Community Equipment Assistant

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 08 May 2025

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is a leading provider of community services, mental health care, physical care, addiction services and learning disability care, working as part of our service you will be able to demonstrate team working abilities, good communication skills and experience of fitting, assembling and dismantling of equipment

The Community Equipment Service has visible and responsive leadership, setting the standards for others and role modelled throughout the division for all managers.

Main duties of the job

Community Equipment Assistants play an important role in the day to day work of the service dealing with the movement of equipment within the warehouse, decontaminating all returned equipment adhering to Trust policies and procedures, loading and unloading of equipment onto Trust vehicles adhering to manual handling training.

This post will involve delivering equipment to patients in their homes.

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.

Date posted

24 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,169 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

350-CC7129828

Job locations

Community Equipment Service

Unit 5 Mersey Reach, Dunnings Bridge Road

Liverpool

L30 6AD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Community Equipment Assistants assist in cleaning and refurbishment of all returned equipment.

Move equipment around the warehouse from the cleaning area to main storage areas.

Assist the drivers in the deliveries and collections of equipment.

Comply with health and safety requirements when handling equipment.

Communicate effectively with the team.

Undertake general warehouse and storekeeping duties including stock takes of equipment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Community Equipment Assistants assist in cleaning and refurbishment of all returned equipment.

Move equipment around the warehouse from the cleaning area to main storage areas.

Assist the drivers in the deliveries and collections of equipment.

Comply with health and safety requirements when handling equipment.

Communicate effectively with the team.

Undertake general warehouse and storekeeping duties including stock takes of equipment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Desirable

Manual handling training

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Able to work as part of a team
Able to work with other drivers on heavy and awkward loads

Desirable

Experience of working with the public
Experience of working in a stores environment with NHS & Social Services equipment or equivalent
Experience of fitting and assembling equipment
Experience of cleaning equipment
Good motivation and ability to be flexible and creative

Values

Desirable

Continuous Improvement
Accountability
Respectfulness
Enthusiasm
Support
High professional standards
Responsive to service users
Engaging leadership style
Strong customer service belief
Transparency and honesty
Discreet
Change oriented

Person Specification

Qualifications

Desirable

Manual handling training

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Able to work as part of a team
Able to work with other drivers on heavy and awkward loads

Desirable

Experience of working with the public
Experience of working in a stores environment with NHS & Social Services equipment or equivalent
Experience of fitting and assembling equipment
Experience of cleaning equipment
Good motivation and ability to be flexible and creative

Values

Desirable

Continuous Improvement
Accountability
Respectfulness
Enthusiasm
Support
High professional standards
Responsive to service users
Engaging leadership style
Strong customer service belief
Transparency and honesty
Discreet
Change oriented

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.