Veterinary Ambulance Driver Employment Contract UK

Day-to-day operating brief

What Ambulance Driver (Pet Transport) work looks like in practice

A veterinary ambulance driver transports sick, injured or deceased animals between homes, practices and hospitals. Terms should cover licence and vehicle checks, species-appropriate containment, owner information, biosecurity, oxygen or equipment boundaries, lifting, route priority and handover. The driver must not provide clinical treatment outside training or transport an unsecured animal. Ambulance Driver (Pet Transport) is a veterinary role focused on route and vehicle checks, delivery or passenger handover, journey records, loading and security, incident and delay escalation, ambulance, driver, role duties. The contract should describe the role's practical duties, reporting route, records, standards and compliance obligations without importing wording from another industry The Employee is employed as Ambulance Driver (Pet Transport) in the Employer's Veterinary business. The role requires reasonable skill, care, accuracy, cooperation with management instructions and attention to the records, risks and standards specific to ambulance driver (pet transport) work The Employee must follow the veterinary operational controls that apply to ambulance driver (pet transport) work, including patient safety, clinical records, consent procedures, medicines controls where authorised and incident reporting, accurate record keeping, escalation and safe working requirements The Employee must protect patient, clinical, prescription, treatment, appointment, medication, safeguarding and regulated health records, including any personal data, customer or client information, operational records, pricing, credentials, security information, business plans and role-specific records accessed while performing ambulance driver (pet transport) duties Ambulance Driver (Pet Transport) work in Veterinary must follow the Employer's policies, data protection controls, health and safety rules, role records, escalation routes and training requirements relevant to route and vehicle checks, delivery or passenger handover, journey records. Family: clinical Ambulance Driver (Pet Transport) Clinical accuracy Patient confidentiality Regulatory awareness Journey planning should distinguish routine transfers from unstable patients requiring clinical escort. Cage position, temperature, contamination and owner property need checking before vehicle doors open at destination.