Job summary
Medicare EMS are welcoming applications for fulltime Make Ready Operatives to work from our frontline ambulance station supporting the NHS Ambulance Services.
As part of our frontline team, you will be contributing to the safe and effective delivery of emergency ambulances. The Make Ready role ensures that all our emergency vehicles are adequately stocked, cleaned and prepared for deployment on the frontline the following day.
The role also includes checking basic serviceability and equipment and ensuring stock levels of consumables and medical gases on the station are sufficient.
Main duties of the job
As our Make Ready Operative you will be working autonomously to prepare the emergency vehicles for operational deployment. You will be working closely with our Head of Fleet who is a trained vehicle technician to ensure the vehicles are mechanically ready for deployment, served regularly, and maintained to a high standard.
You will be working a fixed rota pattern of night shifts and weekends as per the rota. The typical rota is a 4 on 4 off pattern.
You will also be required to move vehicles between ambulance stations and work together with the other Make Ready Operatives.
You will require high attention to detail and the ability to learn the consumables and equipment required to ensure that a frontline ambulance is ready for deployment. Training on this will be provided if required.
About us
Established in 2003 Medicare have become one of the leading private ambulances provides in the UK. We have exciting opportunities for individuals to take the step into the private sector whilst remaining part of a frontline team.
You would be joining of team of over 150 fulltime pre-hospital clinicians and over 400 self-employed clinicians to deliver over 30 emergency vehicles a day into the NHS. Our Executive Team are practicing paramedics with NHS backgrounds and drive the company forwards.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Plan and prepare Medicare ambulances to meet strict deadlines daily and any other operational requirements.
- To prepare ambulances to the agreed standard ready for operational duty. This will include as a minimum:
- The cleaning of the inside of the ambulance including all surfaces and equipment to an agreed IPC standards using the correct cleaning products provided by Medicare.
- The decontamination of the inside of the ambulance including all surfaces and equipment to an agreed IPC.
- The External cleaning of the ambulance when required.
- The function and assurance checks on the monitors.
- The checking of stock levels of equipment and clinical and non-clinical consumables.
- The correct loading of response bags with particular attention to ensure all items are within the individual use by/service dates.
- Ensure the ambulances are stocked to the necessary load lists for the NHS contract requirements.
- To check the safety mechanism within the vehicle for defects and report any found immediately if they cannot be rectified (damage to seat belts, automatic tensioners not working, damage to the trolley bed mattress).
- To check the levels of the vehicle including fuel, AdBlue, screen washer, engine oil and any others as required.
- Where the vehicle levels are below the minimum level, replenish to the acceptable level.
- To manage workload and priorities without direct supervision.
- To identify shortages in stock levels and regularly place orders of medical equipment/consumables in accordance with Medicares internal processes, accepting delivery, recording, storing, monitoring, replenishing items as necessary.
- To accurately record the withdrawal of stock.
- To undertake routine and ad-hoc stock takes to verify the accuracy of recording systems.
- To identify losses of equipment and stock on returning vehicles and ensure this equipment is replaced.
- To safely move ambulances around the depot for refuelling, maintaining levels of vehicle consumables, cleaning, parking, vehicle testing and maintenance.
- To use correctly and ensure the adequate availability of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to undertake the activities of the role. Where deficiencies exist ensures prompt reporting action to the Head of NHS Operations.
- Ensure appropriate steps are taken to protect the environment, the health and safety of Associate Medical Professionals, employees, patients and visitors.
- To record any adverse incidents or near misses to the Head of NHS Operations and accurately record on Medicares incident reporting system.
Quality
- Perform cleaning duties to promote and maintain a clean and infection-free patient treatment environment to mitigate the potential transmission of Healthcare Associated Infections.
- Maintains vehicle and working area cleanliness which meets Medicares audit criterion for IPC in accordance with the companys internal procedures.
- Ensure the cleaning bay is fit for purpose, tidy and cleaned on a weekly basis.
- Verify that the service tags on equipment are in date and rectify any equipment that requires servicing.
Additional Requirements
- Maintaining an effective system of stock management in accordance with Medicares internal systems and processes.
- Maintain an effective system for stocking the ambulances to ensure that out of date equipment is easily identifiable and replaced.
- Maintain an effective system for asset tracking for medical devices such as the LUCAS3 devices, LifePak 15 monitors, Zoll, Corpulse and AEDs.
