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Job summary

Main area
Fleet and Equipment
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (working a variety of shifts across a 7-day period.)
Job ref
202-7223297
Employer
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Derriford Workshop
Town
Plymouth
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 plus shift premium and overtime
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
18/06/2025 23:59

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South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust logo

Service Centre Team Leader - Derriford

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

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.

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.

Working for our organisation

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.

 

Benefits

  • Competitive NHS salary
  • 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
  • Generous Pension Scheme
  • 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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about this role please see attached the job description and person specification.

Person specification

Education and qualifications

Essential criteria
  • HND in Mechanical/Electrical or electronic engineering or equivalent/similar qualifications, OR knowledge demonstrated at equivalent standard gained through relevant experience/training
  • Full driving license held for at least one year with no current endorsements.
Desirable criteria
  • Vehicle Inspectorate Inspector standard
  • Managerial or supervisory qualification
  • IOSHH health and safety qualification
  • Membership of a professional vehicle institution

Previous experience

Essential criteria
  • 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
  • If test passed, or retaken, after 1/1/97 must hold a C1 to drive any A&E Ambulance
  • Experience of developing and implementing policy
Desirable criteria
  • Previous NHS ambulance experience
  • Experience in carrying out vehicle/equipment maintenance/preparation

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Armed Forces Covenant

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
John Whell
Job title
Fleet & Equipment Area Manager
Email address
[email protected]
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