London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Fleet Night Mobile Technician - Croydon

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Job summary

  • To reduce ambulance fleet VOR by proactively inspecting vehicles, repairing defects (including roadside) and carrying out safety inspections, roadside, onsite or at stations.
  • Provide excellent customer service to front line crews and managers by resolving vehicle related issues whenever possible and reporting performance. Provide training and information to Operational colleagues at a local level.
  • Develop a system of working in the area covered to support Operational Managers as an effective useful resource to improve vehicle maintenance and VOR. Make decisions and plan actions using own initiative to influence daily and longer term VOR levels with in the area covered. Meet or exceed the agreed SLA and KPI's that are laid out below to ensure effective performance.
  • Represent Fleet at stations within the area championing initiatives to improve performance and designing improved Fleet support programs.
  • Use of a tablet device to record all work carried out at scene in real time to update Fleet management system.

Main duties of the job

  • Manage a modern well equipped mobile workshop, being responsible for all equipmentand stock held on the vehicle. Control £5k of stock by accounting for items, allocating towork, reordering and adjusting to changing needs or to facilitate performanceimprovements.
  • Use advanced knowledge of electronic diagnostic equipment to determine the cause orcauses of malfunctions in vehicles, components and systems.
  • Carry out a dynamic risk assessment whilst attending vehicles both roadside and at a static location.
  • Examine, inspect and rectify ambulance vehicles and equipment faults, including functionaltesting and meeting the KPI of rectifying 80% of first line faults onsite. Decide how toprioritise work directing more serious faults to base workshops and arranging recovery asappropriate or manage contractor's onsite to effect repairs.
  • Provide comprehensive area support to stations within the area that do not have a mainworkshop on site, develop an effective working pattern and system to ensure maximumsupport but flex pattern to meet the changing priorities of work demands. Plan own workand prioritise work to reduce VOR.
  • Use mobile workshop tools and equipment to manufacture or repair component parts, toeffect repairs where this will lessen downtime or cost and negate the need to recovervehicles or call out part suppliers.

About us

Our vision is to deliver outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed for everyone in London, 24/7, 365 days a year. Our strategy 2023-2028 outlines how we plan to achieve this, and is centred upon three missions focused on:

  • Our care- delivering outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed.
  • Our organisation- being an increasingly inclusive, well-led and highly skilled organisation people are proud to work for.
  • Our London- using our unique pan-London position to contribute to improving the health of the capital.

To achieve these three missions we have set ourselves 50 commitments to deliver over the next five years. In developing these ambitious commitments, we have engaged extensively both inside our organisation, with our partners and with our patients, and we have analysed population trends and horizon scanned the future.

Details

Date posted

30 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,720 to £39,769 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

308-CORP-2878

Job locations

Croydon

Primrose Lane

Croydon

CR0 8YY


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details of the job description and main responsibilities, please see attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details of the job description and main responsibilities, please see attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Accreditations, Education

Essential

  • Hold a current driving licence, valid in the UK, covering vehicles of category C1 with no more than 3 points. Your licence will then be assessed based on the conviction codes to decide if acceptable
  • Have served a recognised apprenticeship in Motor Vehicle Maintenance and Repair. Specialist knowledge across a wide range of practices and procedures in relation to vehicle chassis and vehicle body manufacturers (including engines, brakes, suspension, electrics, blue lights, sirens, eberspacher heaters, communications and control units). Professional knowledge acquired through HNC level plus specialist knowledge or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience in the repair and maintenance of petrol and diesel vehicles, with the ability to work unsupervised on a diverse and specialised fleet
  • To have comprehensive knowledge of vehicle electrical systems, including modern vehicle electronic management, and of computer-based workshop diagnostic equipment e.g.Tech 1, Tech 2 and Star Diagnostic
Person Specification

Qualifications, Accreditations, Education

Essential

  • Hold a current driving licence, valid in the UK, covering vehicles of category C1 with no more than 3 points. Your licence will then be assessed based on the conviction codes to decide if acceptable
  • Have served a recognised apprenticeship in Motor Vehicle Maintenance and Repair. Specialist knowledge across a wide range of practices and procedures in relation to vehicle chassis and vehicle body manufacturers (including engines, brakes, suspension, electrics, blue lights, sirens, eberspacher heaters, communications and control units). Professional knowledge acquired through HNC level plus specialist knowledge or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience in the repair and maintenance of petrol and diesel vehicles, with the ability to work unsupervised on a diverse and specialised fleet
  • To have comprehensive knowledge of vehicle electrical systems, including modern vehicle electronic management, and of computer-based workshop diagnostic equipment e.g.Tech 1, Tech 2 and Star Diagnostic

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address

Croydon

Primrose Lane

Croydon

CR0 8YY


Employer's website

https://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address

Croydon

Primrose Lane

Croydon

CR0 8YY


Employer's website

https://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Fleet Governance and Performance Manager

Anne Fulcher

Anne.Fulcher@nhs.net

07979001652

Details

Date posted

30 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,720 to £39,769 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

308-CORP-2878

Job locations

Croydon

Primrose Lane

Croydon

CR0 8YY


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