The Equipment Technician will work within the Knowsley wheelchair service. The service aims to provide an effective and efficient service to the area, supporting people of all ages with wheelchair provisions. The service supports the assessment and delivery of wheelchairs to assist in safe discharges from hospitals, pressure care needs, end of life care, moving and handling, and supporting independence. As part of the wheelchair service model, the service collects, decontaminates, refurbishes, services, and maintains wheelchairs.
1x 37.5 Hours Full Time Role Available
Previous applicants need not apply.
Main duties of the job
1. Assist the Clinical Engineer Technician in delivering an excellent refurbishing service ensuring all equipment is categorised, refurbished, repaired, and serviced in stores prior to despatch into the community.
2. Repairs of wheelchair equipment on-site at base or in the community in service user residential environments.
3. Ensure the correct parts required are available for daily schedules.
4. Take instruction from Clinical Engineer Technician completing delegated workload.
5. Organise own workload to maximise efficiency.
6. Condemn equipment that is beyond economical repair following procedures and requesting sign-off.
7. Maintain accurate stock control systems using a computerised system.
8. Update systems regarding items of equipment required for repair, service, and maintenance.
9. Assist in the completion of categorisation of manual wheelchairs to be repaired or refurbished in stores.
10. Salvage parts from equipment that have been quality inspected for reuse in line with the service sustainability aim.
11. Deliver and assist with the PPM (Planned Preventative Maintenance) of manual wheelchairs/equipment.
12. Participate in self/staff development of training activities as required.
13. Carry out weekly/monthly stock checks of all spare parts required for PPM and participate in the annual stock take as required.
14. Receive all deliveries of spare parts equipment and ensure all equipment is processed onto the stock control system and located within the stores environment.
15. Identify and report all defective materials received into stores directly to line manager and organise remedial action as required.
16. In times of service BCP or staffing shortages, the post holder would be expected to cover roles within banding remit, including driving, delivering, and fitting of community equipment, collection, and decontamination of equipment.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales, and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable, and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* GCSE or equivalent level grade C or above in English and other subjects
* NVQ level 3 or above in Engineering or equivalent
Knowledge/Experience
* Experience working within an NHS or Healthcare setting
* Experience of use of computer systems
* Experience of working in a diverse cultural and socioeconomic community
* Experience of working as a technician or similar
Values
* Accountability
* Support
* High professional standards
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
* Change oriented
Skills
* Awareness of own competency level and how to seek assistance if required
* Awareness of safeguarding
* Ability to maintain and set personal and professional boundaries
* Ability to work independently and carry out directed tasks with clients in their own homes/residential or nursing
* Ability to work as part of a team
* Ability to work on own initiative and problem solve
* Understanding the importance of equality and diversity
* Ability to manage own time effectively
* Dexterity to complete demands of the post - intensive and physical at times
* Driving License
* Ability to keep and maintain accurate data using bespoke database
* Knowledge of wheelchairs
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
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Knowsley Wheelchair Service
Centre for Independent Living - Unit 11 Brickfields
£24,071 to £25,674 a year pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
350-CC6824205-A
Job locations
Knowsley Wheelchair Service
Centre for Independent Living - Unit 11 Brickfields
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