# Bank Ambulance Driver > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/bank-ambulance-driver/2c7a958c-1725-4e2e-9553-2d69b07cc344 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/bank-ambulance-driver/2c7a958c-1725-4e2e-9553-2d69b07cc344.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Ambulance and emergency care - **Salary:** Depends on experience - **Contract type:** Bank - **Employment type:** Flexible working - **Closing date:** 2026-06-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-16T10:14:00.829Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/B0263-26-0258?employerCode=B0263 - **Application URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/application/B0263-26-0258/pre-application-questions-pause?referrer=jobadvert&ref=B0263-26-0258 ## Job Content ### Job summary We are currently looking for Bank Ambulance Driver to join our St Johns Hospice Palliative Ambulance crew ### Main duties of the job The post holder will work effectively and efficiently within a small team of Ambulance Drivers providing the dedicated St Johns Hospice Palliative Ambulance service, will ensure high standards of safety and quality of care for patients and careers accompanying patients on transport and en-route.The post holder will ensure effective communication and liaison in the booking, planning and carrying out of duties related to the transport and transfer of patients ### About us Located in leafy St Johns Wood on the Jubilee line, minutes from Central London, our independent private Hospital has just been rated the number one in the country for care in the latest Bupa survey. Uniquely, all profits fund our onsite Hospice, St Johns. ### Details - Date posted: 16 June 2026 - Pay scheme: Other - Salary: Depending on experience - Contract: Bank - Duration: 5 days - Working pattern: Flexible working - Reference number: B0263-26-0258 - Job locations: 60 Grove End Road, St John’s Wood, London, NW8 9NH, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities Take responsibility on a daily basis on arrival, to be fully informed of the requirements of the ambulance crew regarding the transport and transfers of patients that may include: Home to Hospice, Hospital to Hospice, Hospice to Home as well as appointments and transfers that are requested from St Johns Hospice through the Hospice Inpatient Unit Be available throughout the day to respond promptly to both planned and unplanned patient transport and transfer requests in liaison with the Hospice Day Care Unit Manager, Hospice Day Care Unit Deputy and Specialist Nurse for Referrals and Discharge Take responsibility where identified for contacting patients or carers, as appropriate, to inform them of pick up times and any potential delays in picking up a patient prior to starting out and while en route, as required. This may include Covid screening questions by phone prior to collection Ensure there is clear, proper, prompt and safe communication with the Hospice Day Care Unit Team at all times in transit or on-site within the hospice environment e.g., by mobile phone Liaise closely with the hospice clinical team in the event of any significant changes in the patients condition or changes to plans for the transfer of a patient. Understand the requirements in relation to plans for managing patients who deteriorate in transit and how this will be managed, ensuring that all the necessary documentation is in place to support the plan of care e.g. DNACPR, transport risk assessments and other relevant documentation Ensure that a log of all transfers and any notable events are clearly and appropriately communicated and documented ## Job Details We are currently looking for Bank Ambulance Driver to join our St Johns Hospice Palliative Ambulance crew ## Job Description The post holder will work effectively and efficiently within a small team of Ambulance Drivers providing the dedicated St Johns Hospice Palliative Ambulance service, will ensure high standards of safety and quality of care for patients and careers accompanying patients on transport and en-route.The post holder will ensure effective communication and liaison in the booking, planning and carrying out of duties related to the transport and transfer of patients ## Responsibilities Take responsibility on a daily basis on arrival, to be fully informed of the requirements of the ambulance crew regarding the transport and transfers of patients that may include: Home to Hospice, Hospital to Hospice, Hospice to Home as well as appointments and transfers that are requested from St Johns Hospice through the Hospice Inpatient Unit Be available throughout the day to respond promptly to both planned and unplanned patient transport and transfer requests in liaison with the Hospice Day Care Unit Manager, Hospice Day Care Unit Deputy and Specialist Nurse for Referrals and Discharge Take responsibility where identified for contacting patients or carers, as appropriate, to inform them of pick up times and any potential delays in picking up a patient prior to starting out and while en route, as required. This may include Covid screening questions by phone prior to collection Ensure there is clear, proper, prompt and safe communication with the Hospice Day Care Unit Team at all times in transit or on-site within the hospice environment e.g., by mobile phone Liaise closely with the hospice clinical team in the event of any significant changes in the patients condition or changes to plans for the transfer of a patient. Understand the requirements in relation to plans for managing patients who deteriorate in transit and how this will be managed, ensuring that all the necessary documentation is in place to support the plan of care e.g. DNACPR, transport risk assessments and other relevant documentation Ensure that a log of all transfers and any notable events are clearly and appropriately communicated and documented ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Clean Driving License Class 1 - Category D License Required - Basic First Aid is desirable - Experience in patient or vulnerable adult transport in some capacity - Knowledge in the use of transport and communication aids eg satellite navigation, hands free mobile - Knowledge of the workings and basic maintenance of vehicles used to deliver service - Experience in the use of hard copy and or database booking and recording systems and structures is desirable **Desirable** - Experience of working with palliative care patients - Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing - Understanding of scheduling and organisational structures and tools - Able to demonstrate and understanding of the work of the hospice and the needs of patients being cared for is desirable ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.