London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Make Ready Specialist

The closing date is 16 July 2025

Job summary

  • The purpose of the role is to support the delivery of excellent clinical care for patients by having the right equipment and products and vehicles available at the right place at the right time.
  • This role is based on three core functions:1) Trolley bed collection2) Vehicle deep cleaning3) Emergency decontamination cleaning
  • The post holder will be responsible for collecting LAS trolley beds from hospitals and delivering these to local ambulance stations ensuring beds are transported safely and in line with both Health & Safety and Infection Prevention Control requirements, under the direction of the Hub Coordinator.
  • The post holder will ensure that vehicles are cleaned to standard and in accordance with service scheduling.

Main duties of the job

  • Visit hospital sites to arrange collection of trolley beds.
  • Deliver trolley beds across Trust estate.
  • Work to a dedicated route for trolley bed collection adapting to ad-hoc requests for additional collections.
  • To undertake a deep clean of Trust vehicles on a six weekly basis, as directed by management team.
  • Undertake standard and enhanced decontamination cleaning of Trust vehicles as required, maintaining strict adherence to Infection Prevention Control and Health & Safety standards.
  • Respond to emergency decontamination requests often requiring mobilisation to different sites.
  • Use initiative to manage competing and dynamic priorities whilst ensuring effective communication with stakeholders.
  • Undertake the delivery and collection of all decontamination cleaned vehicles as directed.
  • Plan completion of decontamination of vehicles to strict deadlines and any other operational requirements.
  • Undertake all driving duties associated holding a C1 driving licence.

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

02 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£29,176 to £30,225 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

308-CORP-3052-B

Job locations

St Helier Ambulance Station

Bishopford Road

Carshalton Morden

SM4 6BN


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 and Education

Essential

  • Current UK Driving Licence full manual driving licence (no more than 3 penalty points)
  • Basic DBS check will be carried out
  • C1 category on driving license
  • GCSE English level 4/ grade C or equivalent level of education

Experience

Essential

  • 1 year of driving experience
  • Previous cleaning experience
  • Previous experience of decontamination cleaning
  • Experience of working within a public service or customer care environment

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Effective communication skills both verbal and written.
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Good understanding of basic vehicle safety
  • Ability to follow processes and procedures (inc. IPC, security and H&S)
Person Specification

Qualifications and Education

Essential

  • Current UK Driving Licence full manual driving licence (no more than 3 penalty points)
  • Basic DBS check will be carried out
  • C1 category on driving license
  • GCSE English level 4/ grade C or equivalent level of education

Experience

Essential

  • 1 year of driving experience
  • Previous cleaning experience
  • Previous experience of decontamination cleaning
  • Experience of working within a public service or customer care environment

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Effective communication skills both verbal and written.
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Good understanding of basic vehicle safety
  • Ability to follow processes and procedures (inc. IPC, security and H&S)

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

St Helier Ambulance Station

Bishopford Road

Carshalton Morden

SM4 6BN


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address

St Helier Ambulance Station

Bishopford Road

Carshalton Morden

SM4 6BN


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operational Delivery Manager South

Julie Carpenter

Julie.Carpenter10@nhs.net

07905768849

Details

Date posted

02 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£29,176 to £30,225 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

308-CORP-3052-B

Job locations

St Helier Ambulance Station

Bishopford Road

Carshalton Morden

SM4 6BN


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