South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Service Centre Team Leader - Derriford
The closing date is 07 November 2025
As a Team Leader you will guide and support a multi-disciplinary function enabling the safe and effective utilisation of our fleet and equipment across the South West. Our patients expect the highest standards of care and your role will be essential in ensuring this continues.
Your skills are needed to keep our ambulances on the road to ensure our frontline crews are ready and able to treat our patients when they need us the most. What better way to use your expertise to an organisation that makes a difference!
In return we offer you full training, career opportunities over time, rota shifts that provide rest days on weekdays, enhanced payments for unsocial hours, opportunities for overtime, support channels for your wellbeing, working with a one‑team supportive approach to make everyday enjoyable.
Have a look at our video which will give a deeper insight into the department SWASFT – Fleet Technicians.
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Main duties of the job
The Service Centre Team Leader is responsible for the day‑to‑day leadership of friendly, professional teams ensuring that vehicle and equipment maintenance is carried out to the highest standards.
As a Team Leader you will ensure that we meet the maintenance and service plans against agreed departmental KPIs and job cycle times.
The successful candidates will manage the implementation and delivery of a continuous improvement and workplace methodology for fleet maintenance activities.
You will demonstrate compassionate and collaborative leadership, supporting a diverse team, whilst having a keen eye for detail and a desire to help grow and improve the Fleet and Equipment service across a geographically large area.
About us
Working for us is an experience like no other. We provide emergency and urgent care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, operating across the largest ambulance region in England of 10,000 square miles and responding to an average of 2,650 incidents every day.
We remain committed to ensuring that we provide the best possible care for all our patients, which is reflected in our new five‑year strategy which has continually improving patient care at its very core.
At the heart of our beautiful and diverse region we employ over 6000 people and are supported by over 575 volunteers.
If you embody our values of one team, compassionate and innovative and are looking to make a real difference to peoples' lives, then we would love to hear from you.
In return we will equip you with the skills, resources and development you need to thrive in your role.
You will have opportunities to progress to roles at a higher pay grade and enjoy continuous professional development.
* A standard working week of 37.5 hours
* Holiday entitlements of 27 days per year, plus general and public holidays, rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
* Pay enhancements for out of hours, shift and overtime working
* Career and salary progression
* Car leasing scheme
* Free parking across Trust sites
* Cycle‑to‑work and other salary sacrifice schemes
* Staff networks
* Access to a wide range of discounts from various organisations across the UK
Job responsibilities
For further information about this role please see attached the job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
* HND in Mechanical/Electrical or electronic engineering or equivalent/similar qualifications, OR knowledge demonstrated at equivalent standard gained through relevant experience/training. Working towards gaining relevant qualifications.
* Full driving licence held for at least one year with no current endorsements.
* Managerial or supervisory qualification
* IOSH health and safety qualification
* Membership of a professional vehicle institution
* Significant experience of managing staff at all levels
* Experience of working in busy service centre, workshop or vehicle preparation sites unsupervised and with flexible/shift working patterns
* Experience of developing and implementing policy
* Significant experience in area of expertise.
* Experience of working to targets and KPIs
* Previous NHS ambulance experience
* Experience in carrying out vehicle/equipment maintenance/preparation
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.
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
£38,682 to £46,580 a year plus shift premium and overtime
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