Hours: 40 hours per week
Salary: £27,000 per annum
On call allowance: 1 x £100 retainer fee for the week of on call plus £60 per each call out attended. (You will be on call approximately once a month)
**The successful candidate must reside within Gloucestershire**
This is an incredible opportunity to work for a forward-thinking community equipment services provider, who’ll support you to be the best you can be in your chosen field!
Join us as our new Service Engineer at Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd and let us empower you to truly make a difference.
Our continued employee development programmes, internal training and exceptional leadership will give you the ability to continuously develop yourself professionally whilst providing person-centred support.
You’ll be supported by an excellent team of professional and ever-developing co-workers who all identify and align with Medequip’s values.
As the new Service Engineer for the Newport Depot, you will be responsible for covering the Gloucestershire area, reporting to the Newport Depot once every 2 weeks.
The successful candidate must reside within Gloucestershire.
Who are Medequip?
Medequip is the leading provider of medical equipment services to local authorities and the NHS across the UK, delivering a wide range of equipment and support to people in their own homes, keeping people independent for longer.
About the role
As the Service Engineer for Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd, you will be responsible for servicing, maintaining, and repairing equipment in service users’ homes and in-house.
Your day-to-day responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
* Delivering and collecting disability equipment to service users’ homes, hospitals, and health centres, as necessary.
* Performing multiple service jobs daily, some of which may involve heavy lifting, including beds and other large equipment.
* Providing polite, empathetic, and client-focused service, considering clients’ needs.
* Undertaking risk assessments.
* Using a weight rig to service and maintain hoists, involving some heavy lifting.
* Demonstrating correct functionality and safe installation of items, identifying repairs, and replacing damaged or faulty stock.
* Adhering to scheduled timeslots and liaising with service users if delays occur.
* Being on call on a rotational basis with an enhanced allowance during this period.
About you
Above all, you will align with our company values:
* Empowering people to be accountable for their actions and performance.
* Helping people with empathy, courtesy, dignity, and kindness.
* Showing respect and building trust with colleagues, suppliers, and customers.
* Valuing teamwork and being passionate about our work.
* Encouraging innovation and technological development.
* Embracing change and striving for excellence.
* Delivering cost-effective, efficient, and safe healthcare solutions.
Qualifications and experience required
* Ideally 1 year or more experience in a similar role within public, healthcare, or service-based industries.
* Service or maintenance background.
* Full, in-date driving license.
What we offer
* 29 days holiday, increasing to a maximum of 33 days (including Bank Holidays).
* Professional development, training, and career progression opportunities.
* Van provided for travel to and from work.
* Life assurance.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Employee assistance program including free counselling.
* Access to Perkbox discount platform.
* Free uniform.
* Free DBS check.
We welcome applications from all community sections as an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process if needed. Please let us know.
We process your data in line with GDPR guidelines. Medequip’s Privacy Notice explains how your data will be handled in our recruitment process.
This role may require an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references.
This role is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates without the right to work in the UK are unlikely to be suitable.
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