Job summary
Employer heading
Vehicle detailer (NHS Fleet Solutions)
Level 3
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
What the Northumbria Way means for you:
- Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
- Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
- A range of flexible working opportunities
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
- Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
- On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
- Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.
We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy.
If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.
Job overview
The Vehicle Detailer will report directly to the Assistant Fleet Team Manager and is responsible for ensuring that all vehicles leaving for reallocation are presented to the highest of standards.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be required to:
• Valet / detail vehicles to the highest possible standards
· Carry out machine polishing to remove surface scratches from vehicles
· Be willing to train to learn additional SMART repairing techniques e.g. paintless dent removal, if the opportunity arises.
• Use cleaning, protective, and restorative agents to enhance the appearance of vehicles
• Carry out internal and external inspections of vehicles to identify deterioration and damage
• Ensure health and safety procedures and all company polices are adhered to
• Deliver and collect vehicles to and from local customers
• Conduct full damage checks on vehicles
• Maintain the workspace i.e. sweeping the floor after every detail, clean tools and equipment
• Manage inventory and reorder supplies
• Complete all relevant paperwork
• Handle routine queries from drivers
Working for our organisation
The Fleet Department is responsible for the generation of non-core income for re-investment into patient care. The two main areas of success are NHS Fleet Solutions and NHS Home Electronics. Both businesses operate in the competitive salary sacrifice marketplace. An office-based team consisting of 50 members of staff have responsibility for the delivery of the service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Duties & Responsibilities
• Valet / detail vehicles to the highest possible standards
· Carry out machine polishing to remove surface scratches from vehicles
· Be willing to train to learn additional SMART repairing techniques e.g. paintless dent removal, if the opportunity arises.
• Use cleaning, protective, and restorative agents to enhance the appearance of vehicles
• Carry out internal and external inspections of vehicles to identify deterioration and damage
• Ensure health and safety procedures and all company polices are adhered to
• Deliver and collect vehicles to and from local customers
• Conduct full damage checks on vehicles
• Maintain the workspace i.e. sweeping the floor after every detail, clean tools and equipment
• Manage inventory and reorder supplies
• Complete all relevant paperwork
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of cleaning vehicles to a high standard
- Experience of machine polishing
Desirable criteria
- A good understanding of vehicles and the rental industry
- Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
Other
Essential criteria
- Valid Driving Licence UK
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Phil Cooper
- Job title
- Commercial Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03448118228
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