Fleet Area Service Manager | North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Leading a large team, the role also encompasses staff training, coaching, appraisals, and compliance with all aspects of Health and Safety.
Financial control for one of the Trust largest Fleet Operations requires a firm understanding of budgets and P+L accounting.
The role offers wide and various challenges relative to the requirements of the Trusts daily Fleet availability. Supporting the Area Service Manager is a dedicated workforce, split across a 7-day shift pattern, ensuring our workshops continue to operate 365 days of the year.
The role of Fleet Area Service Manager reports to the Fleet Engineer Operations, and an elevated level of communication, business awareness and report writing skill sets will see daily interactions with Fleet Operations, NWAS staff, Dealer networks, Vehicle Manufacturers, Third Party suppliers and other key stakeholders.
There will be a requirement to travel across the Trust, visiting associated workshops, consulting with the Workshop Supervisors and technical teams.
This is a pivotal role within NWAS Fleet Operations, and the successful applicant will need to successfully lead a focused team to in delivering the daily needs and required exacting needs in one of the Uks largest ambulance Trusts.
The role is Monday to Friday, covering a 37.5 hour working week. Annual leave is commensurate with Agenda for Change terms and conditions.
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides 24 hour, 365 days a year accident and emergency services to those in need of emergency medical treatment and transport.
Our highly skilled staff provide life-saving care to patients in the community and take people to hospital or a place of care if needed.We also provide non-emergency patient transport services for those patients who require non-emergency transport to and from hospital and who are unable to travel unaided because of their medical condition or clinical need.
Alongside the other emergency services, we also work to ensure the safety of the public and treatment of patients in the event of a major incident.
We also deliver the NHS 111 service in the North West. NHS 111 replaced NHS Direct in 2013. This service was introduced to make it easier for people to access local NHS healthcare services in England. It provides non-emergency medical help fast, and is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Please ensure you have read the full Job Description and Person Specification before applying for this role.
This advert closes on Monday 24 Feb 2025