Motor Vehicle Technician - Northamptonshire
We are East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), an organisation focused on delivering a high standard of emergency and urgent care to our patients across the region.
The East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) provides Emergency, Urgent and Non-Emergency pre-hospital care and transport across six counties (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Rutland and Northamptonshire).
Job overview
An excellent opportunity exists for a qualified Motor Vehicle Technician based at our Harborough Road, Northampton ( soon to be moved to Scotia Close Northampton ) workshop. The role involves maintaining a range of front-line Ambulance vehicles, Fast Response cars and support vehicles operated by the trust.
You should have an appropriate qualification in Motor Vehicle Engineering NVQ level 3.
A C1 Driving Licence would be preferred but not essential as training towards this would be given if required.
The successful candidate will be working within a small but very busy workshop with 3 experienced Ambulance Vehicle Technicians.
Main duties of the job
To carry out the duties of a skilled Vehicle Motor Mechanic to the standards, policies and procedures of the trust and to the satisfaction of the Head and Assistant Head of Fleet services.
The role may require some movement between sites and flexibility of work hours.
Working for our organisation
East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) provides emergency 999, urgent care and patient transport services for the 4.8 million people within Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire (including North and North East Lincolnshire), Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire.
We employ over 2,700 staff at more than 70 locations, including two control rooms at Nottingham and Lincoln, with the largest staff group being our accident and emergency 999 crews.
Every day we receive around 2,000 calls from members of the public calling 999 - our accident and emergency crews respond to over 670,000 emergency calls every year.
Our Patient Transport Service (PTS) currently provide care and transport to and from routine health appointments in parts of Northamptonshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main responsibilities:
- Carry out repairs and preventative maintenance on vehicles operated by the Trust and where applicable third party owned vehicles.
- Carry out effective overhaul, repair and servicing of the vehicles in a safe economical and timely manner employing skills and knowledge as required.
- Carry out effective repair and service of specialist equipment used on ambulance vehicles within the skill and training given.
- To test and diagnose faults on vehicles with the aid of diagnostic equipment available. If suitably qualified to undertake the testing of vehicles within an MOT registered Test Station to the required standards and document these tests.
- Note and report additional work arising to the Team Leader for decision on the scope of repairs to be undertaken.
- Complete all relevant documentation to work undertaken and use the Vehicle Maintenance system appropriately as per guidance given.
- Attend damaged or defected vehicles to effect repairs or liaise with VRC to arrange recovery to the trust workshops, at all times observing appropriate safety and traffic regulations.
- Observe at all times safe working practices and Health and safety regulations as applicable to the workplace.
- Attend as required training and development courses arranged by the Trust.
- Keep individual knowledge of industry developments and up to date on products and technology.
- Maintain records of work and attendance as required by Trust systems.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Qualification in Motor Vehicle Engineering
The East Midlands has a lot to offer:
Excellent Location
Making a Difference
Action Packed Roles
Support and Belonging
Note on Covid-19 Vaccination status:
It is a clear professional responsibility of all health care staff to be vaccinated. EMAS NHS Trust therefore encourages and supports all employees to be vaccinated as it remains the best line of defence against COVID 19.
If you haven’t heard back from us within eight weeks of the closing date please consider your application unsuccessful.
Due to the high volume of applications received we are unable to provide updates on the progress of applications and only successful candidates at shortlisting stage will be contacted, regrettably feedback will not be provided. If you are unsuccessful at this stage please refer back to the job description, person specification and advertised requirements for ways to improve your future applications.
Internal candidates applying for vacancies must have completed their probationary period (stated within your contract) at point of application.
East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We actively encourage interest from across our diverse communities. Black and Minority Ethnic staff are currently under-represented within our workforce, and we welcome applications from within these communities.
We are keen to promote a positive work-life balance. We recognise the importance of being able to spend quality time with family and friends and to engage in your own personal interests outside of work, which alongside work helps us to lead healthy and fulfilling lives.We are committed to embedding the NHS People Promise to support colleagues to work flexibly in a way that works for our patients, for us and for you. Many of our staff already work flexibly in many different ways, including job share, part-time or other flexible working patterns.
Please talk openly to us at interview about flexible working opportunities. In addition, if a role is advertised as home based, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations, so please talk to us about the options available to you.
If it works for our service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
At EMAS we believe that our culture should be built upon our core values and that our behaviour should reflect these. Our values – respect, integrity, contribution, teamwork and compassion - underpin everything we do – how we deliver our services and how we work with each other.We believe that it’s our people who make EMAS what it is.
Our Vision - Responding to patient needs in the right way, developing our organisation to become outstanding for patients and staff, and collaborating to improve wider healthcare.
Please note we reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy if an internal member of staff on our redeployment register expresses an interest and is successful for this vacancy, or if a sufficient number of applications is received.
Please be aware if you are applying for a Frontline role, an Enhanced DBS clearance check will be required, and depending on the nature of other non-patient facing roles this check may also be required if offered a position with EMAS (All spent and unspent convictions must declared).
If you are not part of the update service, you will be liable for the payment and this will be deducted from your first months’ salary. The current cost of an enhanced DBS check is £55.38.