Volunteer Driver (Chichester Centre)

For Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation

If you enjoy driving, meeting new people and would like to help your local community we welcome you to join us as a Volunteer Driver.

Under the guidance of the team you will provide non-emergency transport for our patients wishing to get to appointments. This maybe returning to visit home, access a health appointment or to participate in a leisure activity.

As a Volunteer Driver, you will offer reassurance and engage in conversation as appropriate during the journeys. Volunteers will drive a Trust vehicle with a Trust staff escort.

To become a Volunteer Driver, you will need to:

Be 21 years old +

Have a minimum of 2 years driving experience
Hold a valid, full clean UK driving licence
Have fully comprehensive insurance with business use cover
Provide evidence of an eye test within the past 2 years
Able to use a mobile phone
Undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (funded by the trust)
Complete online and in-person mandatory training

In addition, you may also be required to have a basic driving assessment from the local service.

Skills

Driving skills Safe and careful driver
Physically fit for getting in and out of vehicles and loading and unloading
Able to navigate around an area using sat nav or maps
Able to keep to a schedule
Well presented, with a friendly and approachable manner and good verbal communication skills
An ability to be patient and calm even in the face of difficult situations
An ability to act on own initiative within the role description

About Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation

We are Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, providing mental health, learning disability and neurodevelopmental services to people living in south east England. Our services are for children, young people, adults of working age and older people.

We provide care in a range of locations including people’s own homes, specialist clinics, hospitals, low and medium secure units and GP surgeries.

We are passionate about research and it's our aim to put it at the core of everything we do so we can continually improve our clinical care. We are members of the University Hospital Association and are part of the Surrey and Sussex Health and Care integrated system.