Fleet Commissioning Equipment Specialist

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust; Lewes; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in emergency care is looking for a dedicated individual to join their team in Lewes. This full-time role involves assisting in the decommissioning of vehicles and medical equipment, ensuring that all processes are documented and compliant with Trust standards. You will play a vital role in preparing recycled medical equipment for reuse and supporting the commissioning of new vehicles. With a commitment to staff development and a supportive work environment, this position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the health and safety of the community while enjoying a range of employee benefits.

Benefits

NHS pension scheme

27 days holiday

Personal and professional development

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Occupational health services

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Must hold a C1 Driving licence and know about medical equipment used by SECAmb.
• Basic knowledge of Word and Excel programs is required.

Responsibilities

• Assist in decommissioning vehicles and medical kit for the Trust.
• Order and process medical kit for new vehicles.

Skills

Computer literacy

Knowledge of medical equipment

Organizational skills

Education

C1 Driving licence

Tools

Word

Excel

Job description

Employer: South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Lewes Commissioning Centre

Town: Lewes

Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 PA

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 16/02/2025 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 4

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has a vision to ‘support our staff to provide a caring, high quality and efficient urgent and emergency care service to our communities’. We are rated ‘Good’ for care by the Care Quality Commission and while the other areas under their most recent report require improvement, our aim is to continually improve and to reach outstanding across all areas of the Trust.

Our 4,000+ workforce provide services to 4.9m people across Kent, Surrey, Sussex and North East Hampshire. We handle over 1 million calls to 999 and 1 million calls to NHS 111 every year.

Job overview

• Full time role

To assist in the process of decommissioning vehicles, equipment, plant & vehicle parts that are no longer required by the Trust. This will be completed following the document “NHS Protect - Security considerations for ambulance decommissioning and disposal SA20C”. Items will be disposed of via Trust approved auction sites or scrap disposal through Trust approved methods, in agreement with the Fleet Commissioning Manager.

To assist in the ordering & processing of medical kit, fitting onto new vehicles. To also assist in the decommissioning of old vehicles and medical kit.

Main duties of the job

• Placing orders for new medical kit
• Processing medical kit ready to go onto new vehicles
• Kitting new vehicles for operational use
• Decommissioning old vehicles and its medical kit
• Documenting processes as required
• Remove all medical equipment from the vehicle, owned by the Trust
• Log all equipment returning to lease companies and remove from the fleet management Jaama computer system

Working for our organisation

• Option to join NHS pension scheme
• A minimum of 27 days' holiday each year, increasing after 5 years’ service.
• Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
• Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
• Access to occupational health and counselling services.
• Back up buddy App
• Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In this role you will also:

• Prepare recycled medical equipment (sorting and accounting for) ready for reuse on vehicles
• Install medical kit as per the Trust’s standard load list onto vehicles during the commissioning process
• As part of a team, assist in the delivery of new vehicles and collection of old vehicles from Trust sites and occasionally non-trust sites.

Person specification

IT

• Know how to use a computer and basic Word & Excel programmes

Driving

• Must hold C1 Driving licence
• Know about the medical equipment used by SECAmb

Please note that the salary range noted on the vacancy is in line with agenda for change (AFC) pay scales. All successful applicants would be placed automatically at the bottom of the banding, unless proven, relevant NHS or equivalent experience can be demonstrated.

The Trust is passionately committed to being an inclusive employer - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. As an employer, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement networks, facilities and services to support staff from different backgrounds.

We actively support equality of opportunity for all our staff and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief.

The Equality Act 2010 protects disabled people - including those with long-term health conditions, learning disabilities and hidden disabilities such as dyslexia. If you tell us that you have a disability we can make reasonable adjustments to ensure that any selection processes - including the interview - are fair and equitable.

We are committed to offering opportunities to individuals with disabilities and offer ongoing support, should you be successful, with any adjustments you may need when performing your role.

Should you require an application form in an alternative format including large print or braille, please contact [e-mail] stating the vacancy reference number and we will be happy to provide this.

Due to the high volume of applications at SECAmb, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interview.

Be aware that the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. For this reason, we recommend completing your application as early as possible.

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