Community Equipment Assistant Warehouse - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Liverpool Wheelchair Service is looking for enthusiastic and motivated Band 2 Warehouse Assistant to join our innovative and dynamic team.

Warehouse Assistants play an important role in the day to day work of Liverpool Wheelchair Service dealing with the movement of wheelchairs and equipment within the warehouse.

This role includes:

Monitoring of stock levels
Updating stock locations and use of stock management system/ scanners.
Assisting the team in provision of stock to support provision of wheelchairs to patients, usually on the day of their assessment.
Supporting the team to load wheelchairs and equipment onto service fleet of vans for delivery.
Charging of powerchairs
Pre delivery inspection of stock and special orders.
Management of equipment requiring decontamination

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services.

Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient.

We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.

We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Assist in cleaning and refurbishment of wheelchairs and accessories.
Identify damaged equipment for repair/ inspection by engineer team.
Move equipment around within the warehouse from the cleaning area to the storage areas etc
Assist in loading and unloading of deliveries and collections
Assist in getting wheelchairs and equipment ready for provision by wheelchair therapists and engineers.
Assist Liverpool Wheelchair Service in the delivery and collection of equipment in the community, especially when there are large items requiring 2 person delivery
Comply with health and safety requirements when handling equipment especially dirty equipment awaiting cleaning
Communicate effectively with members of the multidisciplinary team
Report any incidents or concerns to warehouse supervisor or service leads.
Stores undertake general warehouse and storekeeping duties
Advise the coordinator of minimum stock levels

Cleaning of equipment

Undertake cleaning of equipment as identified in infection control and local policies
To take reasonable care of the health and safety of themselves and others in the working environment and comply with instructions on safe moving and handling practices
To attend health and safety and equipment awareness training to maintain up to date skills and knowledge
Report any adverse incidents using events reporting procedure
To provide cover as necessary and undertake duties of warehouse supervisor when required.