• Job Description

  Req#: F0093-SAND000008889?language=en&page=983&sort=publicationDateDe

  Job summary

  This is a Fixed Term Contract for a 12 month period

  As an important front-line service working alongside a range of Health & Social Care Services, we are looking to recruit an Equipment Technician.

  The Equipment Technician will be responsible for delivery, installation and collection of equipment. As part of Sandwells Prevention Stores, you will assist in delivering, maintaining, and servicing equipment and assistive technology to help individuals in Sandwell live independently within their homes. Working alongside various Health & Social Care services, this front-line role plays a crucial part in supporting the community.

  Successful candidates should have experience of working in a fast-paced environment, good communication and IT skills.

  Main duties of the job

  Your responsibilities will include:

  • Delivery, installation, and collection of equipment around the borough
  • Assessment of low-level daily living aids
  • Providing advice on equipment supplied by Joint Prevention Stores
  • Dealing with professionals and members of the public who visit Joint Prevention Stores

  Key Responsibilities:

  • Delivery, Installation & Collection: Manage the delivery, setup, and collection of equipment across the borough.
  • Advice & Support: Provide guidance on equipment supplied by Joint Prevention Stores.
  • Interacting with professionals and members of the public visiting Joint Prevention Stores

  About us

  Sandwell is situated at the very heart of the West Midlands, just a stones throw from Birmingham. A large, diverse, metropolitan borough, Sandwell offers exciting opportunities for all in a friendly, supportive environment. Sandwell is made up of six towns - Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton, Wednesbury and West Bromwich. The borough has 1,200 hectares of parks, playing fields and local green space and more than 30 miles of canals.

  We offer something for everyone, with an incredibly wide range of career opportunities, at any stage of your career, from apprentices to senior managers.

  Our Values; Trust, Unity and Progress make us unique, they define how we do things and are reflected in the way we behave. They are important to us, guiding and shaping our organisational culture. Our values are key to us achieving Sandwells Vision 2030 and also guide us when we recruit.

  Details

  Date posted

  08 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  £26,409 to £30,060 a year

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  12 months

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  F0093-SAND000008889

  Job locations

  Joint Prevention Stores

  Dolton Way

  Tipton

  West Midlands

  DY4 9AL

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Overarching principles:

  - Deliver an enhanced customer experience that promotes wellbeing to local people in their local communities.

  - Enable people to live independently for longer by supporting people to retain or regain their skills andconfidence, and prevent the need or delays in deterioration wherever possible.

  - Focus on the customers outcomes, will also contribute to the strategic outcomes of Sandwell MBC andpartner organisations.

  Summary of role:

  - To work with vulnerable adults and carers, helping them to achieve ambitions, helping them to do things, takecontrol over their lives as much as possible, building relationships and networks that maintain theirindependence.

  - To provide a service that flexibly meets the needs of service users within budgetary constraints.

  - To have knowledge and understanding of relevant legislative and regulatory framework and Governmentinitiatives relating to your service area, including safeguarding, and the needs of vulnerable adults.

  - To have knowledge of the principles and responsibility of information sharing and data protection in line withlegislation.

  - To be responsible for the day to day the delivery, installation, maintenance of equipment within a borough wideservice.

  - Conducting minor repairs to equipment.

  - To undertake specific duties and responsibilities determined by the line manager.

  - To work with managers and other staff members to share and promote good practice and work co-operativelyto ensure consistency in working practices wherever feasible and champion all changes particularly in relationto the personalisation agenda.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Overarching principles:

  - Deliver an enhanced customer experience that promotes wellbeing to local people in their local communities.

  - Enable people to live independently for longer by supporting people to retain or regain their skills andconfidence, and prevent the need or delays in deterioration wherever possible.

  - Focus on the customers outcomes, will also contribute to the strategic outcomes of Sandwell MBC andpartner organisations.

  Summary of role:

  - To work with vulnerable adults and carers, helping them to achieve ambitions, helping them to do things, takecontrol over their lives as much as possible, building relationships and networks that maintain theirindependence.

  - To provide a service that flexibly meets the needs of service users within budgetary constraints.

  - To have knowledge and understanding of relevant legislative and regulatory framework and Governmentinitiatives relating to your service area, including safeguarding, and the needs of vulnerable adults.

  - To have knowledge of the principles and responsibility of information sharing and data protection in line withlegislation.

  - To be responsible for the day to day the delivery, installation, maintenance of equipment within a borough wideservice.

  - Conducting minor repairs to equipment.

  - To undertake specific duties and responsibilities determined by the line manager.

  - To work with managers and other staff members to share and promote good practice and work co-operativelyto ensure consistency in working practices wherever feasible and champion all changes particularly in relationto the personalisation agenda.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Literacy Level 2 qualification or equivalent as a minimum
  • Driving licence
  • LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations)
  • PAT (Portable Appliance Testing) Qualified
  • Manufacturers/Suppliers Qualification for servicing and maintaining and installing equipment

  Supporting Statement

  Essential

  • Please include a supporting statement of how you meet the criteria in the job description/person spec.

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working in a repair/maintenance/installation environment

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Literacy Level 2 qualification or equivalent as a minimum
  • Driving licence
  • LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations)
  • PAT (Portable Appliance Testing) Qualified
  • Manufacturers/Suppliers Qualification for servicing and maintaining and installing equipment

  Supporting Statement

  Essential

  • Please include a supporting statement of how you meet the criteria in the job description/person spec.

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working in a repair/maintenance/installation environment

  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.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

  Address

  Joint Prevention Stores

  Dolton Way

  Tipton

  West Midlands

  DY4 9AL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.sandwell.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

  Address

  Joint Prevention Stores

  Dolton Way

  Tipton

  West Midlands

  DY4 9AL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.sandwell.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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