Operational Support Assistant- Apprentice Post

Swansea Bay University Health Board; Llannon; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 15,000; Full time

Job summary

Swansea Bay University Health Board is offering an Operational Support apprentice role within the EMRTS/ACCTS teams in Wales. The position combines administrative duties with stores management and provides a pathway to a formal qualification during the apprenticeship.

Supported by experienced staff, the apprentice will help with stock checks, ordering, logistics across EMRTS/ACCTS bases, and admin tasks to ensure clinical teams run smoothly. Welsh language ability is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Stock checks and maintaining minimum stock levels.
• Order stock and provide logistical support to EMRTS/ACCTS bases.
• Provide administrative support as required to enable clinical teams to function smoothly.

Job description

The Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service is Wales' aeromedical response service based across 4 locations in Wales. Working alongside this, is the Adult Critical Care Transfer Service which is a Critical Care Road base transfer team working across 2 locations in North and South Wales.

Both of these teams rely on high quality, effective and efficient support teams to support them in delivering front line care to some of the sickest patients in Wales.

We are seeking to strengthen our existing support team, with the creation of an Operational Support apprentice. This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to gain valuable on the job experience whilst supporting front line services and having the opportunity to work towards a qualification during the apprentice period.

If you are looking for a new opportunity that will provide education, support and guidance then this might be the role for you., With support and guidance from existing staff and managers, the Operational Support apprentice will learn to provide support to the clinical teams across the service in a defined location/ region.

This will consist of both administrative and stores function to ensure that the clinical teams in the area are able to function effectively and efficiently.

The daily workload will include regular stock checks, ensuring minimum stock levels are maintained, ordering of stock, providing logistical support to the service by moving items around Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Services (EMRTS) /Adult Critical Care Team (ACCTS) bases, ensuring vehicles are maintained and ready for use as well as provisions of administration support as required

The successful candidate will work towards a qualification as part of their apprenticeship

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placementsand volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show thatour commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery,with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.