Vehicle Make Operative

vehicle make ready operative

about the company: community ambulance service is part of the ambulnz uk group. We have over 19 operational bases across england and wales, and over 800 employees who are providing essential support to the nhs and hospital trusts. Across our sites we provide patient transport services, secure mental health patient transport, urgent and emergency care.

we are proud to be an established private ambulance provider with a deeply rooted history.

join us if you're looking for a new opportunity in a fulfilling role making a positive impact to our patients in the day to day maintenance of our ambulances, consider joining us as a vehicle make ready operative (vmro)

salary: £13.85 per hour

• wembley/imperial
• annual salary £27,727.70
• 4 on 4 off shift pattern
• shift times
• 38.5hrs per week

a vmro is key to the day to day running of an ambulance station. You are responsible for ensuring the ambulances are fully stocked, cleaned and ready to go out on shift.

this role will include maintaining the ambulances, which is why being a confident driver is important, and ensuring the stations stockrooms are fully stocked. This is to be completed to an infection prevention and control policy standard, along with supporting cleanliness standards processes.

before you apply please make sure you meet the following requirements:

• you have the right to work in the uk without the requirement of a sponsorship
• uk manual driving licence - held for 1 years or more, with no more than 6 points on your licence

• support with deployment
• work to the impact report schedule that each vehicle can start at its requested start shift time.
• issue and make available consumables and chemex solutions for crews
• assist crews to ensure vehicles are prepped, fully stocked and ready to depart site within 15 minutes
• vmro needs to advise vehicle not suitable for deployment – due to defect etc. Dispatch will advise which vehicle is needed based on vehicle spares.
• liaise with dispatch to coordinate vehicle changes upon request
• ensure all ambulance colleagues are supported, compliant, safe and ready to deploy in line with falck policies (including uniform, ppe, vehicle, equipment and xdas)
• be conversant and apply all organisational policies and procedures
• support crews to complete their vdis
• update and send vehicle/equipment reports i.e. Key reconciliation, two-person crew etc

• coordinate vehicle parking upon return to site, based on next deployment wave
• assisting and audit pre and post shift checks, i.e. Vdi checks mopping of vehicles, elevate issues to the compliance manager
• complete end of shift checklist for vehicle, equipment and consumable
• complete end of shift vehicle clean
• complete visual inspections of equipment stored on vehicle units, with particular attention paid to service sticker dates. Escalate to the engineering manager and out of date maintenance.
• check equipment stored on the vehicle aligns to the asset register. Escalate to the compliance manager discrepancies.
• refuel vehicles as instructed.

• reconfigure vehicles, i.e. Seats, stretchers, etc.
• replace cylinders on vehicles
• ensure vehicle fully stocked with consumables and excess consumables removed from the vehicles and returned to the vmro hut

• repair minor vehicle defects, i.e. Bulbs, mirrors, wipers etc.
• repair minor equipment defects, i.e. Stretchers, carry chairs, wheelchairs etc.
• coordinate vehicle repairs with the compliance manager and mechanics
• coordinate servicing & mots – taking vehicles to and from the workshops
• identify new vehicle damage and report this to compliance manager
• report body damage to the compliance manager
• put adblue in vehicles
• jump start vehicles where necessary
• complete pre-mot checks to enhance mot pass rate, i.e. Tyres, mirrors, bulbs, etc.
• defrost windscreens ahead of crews starting to speed up departure from site
• manage the broken equipment ‘quarantine’ area, ensuring all items are segregated, checked, labelled ‘out of service’ and the details are recorded
• manage ‘available for service’ equipment area for repaired equipment, ensuring all…