Equipment Technician

at  Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

The Equipment Technician will work within in the Knowsley wheelchair service. The service aim is to provide an effective and efficient service to the area, supporting people of all ages with the issue of wheelchair provisions. The service supports the assessment and delivery of wheelchairs to assist in safe discharges from hospital, pressure care needs, end of life care, moving and handling and supporting independence. As part of the wheelchair service model the service collects, decontaminates, refurbishes, services, and maintains wheelchairs.
1x 37.5 Hours Full Time Role Available
Previous applicants need not apply.

PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Assist the Clinical Engineer Technician in delivering an excellent refurbishing service ensuring all equipment is categorised, refurbished repaired and serviced in stores prior to despatch into community.
2. Repairs of Wheelchair equipment on site at base or in the community in service user residential environments.
3. To ensure the correct parts required are available for daily schedules.
4. To take instruction from Clinical Engineer Technician completing delegated workload.
5. Organise own workload to maximise efficiency.
6. Condemn equipment that following procedures and requesting sign off.
7. Maintain accurate stock control systems using computerised system
8. Update systems regards items of equipment required for repair, service and maintenance.
9. Assist in the completion of categorisation of manual wheelchairs to be repaired or refurbished in stores.
10. To salvage parts from equipment that have been quality inspected for reuse in line with the service sustainability aim.
11. Deliver and assist with the PPM (Planned Preventative Maintenance) of manual wheelchairs/equipment.
12. Deliver and participate in self/staff development of training activities as required.
13. To carry out weekly/monthly stock checks of all spare parts required for PPM and participate in the annual stock take as required.
    Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
    We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
    At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
    Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Assist the Clinical Engineer Technician in delivering an excellent refurbishing service ensuring all equipment is categorised, refurbished repaired and serviced in stores prior to despatch into community.
2. Repairs of Wheelchair equipment on site at base or in the community in service user residential environments.
3. To ensure the correct parts required are available for daily schedules.
4. Ability to problem solve and pay attention to detail.
5. To take instruction from Clinical Engineer Technician by completing delegated workload.
6. Organise own workload to maximise efficiency.
7. Condemn equipment that is beyond economical repair following procedures and requesting sign off.
8. Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes to provide effective stock management of equipment.
9. Maintain accurate stock control systems using computerised system where possible.
10. Update systems regards items of equipment required for repair, service and maintenance.
11. Assist in the completion of categorisation of manual wheelchairs to be repaired or refurbished in stores.
12. To salvage parts from equipment that have been quality inspected for reuse in line with the service sustainability aim.
13. Deliver and assist with the PPM (Planned Preventative Maintenance) of manual wheelchairs/equipment.
14. Deliver and participate in self/staff development of training activities as required.
15. To carry out weekly/monthly stock checks of all spare parts required for PPM and participate in the annual stock take as required.
16. To receive all deliveries of spare parts equipment and storage of the same as appropriate, ensure all equipment is processed onto the stock control system and located within the stores environment.
17. To identify and report all defective materials received into stores directly to line manager and organise remedial action as required.
18. In times of service BCP or staffing shortages the post holder would be expected to cover roles within banding remit, for this role that would include driving, delivering and fitting of community equipment, collection and decontamination of equipmen