- To ensure the timely communication of minimum stock levels to ensure equipment orders can be placed within adequate time.
- To ensure medical gas orders are placed with adequate time to ensure that the company does not run short of medical gases.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Plan and prepare Medicare ambulances to meet strict deadlines daily and any other operational requirements.
- To prepare ambulances to the agreed standard ready for operational duty. This will include as a minimum:
- The cleaning of the inside of the ambulance including all surfaces and equipment to an agreed IPC standards using the correct cleaning products provided by Medicare.
- The decontamination of the inside of the ambulance including all surfaces and equipment to an agreed IPC.
- The External cleaning of the ambulance when required.
- The function and assurance checks on the monitors.
- The checking of stock levels of equipment and clinical and non-clinical consumables.
- The correct loading of response bags with particular attention to ensure all items are within the individual use by/service dates.
- Ensure the ambulances are stocked to the necessary load lists for the NHS contract requirements.
- To check the safety mechanism within the vehicle for defects and report any found immediately if they cannot be rectified (damage to seat belts, automatic tensioners not working, damage to the trolley bed mattress).
- To check the levels of the vehicle including fuel, AdBlue, screen washer, engine oil and any others as required.
- Where the vehicle levels are below the minimum level, replenish to the acceptable level.
- To manage workload and priorities without direct supervision.
- To identify shortages in stock levels and regularly place orders of medical equipment/consumables in accordance with Medicares internal processes, accepting delivery, recording, storing, monitoring, replenishing items as necessary.
- To accurately record the withdrawal of stock.
- To undertake routine and ad-hoc stock takes to verify the accuracy of recording systems.
- To identify losses of equipment and stock on returning vehicles and ensure this equipment is replaced.
- To safely move ambulances around the depot for refuelling, maintaining levels of vehicle consumables, cleaning, parking, vehicle testing and maintenance.
- To use correctly and ensure the adequate availability of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to undertake the activities of the role. Where deficiencies exist ensures prompt reporting action to the Head of NHS Operations.
- Ensure appropriate steps are taken to protect the environment, the health and safety of Associate Medical Professionals, employees, patients and visitors.
- To record any adverse incidents or near misses to the Head of NHS Operations and accurately record on Medicares incident reporting system.
Quality
- Perform cleaning duties to promote and maintain a clean and infection-free patient treatment environment to mitigate the potential transmission of Healthcare Associated Infections.
- Maintains vehicle and working area cleanliness which meets Medicares audit criterion for IPC in accordance with the companys internal procedures.
- Ensure the cleaning bay is fit for purpose, tidy and cleaned on a weekly basis.
- Verify that the service tags on equipment are in date and rectify any equipment that requires servicing.
Additional Requirements
- Maintaining an effective system of stock management in accordance with Medicares internal systems and processes.
- Maintain an effective system for stocking the ambulances to ensure that out of date equipment is easily identifiable and replaced.
- Maintain an effective system for asset tracking for medical devices such as the LUCAS3 devices, LifePak 15 monitors, Zoll, Corpulse and AEDs.
- To ensure the timely communication of minimum stock levels to ensure equipment orders can be placed within adequate time.
- To ensure medical gas orders are placed with adequate time to ensure that the company does not run short of medical gases.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Experiencing working in a Make Ready Operative position or demonstrable willingness to learn.
- Full UK driving licence with no more than 3 penalty points.
- Ability to develop effective and robust system of working.
- Ability to manage your own time and work to strict deadlines.
- Self-motivated, team player.
- Demonstrate a high level of accountability and responsibility.
- Flexibility to work varying shift patterns as dictated by the service demand of the contracts.
- Ability to work under pressure with minimum supervision.
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Desirable
- Recent experience working for an ambulance service (NHS or PAS).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Experiencing working in a Make Ready Operative position or demonstrable willingness to learn.
- Full UK driving licence with no more than 3 penalty points.
- Ability to develop effective and robust system of working.
- Ability to manage your own time and work to strict deadlines.
- Self-motivated, team player.
- Demonstrate a high level of accountability and responsibility.
- Flexibility to work varying shift patterns as dictated by the service demand of the contracts.
- Ability to work under pressure with minimum supervision.
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Desirable
- Recent experience working for an ambulance service (NHS or PAS).
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.
