Job Title: Van Courier/Relief Controller – Night Shift

Location: 1 Mabledon Place, WC1H 9AX

Salary range: Up to £34,00 DOE

Sonic Healthcare is an internationally renowned healthcare provider with a demonstrable track record of medical services across the world. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Sonic is an ASX Top 50 company that has grown to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers, specialising in pathology, radiology and primary care medical centres. We have operations in Australia, the USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.

Sonic Healthcare UK encompasses the two main entities in the UK, The Doctors Laboratory (TDL) and Health Services Laboratories (HSL). HSL is a partnership between The Doctors Laboratory (TDL), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). HSL was formed to provide pathology services to the NHS Trusts and has expanded further to provide services to other NHS Trusts. Over 2,500 staff work at Sonic Healthcare UK, primarily under the TDL or HSL banner.

Our purpose is to deliver medically-led diagnostics, innovation, value and long-term investment to healthcare. With our core laboratory based at The Halo Building in London WC1H 9AX, we also have an expanding site in Manchester as well as smaller hospital-based laboratories across the country. We maintain rigorously high standards of quality, whilst also delivering efficiencies to healthcare through careful workforce planning, pioneering technology and significant investment in infrastructure and IT.

An opportunity has arisen for an Night Shift Van Courier / Controller to join the Courier team at our Central London location for 42 hours per week. Although the role is based in our main laboratory at 1 Mabledon Place, the successful applicant will be expected to travel to various locations within the UK along with providing Courier Controller Cover when required.

The role involves collecting samples from clients and their safe and efficient delivery to the company premises, as well as the delivery of reports, supplies and other goods to clients. The position will also involve carrying out duties in line with the ‘Courier Procedures Manual’ and to ensure that communication procedures are operational during duties. The successful candidate will have experience of working within the courier or healthcare field and at least 5 years driving experience. You will also be required to have excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team.

Please be aware that this role involves dealing with Blood Transfusion and Major Haemorrhage situations. Please note, driving will take up a large part of your working day and as it is a 4 on 4 off shift, you will be expected to work weekends/Bank Holidays.You are also expected to provide a high quality, proactive and professional Courier Controlling service for The Doctors Laboratory.

The role involves the controlling of The Doctors Laboratory Courier fleet to meet the needs of our clients efficiently and to a high service level, to process paperwork accurately and efficiently, to ensure all duties are carried out in line with standards defined by Clinical Pathology Accreditation (UK) ltd and any other regulatory body defined by the company. To be considered for this role you will have experience of working within the courier field, excellent written and verbal communication skills, the ability to work on your own and as part of a team and a good standard of IT skills.

Key requirements:

At TDL we offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:

**• No banding restrictions: **As we are a private company we are not restricted by salary bandings and so are able to negotiate appropriate salaries based on experience. This also means that annual salary reviews do not hit a band ceiling.

Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.

We respect and value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from diverse communities.

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