment process. Bupa will cover the cost of this (£40).

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• My Healthcare - Quick, easy access to support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP, physiotherapy, and mental health support - all available from one phone number 24/7.

• Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350

• Free meal with every shift (if 8 hour shift or more).

• 28 days holiday.

• Long Service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!

• Interest- free annual travel Loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets.

• Wagestream - Have early access up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes.

• Competitive Pension plans and Parental leave options as well as access to unique products such as our Menopause plan.

• My Bupa Extras - discounts at your favourite retailers, plus a huge range of tools, content and information to support you with your wellbeing.

• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.

Why Bupa?

We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to ”Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim tooffer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Time Type:

Part time

Job Area:

Care Home - Facilities & Home Support

Locations:

Richmond Letcombe Regis Village