Job overview This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity for a technician who likes to problem solve, and make a real difference to people's lives.
You will be responsible for the repair, servicing, delivery and collection of patients' wheelchairs and associated equipment.
You will visit them in their homes, schools, place of work, hospitals and day centres throughout Oxfordshire.
The job is for hours per week.
This can be spread over or days, within the service opening hours of Monday to Friday am to pm.A full valid UK driving licence is essential.
Main duties of the job The mobile technician will provide a mobile wheelchair repair and maintenance service to the users of powered and manual wheelchairs as well as specialised posture management equipment prescribed by the services.
The post also includes the delivery and collection of equipment to and from the user.
All work will be clearly documented and carried out to departmental and manufacturers' standards.
The post requires the use of vehicles provided by OUH to visit hospitals, special schools, nursing homes, private homes, and other establishments to carry out the work.
The environments may be unhygienic, dirty or cramped, and the users may be distressed that their equipment is not functioning correctly.
This job also requires that the post holder will be available to provide on call out-of-hours emergency repair service if required (not currently required, but may be in the future).
At times, the post holder may be asked to work in the workshop depending on departmental need.
Working for our organisation Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country.
It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.
Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the .