Job Description
We’re looking for someone who is friendly, caring, and compassionate to join us as volunteer car driver to provide transport for our patients to and from their appointments.
Join our ever-growing volunteer network and make a difference! You’ll be supporting new patients who may be travelling to their appointment for the first time or assisting patients with pre-planned appointments.
Anyone can become a volunteer driver, but you must:
- Be physically fit
- Be aged between 18-70
- Have a current full driving licence
- Have access to a clean, road-worthy car with a minimum of four doors and front and rear seat belts
- Have fully comprehensive car insurance
- Have a valid road tax and MOT for the vehicle to be used
- Attend an interview, where we can check all the above information and proof of identify.
- Keep a record of mileage incurred.
- Make sure that all passengers wear seatbelts (in both front & rear seats).
- Inform Volunteer Transport Supervisor as soon as possible if you have an accident, or if someone becomes ill/is injured in the vehicle.
- Obtain information from the Volunteer Transport Supervisor regarding the names, address, and any accompanying passengers.
- Transporting the service users to the required destination at the agreed time.
- Warmly greeting the passengers and make them feel welcome and comfortable.
- Before driving off, ensure that the passengers are comfortable and secure in the vehicle.
- To report any matter of concern to the Volunteer Transport Supervisor.
- To maintain confidentiality regarding information relating to service users and staff.
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support groups
We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
As a volunteer, the mileage payment
The HMRC mileage allowance rate for the 2022/2023 tax year remains at 45p for the first 10000 miles for business purposes and 25p for each business mile after the threshold of 10000 miles.
Please ensure your application tells us clearly what appeals to you about this volunteering opportunity and what it is you can bring to the team.
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.