Hospice Driver

Job Summary
St Teresa’s Hospice, Darlington is seeking a driver to join our Retail Team,
based at our Darlington warehouse.

If you are a confident driver looking for a role that makes a real difference, then this could be the perfect
opportunity for you.

Location: St Teresa’s Hospice Retail Warehouse, Unit A, McMullen Road, Darlington, DL1 1XY

Hours: 37.5 hours per week; usual working pattern 5 days per week Monday to Thursday 9am - 5pm and Friday 8am
- 4pm, with occasional Saturdays.

St Teresa’s Hospice Band 1: £23,810 per annum.

Important application info:
Successful applicants are required to provide a basic disclosure. Disclosure expense will be met by St Teresa’s
Hospice. All posts are subject to a six-month probationary period.

The closing date for this job is: 05 October 2025, or as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please
apply as soon as possible to be considered for this role.

Please be aware that we do not have a sponsor license, and are therefore only able to appoint candidates who are
eligible to work in the UK.

Main duties of the job:
We are a forward thinking, inclusive registered charity, providing care and support to patients and their families in
their own homes and at St Teresa’s Hospice. Our chain of charity retail shops, supported by our warehouse, helps us
to raise the funds we need to continue providing our services.

Hospice Drivers deliver and collect donations and purchases to and from our warehouse, charity shops, customers
and local businesses, driving the Hospice van. The role will also include sorting and organising donated goods in the
warehouse and assisting with lifting and handling of large and valuable goods.

Essential skills and experience include:

•  Full UK driving licence

•  Experience of manual handling, working with the general public, and van driving

For further details, please see the job description and person specification which is available from our website at
https://darlingtonhospice.org.uk/work-with-us/

An induction and ongoing training will be provided.

About Us:
Join an organisation where we all work together for a shared charitable goal, with a community feel and an inclusive
culture.

Benefits of working for St T's include:

•  Training and development opportunities
•  Generous company annual leave, sick pay, and maternity/paternity/adoption pay entitlements
•  Pension schemes available
•  Opportunities to attend and participate in fun and exciting fundraising and awareness events
•  Workforce events, including long service awards
•  Employee Assistance Programme including free counselling/CBT
•  Discounted complementary therapies including acupuncture & massage
•  Free will-writing service via Octopus Legacy
•  Discounted local leisure centre membership and eligibility for Blue Light discount card

Please contact HR for further details.

St Teresa’s Hospice complies with GDPR during the recruitment and selection process. For information on how we
process your data, please see the NHS Jobs Privacy Notice and St Teresa’s Hospice Recruitment Privacy Notice.

St Teresa’s Hospice is a Disability Confident Employer. We are committed to employing and retaining disabled
people, and we encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

To apply:
You can download the application form at: https://darlingtonhospice.org.uk/work-with-us/

Please submit your completed application form via post or by hand to HR Dept, St Teresa’s Hospice, The
Woodlands, Woodland Road, Darlington, DL3 7UA, or by email to hr@darlingtonhospice.org.uk

We aim to respond to all applications; however, if you apply and are not contacted within a month of your
application, then please assume that you have not been shortlisted for the role on this occasion.

For more information about the role, please contact the HR Office on 01325 254321.

Our Values:
Our values are our core beliefs. They explain who we are, what we believe in and what we stand for.