Ancillary (AVP) Supervisor - Ambulance Vehicle Preparation
The Yorkshire Ambulance Service is seeking an experienced 1st level line manager to manage various assigned locations and dispersed staff in support of our vehicle cleaning provision.
This vacancy is a relief line role, which will require flexibility to cover your colleagues/team's leave and absence along with rotational weekends and bank holidays, supporting dedicated AVP sites as requested. If relief support is not required, the core assigned hours will be allocated.
This role requires early/late evening but predominantly night working with 1 in 4 weekend nights.
Any hours between 20:00 and 06:00 will provide unsociable payments at 30% Monday through Saturday and 60% uplift for all hours worked on Sundays, potentially providing over £7000 above the basic pay advertised.
A driving license with category C1 is essential. You will be required to confirm within your application that you hold a full C1 Category on your driving license, which must also be valid in the UK.
Main Duties of the Job
Duties to include:
1. Performing a wide range of first level line manager duties associated with the provision of the Ancillary - AVP Service cleaning, inclusive of team-based working and covering vehicle cleaning duties in staff absence as required.
2. Ensuring a high standard of service delivery is maintained in relation to the cleaning provision requirements of assigned sites and staff.
3. Monitoring/auditing all cleaning of vehicles and associated areas within the garages and adjacent rooms.
4. Building and developing strong working relationships with all users of the Ambulance Vehicle Preparation Services.
About Us
Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline, and inner cities.
We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.
We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.
Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits, and flexible working including hybrid options.
Job Responsibilities
This post offers an average 37.5 hour per week contract based on a 7 day a week relief line Rota system including bank holidays, weekends, and nights.
1. Line managing/supervising the Ancillary-AVP (cleaning) provision and staff across the allocated area and supporting other colleague areas as required.
2. Ensuring decontamination and required stock and equipment checks are undertaken upon frontline vehicles and all associated work areas and garages are managed.
3. Building professional relationships with all other service users and empowering your team to follow this relationship development.
4. Nurturing, supporting, and empowering staff to achieve the required skills to meet service needs and encouraging staff to engage in personal development.
Post holders will ensure all practices and procedures are maintained to Trust standards and will be required to work with minimum supervision, flexibly, and use their initiative in decision-making.
You must be reliable and conscientious with a good eye for detail and be able to work individually and as part of a small team.
The successful candidates must be flexible in their approach and convey a personal commitment to demonstrating the YAS values and behaviors. Competency to use IT equipment including computer systems, tablets, barcode readers, and associated software packages is essential in this role. Previous line management/supervisory experience is essential; training will be provided regarding specific activities.
Our training package includes NVQ, CMI, and NCFE Learning and Development in Leadership and Infection Prevention and Control.
Please ensure you read and understand the attached job description before completing your application.
Completion of the Supporting Information section within your application is essential, and please include any relevant experience, knowledge, and/or role-related qualities to support your application.
Person Specification
Experience & Work Achievements
* Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
* Previous supervisory experience within a Domestic Cleaning / Ancillary Service provision.
* Previous knowledge of Infection Control Procedures.
Skills & Abilities
* Ability to prioritise tasks and manage conflicting demands on time & resources to deliver objectives.
* IT skills - Computer literate and competent in the use of Microsoft Outlook, Internet Explorer, Word, Excel, and standard database programmes.
* Ability to support staff engaged in personal and professional development.
Knowledge & Education
* Possess a C1 UK driving licence.
* 5 GCSEs minimum level C or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through courses and experience.
* Working knowledge of Workplace Health and Safety, COSHH, Risk Assessments preferably associated with standard procedures and practices within the cleaning services sector.
* Candidates must indicate an acceptance of and commitment to the principles underlying the Trust's Equal Opportunities Policy.
* Knowledge and understanding of Cleanliness Audits, NHS Cleaning specifications, and Care Quality Commission standards for Cleanliness.
Personal/Other
* Ability to work individually or as part of a team.
* Ability to work unsocial hours on a 7 day 24 hour rota system.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer Name
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
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