Employer: North East Ambulance Service Unified Solutions
Employer type: NHS
Site: NEASUS
Town: Sunderland
Salary: £23,779 - £27,113
Additional Payment: 9% unsociable hours payment
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/04/2025 23:59
Ambulance Resource Assistant
Job overview
37.5 hours per week, includes weekends and Bank Holidays.
Do you want the opportunity to make a difference every day? This exciting opportunity would appeal to someone who wants a career in a unique environment!
NEASUS employs approximately 75 staff across our Sunderland Vehicle workshops, Equipment and Hygiene workshops, and at our new site in Blaydon.
The postholder will work across the North East region and sometimes beyond.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job:
* The movement of emergency ambulances and other vehicles across the North East to ensure that they are in the right place at the right time.
* Light repairs to vehicles such as headlight bulb/wiper blade changes or the lubrication of components such as side-steps.
* Checking and cleaning vehicles as required.
The successful candidate must have a C1 entitlement on their driving license. A driver CPC would be advantageous.
Working for our organisation
North East Ambulance Service Unified Solutions (NEASUS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS), which covers an area of around 3,230 square miles and serves a population of more than 2.71 million people.
NEASUS is made up of a team of experts with extensive knowledge and experience in the following areas:
* Fleet Management - Continuous and consistent awareness of the status of all operational vehicles across your fleet to make informed management and operational decisions.
* Vehicle Servicing & Repairs - Commercial vehicle and van servicing and repairs, carried out by our highly trained technicians.
* Fleet Fitting & Equipment - Vehicles equipped according to regulatory and clinical best practice to perform a specific care response.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities of the role please refer to the attached job descriptions and person specification.
Person specification
* Experience in driving.
* Ability to use and understand mobile devices.
* Computer literate.
* Experience of undertaking minor vehicle repairs.
* Experience of driving as part of a fleet.
* Familiar with fleet systems and related work experience.
Knowledge/Education
* Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC).
* Road Traffic Law (Highway Code).
* Knowledge of the operation of tail lift systems.
* Knowledge of Health & Safety Legislation.
Skills and behaviours
* Enthusiastic and amenable.
* Able to work in a team.
* Good telephone manner.
* Patient with customers.
* Ability to use own initiative.
* Manage own workload.
Other
* Full manual driving licence, to include category C1.
* Flexible approach to working patterns when required.
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