Job summary
To work as a member of the OSRC team delivering, installing and demonstrating a wide variety of standard and specialist equipment into patients' homes as recommended by a qualified professional.
To be responsible for providing and explaining the care and user instructions of the installed equipment to the patient or carer.
To support a qualified professional with patient manual handling if required during the installation of equipment in a patient home.
To responsible for the safe driving and daily safety checking of a designated vehicle.
To provide supervision to a named Assistant Technical Officer.
Main duties of the job
- To drive the allocated vehicle safely and in accordance with the Highway Code.
- To carry out daily checks on vehicles and reporting any faults as necessary using standard Trust documentation and according to Trust procedure.
- To ensure that the interior and exterior of the allocated vehicle is cleaned on a regular basis (at least once per week or more frequently if circumstances dictate).
- To ensure vehicle is secure when unattended.
- To always ensure a high standard of personal presentation
- To participate in training and staff meetings and cooperate with discussions designed to improve the post holders' skills, identify problems and/or potential service improvements.
- To provide cover for other team colleagues within the ATO job description as directed by the designated line manager.
- To ensure understanding, sensitivity and tolerance when dealing with clients
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- NVQ 3 ( or equivalent level knowledge)
- GCSE grade A-C or equivalent in Maths and English or equivalent experience
- Willingness to undertake continuing professional development
- Experience of warehouse processes
- Knowledge of community equipment and warehouse systems , processes and procedures and ability to apply these consistently
- IT skills and knowledge of software packages
- Ability to work independently, resolve issues using own initiative whilst seeking support from supervisors appropriately as needed
- Ability to receive and relay information and data in a clear, precise and timely manner.
- Ability to communicate effectively, providing and receiving sensitive information either verbally or in writing, sometimes to aggressive or upset people.
- Driving License
Desirable
- Experience of handling situations involving conflict.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- NVQ 3 ( or equivalent level knowledge)
- GCSE grade A-C or equivalent in Maths and English or equivalent experience
- Willingness to undertake continuing professional development
- Experience of warehouse processes
- Knowledge of community equipment and warehouse systems , processes and procedures and ability to apply these consistently
- IT skills and knowledge of software packages
- Ability to work independently, resolve issues using own initiative whilst seeking support from supervisors appropriately as needed
- Ability to receive and relay information and data in a clear, precise and timely manner.
- Ability to communicate effectively, providing and receiving sensitive information either verbally or in writing, sometimes to aggressive or upset people.
- Driving License
Desirable
- Experience of handling situations involving conflict.
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.
