Make Ready Technician- North London

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust in London is seeking personnel to prepare ambulances to the agreed standard ready for operational duty, and to plan and prepare vehicles to meet strict time deadlines across remote and satellite sites. You will collect and transport vehicles between sites and visit hospital sites to retrieve LAS equipment, ensuring availability for crews.

The role requires clear communication with internal and external stakeholders, independent work, and the ability to stay

Qualifications

• Ability to self-manage workload and priorities without direct supervision.
• Excellent communication with colleagues at all levels.
• Communicate status of vehicles with Hub and satellite sites accurately.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Work independently and professionally under stressful, changing conditions.

Responsibilities

• To prepare ambulances to the agreed standard ready for operational duty.
• Plan and prepare ambulances to meet strict time deadlines and operational requirements.
• Work at remote and satellite sites.
• Collect and transport vehicles between sites to support operations.
• Visit hospital sites to retrieve LAS equipment to ensure availability.
• Promote LAS values on a day-to-day basis.
• Alert management to issues that may affect service provision and safety.
• Undertake duties with safe, efficient practice as directed by managers.
• Routinely perform duties commensurate with the post, under supervision as needed.

Job description

Ability to self-manage workload and priorities without direct supervision. Balance any equipment shortages ensuring vehicles are equipped based on priority whilst additional equipment is sourced for later starting vehicles. Excellent communication with colleagues at all levels. Assist with any queries from operational crews regarding vehicle or equipment availability, escalating upwards where required. To communicate accurately with internal and external stakeholders on the status of all vehicles with the Hub and satellite sites. Undertake all driving duties associated with the delivery and collection of equipment, and consumables.Main duties of the job

• To prepare ambulances to the agreed standard ready for operational duty
• Plan and prepares ambulances to meet strict time deadlines and any other operational requirements
• Working at remote and satellite sites.
• Collect and transport vehicles between sites as required to support operational requirements.
• Visit hospital sites to retrieve LAS equipment to ensure availability to operational crews.
• Behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organisation and promote these on day to day basis.
• Alert management of any issues or concerns that may affect service provision and safe operation of vehicles.
• Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team.
• Able to work independently and professionally -- dealing with stressful and changeable situations and, competing demands
• Routinely undertake duties in a safe, effective and efficient manner, commensurate with the post, as directed, by Operational Managers and Hub Coordinator. Our vision is to deliver outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed for everyone in London, 24/7, 365 days a year. Our strategy 2023-2028 outlines how we plan to achieve this, and is centred upon three missions focused on:
• Our care delivering outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed.
• Our organisation being an increasingly inclusive, well-led and highly skilled organisation people are proud to work for.
• Our London using our unique pan-London position to contribute to improving the health of the capital.

To achieve these three missions we have set ourselves 50 commitments to deliver over the next five years. In developing these ambitious commitments, we have engaged extensively both inside our organisation, with our partners and with our patients, and we have analysed population trends and horizon scanned the future.