Voluntray Car Driver
Northern Ireland Ambulance Service
- Age: 18+
- Northern Ireland Wide
- Driving Licence - max 3 penalty points and Access NI required
Hours
Flexible
Where we are
Head Office:
Volunteer Car Service
NI Ambulance Service
Non-Emergency Control (NEAC) Department
Altnagelvin
Glenshane Road
Londonderry
BT47 6GT
About the Volunteer Opportunity
As a Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Volunteer Car Driver, you will transport in your own car those non-emergency patients that do not require an ambulance to and from their health care teams for their medical treatment and care. This is a personally rewarding and fulfilling opportunity to help patients in your community. Flexible to fit in with other aspects of your life.
You will benefit from:
• Volunteering within your own community
• A supportive work environment, with a designated VCS contact and peer support via VCS Forum activities.
• NIAS badged uniform
• Developing key interpersonal and workplace related skills.
• Reasonable expenses covered, including a competitive mileage.
• Gaining experience of working within the Health & Social Care environment.
Volunteers must:
• Be aged 18 years old or over,
• Have access to their own car,
• Have a UK full driving licence with maximum 3 penalty points,
• Have car insurance to include business use and tax, and
• Provide two-character references.
APPLICATION DOCUMENTS: The website link to download the application form and information leaflet is: https://nias.hscni.net/services/involving-our-community/voluntary-car-scheme/
NI Ambulance Service (VCS) service can help provide you with support in completing forms or to talk through the role in more detail. They can talk in person if you prefer or via telephone call at: 028 7134 7134 Option 3. You can also reach them by Mobile/Text message on: 077 7152 0122 or email us at: NIAS.VCS@Nias.hscni.net.
About the Organisation
The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service exists to improve the health and well-being of the people of Northern Ireland. We apply the highest levels of knowledge and skill to preserve life, prevent deterioration and promote recovery. We touch lives at times of basic human need, when care and compassion are what matter most.
NIAS provides high quality emergency, urgent and primary care services throughout the whole of Northern Ireland. Our dedicated, committed and highly skilled staff work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to ensure that our patients receive the best possible care.
We have 46 stations and deployment points spread over 5345 square miles (13,843 km2), serving a population of over 1.8 million.
The most important function that NIAS performs is responding to emergency 999 calls as fast as possible, helping those in life-threatening conditions. We also strive to help those who require non-emergency assistance by pointing them in the correct direction for the information that they require.
Another duty that the Ambulance Service undertakes is transporting the most vulnerable patients in our community to outpatient hospital appointments. We do this by utilising our Patient Transport Service and the Voluntary Car Scheme.
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Register your interest
Volunteers may be required to complete an Access NI disclosure for some volunteering roles. A criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining a volunteer position.
