Senior Vehicle Preparation Operative (Salisbury)

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Salisbury is looking for a Senior Vehicle Preparation Operative to lead a small team in ensuring ambulances are prepared for emergency calls. The role involves cleaning, restocking, and refueling ambulances, while maintaining high standards to ensure patient safety and operational targets. This position offers a competitive NHS salary and various benefits, including extensive holiday entitlements and pension schemes.

Benefits

Competitive NHS salary

Holiday entitlements of 27 days per year

Generous Pension Scheme

Car leasing scheme

Free parking across Trust sites

Cycle-to-work schemes

Qualifications

• Current full driving licence; C1 category is preferred.
• Ability to lead and motivate a small team and work in a dynamic, priority-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate a small team of Vehicle Preparation Operatives.
• Clean, restock and refuel ambulances daily.
• Follow a prescribed process to ensure each ambulance is ready to treat patients.
• Perform detailed cleaning and infection prevention activities.

Skills

Team leadership

Dynamic work environment

Job description

Overview

There has never been a better time to join the Trust’s Fleet and Equipment team as a Senior Vehicle Preparation Operative. Our Ambulance Vehicle Preparation (AVP) team play a vital role in ensuring our front line crews are ready and able to respond to emergency situations by preparing our vehicle fleet and equipment to high standards.

We are looking for committed people who can lead and motivate a small team of Vehicle Preparation Operatives to prepare ambulances to the highest standards for responding to emergency calls.

You will join our team during a period of transformation as we prepare to implement the Ambulance Vehicle Preparation (AVP) service into Wiltshire. Our current AVP teams perform a deep clean of an ambulance every 6 weeks. In contrast, AVP involves cleaning, restocking and refuelling ambulances every day. We are implementing AVP because we need to adapt and change to respond to growing pressure from increasing patient demand levels and the expectation is that changing our ways of working will increase the availability of resources for our patients.

The role also includes the cleaning and restocking of ambulances, working alongside our Vehicle Preparation Operatives. The team process ambulances in a prescribed and controlled way that ensures each ambulance is ready to treat patients. The role is a key operational support function which ensures patient safety whilst supporting Operations in meeting its targets. Main duties include detailed cleaning and infection prevention & control activities, checking and inspecting medical devices, restocking consumables, refuelling and driving vehicles across various locations.

Further information about AVP is provided in this short video.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate a small team of Vehicle Preparation Operatives to prepare ambulances to the highest standards for responding to emergency calls.
• Clean, restock and refuel ambulances daily as part of the Ambulance Vehicle Preparation service.
• Clean and restock ambulances, check and inspect medical devices, restock consumables, refuel and drive vehicles across various locations.
• Follow a prescribed and controlled process to ensure each ambulance is ready to treat patients; support patient safety and meet operational targets.
• Perform detailed cleaning and infection prevention & control activities as part of daily duties.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Current full driving licence; C1 category is preferred.
• Ability to lead and motivate a small team and work in a dynamic, priority-driven environment.

Benefits

• Competitive NHS salary
• A standard working week of 37.5 hours
• Holiday entitlements of 27 days per year, plus general and public holidays, rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Pay enhancements for out of hours, shift and overtime working
• Generous Pension Scheme
• Career and salary progression
• Car leasing scheme
• Free parking across Trust sites
• Cycle-to-work and other salary sacrifice schemes
• Staff networks
• Access to a wide range of discounts from various organisations across the UK

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Oliver Ingram, Job title: HR Service Administrator, Email: [e-mail], Telephone: [phone]