Driver Technician

42.5 hours per week
£25,415 (Potential to earn up to £28,500 including on call and overtime earnings) PLUS a company van provided for travel to and form work

This is an incredible opportunity to work for a forward-thinking community equipment services provider, who’ll support you to be the best you can be in your chosen field!

Join us as our new Driver Technician at Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd and let us empower you to truly make a difference.

Our continued employee development programmes, internal training and exceptional leadership will give you the ability to continuously develop yourself professionally whilst providing person-centred support.

You’ll be supported by an excellent team of professional and ever developing co-workers who all identify and align with Medequip’s values.

Who are Medequip?

Medequip is the leading provider of medical equipment services to local authorities and the NHS across the UK, delivering a wide range of equipment and support to people in their own homes, keeping people independent for longer.

About the role

As the Driver Technician for Medequip Assistive Technologies you will be delivering and installing health related products. This is not just a delivery and installation role, you will be pivotal in providing life enhancing equipment, a second to none customer service experience and assurance that Medequip are a trusted and reliable organisation.

This role will require you to work flexibly to suit the needs of the business as well as being able to participate in an emergency on-call rota and an active, fast paced role.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Driving to customer’s homes, acting in a respectful, polite and approachable manor
• Delivering, collecting, installing and repairing healthcare equipment
• Demonstrating the use and functionality of the equipment to our customers
• Delivering exceptional customer facing service with care, empathy, integrity and kindness
• DIY tasks - experience in some form of maintenance is required
• Be flexible with working days/hours to suit the needs of the business.
• Participate in an emergency on-call rota.
• Enhancing the lives of our customers by providing medical and care equipment and a first-class service with every home visit.

About you

Above all, you will identify and align with our company values:

• We keep our promises.
• We empower people to be accountable for their actions and performance.
• We help people with empathy, courtesy, dignity, and kindness.
• We show respect and are trusted by our colleagues, suppliers, and customers.
• We believe in teamwork and are passionate about our work.
• We encourage innovation and the development of technology.
• We embrace change and seek to achieve excellence.
• We deliver cost effective, efficient, and safe healthcare solutions.

Qualifications and experience required.

• You must have a full UK driving licence (minimum of 3 years)
• Must have experience in a similar role and/or care related experience
• Experience with general maintenance and DIY
• Work well independently and as part of a team.
• Must have good communication skills.
• Be flexible with working days/hours to suit the needs of the business and participate in an emergency on-call rota.

What we offer

• 29 days holiday moving to a max of 33 days (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
• Continued professional development, training and learning support and opportunities for career progression.
• Pension scheme
• Van provided for travel to and from work.
• Healthcare scheme
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Care First employee assistance program including free counselling.
• Access to Perkbox discount platform
• Free uniform
• Free DBS check

We welcome applications from all sections of the Community as an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are also happy to make any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process should you need it, please let us know.

We take our data privacy seriously and commit to processing your data in line with GDPR guidelines. Medequip’s Privacy Notice sets out the basis on which the personal data collected from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed in connection with our recruitment processes.

This role may be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates without satisfactory right to work in the UK are unlikely to be suitable.