About this role
Job summary
Northumbria Wheelchair Centre services
We offer a one-stop shop for assessing, prescribing and loaning wheelchairs including powered and manual wheelchairs for a minimum of six months. This includes accessories such as cushions and specialist seating equipment.
The onsite warehouse stocks a range of equipment that can be issued directly in clinic or delivered out to patients homes.
Main duties of the job
To ensure Wheelchairs and accessories are received, maintained, issued and collected effectively and efficiently.
To collect, load/unload and transport wheelchairs and their accessories to and from patient's homes and other establishments.
To monitor, record and adjust warehouse stock in order to meet the demands of the service.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? 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, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description Job responsibilities
To carry out minor adjustments to Wheelchairs ie: replacement of footplates / Tension adjustable backs. In accordance to manufacturers manuals.
To be responsible for organizing wheelchair / accessory deliveries and collections to and from patients homes and other establishments.
To ensure all relevant documentation is complete for deliveries, orders and stock management.
To raise Purchase orders and Receipt new stock into warehouse, ensuring that the items and numbers received are correct as per order specification
To Manage the warehouse stock levels, to ensure equipment is readily available when required.
Loading and unloading of van in a timely manner.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
GCSE or CSE or equivalent in Maths and English.
Other Essential
It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub
Avenue Rd, Seaton Delaval,
Whitley Bay
NE25 0QJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)