Job summary
The purpose of this role is to play a key part inensuring and maintaining operational capability andeffectiveness. The role will support both clinical andoperational functions with the smooth clinical deliveryacross both airbases and supporting Clinical Managers and Clinical Delivery Lead.
To apply for this role, please complete the attached EHAAT application form and EDI form and return it to recruitment@ehaat.org. The close date is 17th November 2024.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will support with:
- Clinical supplies
- Equipment maintenance
- Audits
- Education and training
- Staffing
- Plus other duties to support the team
About us
Our aim is to save lives, reduce or prevent disability, or suffering from critical illness andinjury, by delivering a first class pre-hospital emergency medical service to the people of Essex, Hertfordshire and surrounding areas.
Our highly skilled and specially trained pre-hospital care doctors and critical care paramedics work alongside our regional partners using helicopters and rapid response vehicles fitted with state-of-the art life-saving equipment. Our critical care teams are dispatched by the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust.
We are here to assist everyone who lives, works, or is travelling through the region. The service is provided by the charity free of charge to patients of all ages, from every background and faith, who require the most advanced clinical care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Supplies
- Complete a weekly stock check of both medical stores, collating store requests fromduty teams at alternate bases.
- Liaise with medical suppliers and negotiate prices on new equipment managing day-today purchases including VAT certificates and purchase orders.
- Accept receipt of arriving stock, distributing across the operation.
- Collect and deliver pharmacy items when required.
Equipment & Equipment Maintenance
- Forecast and manage maintenance to maintain operational readiness, identifying equipment requiring scheduled maintenance and escalate as required.
- Respond to incident reports and collaborate with service managers relating to fault, repairs and replacement.
- Support change management processes to deliver new operational equipment.
- Oversee and manage return of equipment for sterilising.
- Ensure appropriate levels of PPE are available to team escalate short falls appropriately.
- Organise manikin maintenance and repair as part of supplier maintenance contracts.
Audits
- Complete a bi-annual stock reconciliation withfull date checks across the operation.
- Audit and provide stock management of disposable PPE items.
- Conduct a monthly review of training equipment and manikins.
- Perform weekly deep clean of equipment on rotation and RLU swabbing and report collation.
- Complete stab vest checks and cleaning and replacement as required.
Education & Training
- Provide support for sim and install equipment and manikins for scenarios and training courses.
- Collaborate across charitable areas to ensure room bookings for courses.
- Support logistics & IT support for courses and training days incl. pre-planning.
- Maintain service contracts for training equipment.
- Participate in training moulages when required.
Staffing
- Support induction of new clinical staff including PPE and Kit allocation.
- Support induction of observers and those individuals undertaking elective placements.
- Support Clinical Managers with administrative tasks.
Other Duties
- Any other duties deemed reasonable and withprior consultation with line management.
- Assist operations by receiving fuel deliveries when necessary.
- Support fleet movement utilising clinical volunteer/facilities assistant when necessary.
- Support wider charity function and departments.
- As EHAAT is a patient-focused emergency medical charity, it is essential that all our team are competent and confident in the delivery of CPR and the use of an AED (defibrillator) in an emergency. For this reason, you will be trained in CPR and AED awareness annually.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Supplies
- Complete a weekly stock check of both medical stores, collating store requests fromduty teams at alternate bases.
- Liaise with medical suppliers and negotiate prices on new equipment managing day-today purchases including VAT certificates and purchase orders.
- Accept receipt of arriving stock, distributing across the operation.
- Collect and deliver pharmacy items when required.
Equipment & Equipment Maintenance
- Forecast and manage maintenance to maintain operational readiness, identifying equipment requiring scheduled maintenance and escalate as required.
- Respond to incident reports and collaborate with service managers relating to fault, repairs and replacement.
- Support change management processes to deliver new operational equipment.
- Oversee and manage return of equipment for sterilising.
- Ensure appropriate levels of PPE are available to team escalate short falls appropriately.
- Organise manikin maintenance and repair as part of supplier maintenance contracts.
Audits
- Complete a bi-annual stock reconciliation withfull date checks across the operation.
- Audit and provide stock management of disposable PPE items.
- Conduct a monthly review of training equipment and manikins.
- Perform weekly deep clean of equipment on rotation and RLU swabbing and report collation.
- Complete stab vest checks and cleaning and replacement as required.
Education & Training
- Provide support for sim and install equipment and manikins for scenarios and training courses.
- Collaborate across charitable areas to ensure room bookings for courses.
- Support logistics & IT support for courses and training days incl. pre-planning.
- Maintain service contracts for training equipment.
- Participate in training moulages when required.
Staffing
- Support induction of new clinical staff including PPE and Kit allocation.
- Support induction of observers and those individuals undertaking elective placements.
- Support Clinical Managers with administrative tasks.
Other Duties
- Any other duties deemed reasonable and withprior consultation with line management.
- Assist operations by receiving fuel deliveries when necessary.
- Support fleet movement utilising clinical volunteer/facilities assistant when necessary.
- Support wider charity function and departments.
- As EHAAT is a patient-focused emergency medical charity, it is essential that all our team are competent and confident in the delivery of CPR and the use of an AED (defibrillator) in an emergency. For this reason, you will be trained in CPR and AED awareness annually.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full UK driving licence with access to own vehicle.
Experience
Essential
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
- Ability to learn new software packages quickly and accurately
- Good communication skills with the ability to deliver accurate information both individually and in meetings
- Good problem-solving skills
- Effective time management skills and able to prioritise multiple tasks
- A proactive, can do attitude
- Excellent team player who is willing to be flexible to support others in a busy environment
- A desire to learn and develop new skills
- A willingness to work across sites and visit external partners in Essex and Hertfordshire
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to raise concerns
Desirable
- Experience of logistics, stock control and working with suppliers
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full UK driving licence with access to own vehicle.
Experience
Essential
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
- Ability to learn new software packages quickly and accurately
- Good communication skills with the ability to deliver accurate information both individually and in meetings
- Good problem-solving skills
- Effective time management skills and able to prioritise multiple tasks
- A proactive, can do attitude
- Excellent team player who is willing to be flexible to support others in a busy environment
- A desire to learn and develop new skills
- A willingness to work across sites and visit external partners in Essex and Hertfordshire
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to raise concerns
Desirable
- Experience of logistics, stock control and working with suppliers
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.
