Head Driver

We currently have a vacancy for a Head Driver to manage and maintain the Mobile Dental Surgery's and trust lease cars in London and Kent. You will oversee the servicing, maintenance and repairs of all vehicles in collaboration with key staff in London and Kent and have line management of three drivers. The London boroughs covered are Newham, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Redbridge, Waltham Forest, Havering and Barking & Dagenham.

You'll be based in London but will also travel to Kent to support services. The post is critical to providing clinical and outreach services to deliver and meet contracted activity in the community, clinics, prisons, medium secure forensic units, homeless sites and a secure school.

You will need to be able to work in a very busy environment whilst remaining calm, the ability to work independently, proactively and under pressure is important. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required to act as a professional contact point for all driver and vehicle related enquiries with the ability to exercise tact and diplomacy., To support the provision of an efficient and effective mobile dentalunit (MDU) service, in Kent and London, and support a variety ofdental outreach services including Homeless provision and otherad-hoc duties as and when required while always maintaining thecontinuity of the service using the trust pool vehicles. The dailysupervision of drivers co-ordinating use of resources, routes andmanaging rota's and workloads.

You will work in close partnership with the Senior ProjectCoordinator in London, key staff in Kent and Operational managersto ensure outreach services are delivered in line with serviceneeds.

The Mobile Dental Unit team is a small team within the LondonDental Services and Kent Dental services who support a variety ofdental outreach services including the Homeless provision(London), Medium Secure Units (London), Medium SecureForensic unit (Kent), Prisons (Kent) and Secure School for children(Kent). The team is comprised of several drivers and spread acrossvarious bases within North East London and Kent, The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

You will require a driving license that allows you to drive a vehicle up to 7.5 tonnes (C1/D1 category) and an enhanced DBS., As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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