# Driver/Porter (Hepatitis C ‘Test and Treat’ Outreach Van)

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Sheffield
- **Region:** North East and Yorkshire
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Estates and facilities
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25,272 Pro rata £10,108
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 9 months (Available funding until 31/03/2027. All existing NHS staff will only be considered on a secondment basis.)
- **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week (Over 2 days)
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-14T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-01T00:02:57.166Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Sheffield/Sheffield_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Infectious_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases-v7989809
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7989809?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sth.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Van driver and support for our NHS dedicated outreach clinic van .

This is an opportunity for anyone who wishes to get out and about South Yorkshire, Bassetlaw and North Derbyshire for 2 days a week to take and assist Nurses on our clinic van .  Patient communication is involved, alongside some basic data collection.

If you love people and driving , this role is for you.

### Main duties of the job

- The collection of outreach van from RHH site and transporting to agreed sites across South Yorkshire, Bassetlaw and North Derbyshire based on the outreach rota and return to base at the end of the session.
- Ensure the van is stocked with relevant consumables, resources and equipment to deliver the ‘test and treat’ service. This will include blood taking consumables and equipment (GeneXpert System), incentive vouchers, portable fibro scanner, PPE equipment.
- The return and secure storage of consumables, resources and equipment at the end of the session.
- Provide clinical/clerical support, to HCV outreach team where required. Taking dried blood spot/capillary samples from patients, and helping document, record and safeguard patients details and information.
- Support with setting up and clearing away clinical working area prior to and after each clinical activity and support with cleaning and maintaining safe clinical working environment.
- Understand clinical speciality (hepatitis C) to level that enables peer like support in understanding and engaging with clients to improve uptake and engagement with services (on job training provided by STH/HCV trust)
- Collection and delivery of samples to RHH site for processing.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

## Job Details

Van driver and support for our NHS dedicated outreach clinic van .

This is an opportunity for anyone who wishes to get out and about South Yorkshire, Bassetlaw and North Derbyshire for 2 days a week to take and assist Nurses on our clinic van . Patient communication is involved, alongside some basic data collection.

If you love people and driving , this role is for you.

## Job Description

The collection of outreach van from RHH site and transporting to agreed sites across South Yorkshire, Bassetlaw and North Derbyshire based on the outreach rota and return to base at the end of the session.

Ensure the van is stocked with relevant consumables, resources and equipment to deliver the ‘test and treat’ service. This will include blood taking consumables and equipment (GeneXpert System), incentive vouchers, portable fibro scanner, PPE equipment.

The return and secure storage of consumables, resources and equipment at the end of the session.

Provide clinical/clerical support, to HCV outreach team where required. Taking dried blood spot/capillary samples from patients, and helping document, record and safeguard patients details and information.

Support with setting up and clearing away clinical working area prior to and after each clinical activity and support with cleaning and maintaining safe clinical working environment.

Understand clinical speciality (hepatitis C) to level that enables peer like support in understanding and engaging with clients to improve uptake and engagement with services (on job training provided by STH/HCV trust)

Collection and delivery of samples to RHH site for processing.

## Responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Previous experience of driving commercial vehicles
- Previous experience of delivery duties using commercial vehicles

**Desirable**

- Previous experience of reversing large trailers
- Working within a team

### Other factors

**Essential**

- Full manual driving licence. Licences issued after 1.1.97 will need the following categories in addition to standard licence: B+E, categories C1 and D1

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Educated to GCSE grade D or above (or equivalent) to include English and Maths

**Desirable**

- Customer Care Training

### Further Training

**Desirable**

- Moving and Handling; Health and Safety; Customer Care; Willing to undertake further training; Dried Blood Spot Testing

### Special Skills/Aptitudes

**Essential**

- Ability to use initiative.
- Professional approach at all times when dealing with a variety of people and situations.
- Good communication and literacy skills

## Documents

- [staff benefits (pdf, 2.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2420)
- [jd 0.4 hcv driver/porter (pdf, 176.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10276374)
- [hcv driver person spec 0.4 (pdf, 32.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10276375)
- [information for candidates (pdf, 496.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2162)
- [applicants - how we use your information (pdf, 87.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2165)
- [getting to work at sheffield teaching hospitals (pdf, 305.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2163)
- [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 124.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2211)
- [a guide to using artificial intelligence and with your personal statement (pdf, 163.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2894)
- [candidate application best practice guide - please read before completing your application (pdf, 236.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2161)

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