Salaried Out of Hours Weekend Supervisor and Lead Driver

If you hold another position, you must ensure that any hours worked in this role comply with the requirements of the Working Time Regulations. Please consider your existing commitments carefully and ensure you can meet these requirements before submitting an application.

This is the perfect opportunity to lead a team of Out of Hours Drivers and be part of a diverse team providing an efficient and comprehensive administration and reception service.

As a Lead UTC Driver, you will be considered a key person to help in day-to-day administrative tasks within the UTC Out of Hours along with driving the doctors to their visits, without you the UTC would not function efficiently. This is a genuine opportunity to be a part of a team in South-East London, with a real opportunity for personal growth and to influence UTC in your area. We are looking for Bank drivers. The service is 365 days per year which means a range of shifts will be available., The UTC operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. During the week, the department is supported on site by the UTC Lead, UTC Service Lead, Deputy Service Lead, Lead GP and Lead Nurse. At weekends, the service needs the same level of operational support, so that issues with staffing, flow, equipment and transport are resolved quickly and locally rather than being escalated to senior management.

This role brings together two functions. The first is weekend supervision: a visible, non-clinical lead on site who takes ownership of the running of the department during weekend shifts. The second is leadership of the UTC driver team, including rotas, HR compliance, fleet management and monthly reporting.

Greenwich Health is the GP Federation for the Greenwich Borough and have a not-for-profit ethos. This means we reinvest all our surplus into developing our staff, our organisation and to support our Practices in being sustainable for the future. We are committed to providing quality of care to our patients whilst building resilience for General Practice and providing services and programmes of work to deliver care at scale to the Greenwich Population. This role will be part of an exciting opportunity to work with leading specialists of an innovative Urgent Treatment Centre.

We are local organisation owned by our local GP Practices we care what happens in Greenwich and want to make a difference to our patients and our partners.

We have a not-for-profit ethos, meaning any surplus is reinvested into developing the business, developing our staff, and supporting our Practices in being sustainable for the future. Through our partnerships in our local healthcare environment, we can develop shared posts for example, with the hospital trust and our GP practices.

We are linked to the local VTS and have support from Greenwich University to develop specific development pathways. You will have ongoing support and mentorship.

We have developed an Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) model, which aims to develop a stress-free and supportive working environment.

We have developed a working culture which harnesses openness and togetherness which has resulted in high staff retention rates.