Hours: 40 per week
Salary: £24003 per annum
This is an incredible opportunity to work for a forward-thinking community equipment services provider, who’ll support you to be the best you can be in your chosen field!
Join us as our new In House Service Engineer at Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd and let us empower you to truly make a difference.
Our continued employee development programmes, internal training and exceptional leadership will give you the ability to continuously develop yourself professionally whilst providing person-centred support.
You’ll be supported by an excellent team of professional and ever developing co-workers who all identify and align with Medequip’s values.
Who are Medequip?
Medequip is the leading provider of medical equipment services to local authorities and the NHS across the UK, delivering a wide range of equipment and support to people in their own homes, keeping people independent for longer.
About the role
As the In House Service Engineer for Medequip Assistive Technologies you will ensure all equipment is tested & repaired in line with Lifting Operations Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER) as well as other regulations to the agreed specification and to the agreed performance, qualitative and financial targets
This role will require you to work flexibly to suit the needs of the business as well as being able to participate in an emergency on-call rota.
Your day-to-day responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
* Servicing, maintaining and repairing equipment
* Undertake risk assessments on activities relating to themselves, modifications, and fabrications
* Using a weight rig to service and maintain hoists, which may involve some heavy lifting.
* Being able to identify and report immediately any perceived safeguarding issues to your line manager
* Adhering stringently to Medequip processes especially around loading and unloading of equipment.
* Use of a scanner to complete jobs
Ensuring a high standard of personal hygiene and appearance and general cleanliness to comply with statutory and Company regulations, wearing company uniform as specified.
About you
Above all, you will identify and align with our company values:
* We empower people to be accountable for their actions and performance.
* We help people with empathy, courtesy, dignity, and kindness.
* We show respect and are trusted by our colleagues, suppliers, and customers.
* We believe in teamwork and are passionate about our work.
* We encourage innovation and the development of technology.
* We embrace change and seek to achieve excellence.
* We deliver cost effective, efficient, and safe healthcare solutions.
Qualifications and experience required.
* Work well independently and as part of a team.
* Must have good communication skills.
* Ideally some experience in a similar role
What we offer
* 29 days holiday moving to a max of 33 days (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
* Continued professional development, training and learning support and opportunities for career progression.
* Life assurance
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Care First employee assistance program including free counselling.
* Access to Perkbox discount platform
* Free uniform
* Free DBS check
We welcome applications from all sections of the Community as an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are also happy to make any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process should you need it, please let us know.
We take our data privacy seriously and commit to processing your data in line with GDPR guidelines. Medequip’s Privacy Notice sets out the basis on which the personal data collected from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed in connection with our recruitment processes.
This role may be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references.
This role is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates without satisfactory right to work in the UK are unlikely to be suitable.
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