Workshop Operative

Workshop Operative

Based at Leeds Service Centre

Salary: £25.521.60 (40 hours per week @ £12.27ph).

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday 08:00 to 16:30.

Holiday entitlement: 25days plus Bank Holidays (January to December).

Job purpose:

To enable the Company to achieve the agreed contractual standard of service required, by working as part of a team and supporting the Workshop Team Leader in cleaning, refurbishing, reconditioning parts and modifying wheelchairs and parts.

Key Responsibilities:

Refurbishment/Repair/Modification/Inspection:

• Decontamination of wheelchairs achieved by following Company infection control procedures.
• Maintaining a clean and tidy workshop and working in a way to ensure all Company Health and Safety procedures are adhered to.
• Repair and service equipment to the agreed standard.
• Ensure any PPE supplied for use in carrying out your duties is used as instructed.
• Stripping down and preparing wheelchairs for refinishing using hand, power and air operated tools.
• Reconditioning and refurbishment of wheelchair components.
• Preparation of chairs for delivery to the Wheelchair Centre and service users. Carry out PDI accurately and efficiently reporting and rectifying failures and completing PDI form.
• Maintaining a clean and tidy workshop and working in a way to ensure all Company Health and Safety procedures are adhered to.
• Maintain a professional customer service attitude when dealing with all service users and other agencies.
• Agree to undertake all training offered that is necessary to maintain the skills required for this role.

Skills and Qualifications:

• General workshop knowledge.
• Basic mechanical knowledge.
• Flexible approach to working conditions and working environment change.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Effective team worker.
• Able to move and handle loads and equipment safely.
• An awareness and understanding of people with disabilities.
• Flexible approach to working conditions and working environment change.
• Ability to use own initiative within set boundaries of the role.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Driving licence preferred but not essential.

Physical demands of the job:

• Moving and handling of equipment and accessories following handling guidelines.
• Standing at a bench to work.
• Kneeling/crouching.
• Use of ramps and any other agreed moving equipment.

Prevention and Control of infection:

The prevention and control of infection is an integral part of the role of all Ross Care personnel. Staff members, will contribute to the prevention and control of infection through standard infection control practises and compliance with the Company infection control policy

Confidentiality:

During the course of the work involved with this position, the role will become party to confidential information including service user information. It is of paramount importance that all information is kept on a private and confidential basis and not disclosed to any other person.

Service user/other agency/public engagement and involvement:

Ross Care is committed to promoting and embedding equality, diversity and inclusiveness and expects that the post holder will actively promote and engage this commitment in all that they do. The post holder should ensure that in all their behaviours, attitudes and working they recognise and take account of the health needs and rights of all sections of the community including ethnicity, disability, gender, age, sexual orientation and religion/belief. The post holder will be expected to engage the service users, other agencies and the public where relevant and adhere to the Company’s policies and procedures governing zero tolerance to discrimination, harassment, bullying, stereotyping and prejudicial treatment.

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