Lead Driver

Tiverton HSSU Hub | Sterile Services Unit | Permanent | Full Time

up to £35,015 per annum depending on experience

37.5 hrs per week incl. weekends

Enhancements: +30% after 7pm | +20% weekends | 1.5x overtime

Our Hospital Sterile Services Unit (HSSU) transports sterile and disinfected surgical equipment to our local hospital network. If you have a full driving license with a C1 entitlement which allows you to drive rigid vehicles up to 7.5 tons Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) and hold a digital tachograph card, you could enjoy the benefits of joining the UK’s largest Healthcare Charity.

The Lead Driver oversees daily transport operations while supporting frontline delivery activity. The role provides direction to the driver team, ensuring safe, efficient and compliant service, and acts as the link between drivers and management. Nuffield Health offers real opportunities to develop and progress. We support long-term careers, giving you the chance to broaden your experience across a range of roles.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily routes and driver activity
• Provide day-to-day leadership and act as escalation point
• Monitor tachograph compliance and reduce infringements
• Support rota planning, including holiday and resource management
• Maintain strong customer relationships and resolve issues
• Ensure vehicles are roadworthy and defects are addressed
• Support reduction in agency usage and overall cost control
• Lead team briefings and promote high standards
• Maintain safe working practices and compliance with H&S

Skills & Experience

• C1 licence (up to 7.5T) and digital tachograph card
• Knowledge of driver hours and compliance
• Experience in logistics/transport
• Ability to lead and organise a team

(CPC desirable – training available)

Role Requirements

• Comfortable with manual handling (trolleys up to 250kg)
• Flexible working between 4am–9pm, including weekends
• Hands-on role combining driving and leadership

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. These include:

Free gym membership & discounted family memberships, full uniform and PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). Paid holiday entitlement with additional paid wellness days. Enhanced pay rates, nighttime rates between 7pm & 7am and overtime rates after 37.5hrs. Free onsite parking, CPC required top up hours provided, no multi drop work (max 5 customers with 7.5-ton vehicle) and driving new Mercedes Benz trucks with tail lifts. There are no requirements for nights away from home. Opportunities for career progression and annual salary reviews.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it’s a good idea to apply right away to ensure you’re considered for this role.

It starts with you.