Adaptions Supervisor

Adaptations Supervisor
Warwickshire

Hours: 40 hours per week 
Salary: £32,250 per annum 

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 Minor Adaptations 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 Minor Adaptations Technician for Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd you will ensure all adaptation work is to the agreed specification and to the agreed performance, qualitative and financial targets.

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

make new or modify existing equipment and or fixtures and fittings as necessary to maximise the independence and mobility of service users.

ensure that the right product, in the right condition is delivered (and installed)

• Carryout client home visits for installations of adaptations.
• Joint visits with prescribers to risk
• Provide training and demonstrate to prescribers how to measure stairways, assess for ramp access and platforms.
• To design, modify and construct equipment to enable it to be fitted
• Use power operated machinery and industrial standard workshop equipment safely and competently.
• To demonstrate a practical knowledge to enable the safe fitting, repair, maintenance and servicing of homecare medical equipment.
• Undertake risk assessments on activities relating to themselves, modifications and fabrications prior to undertaking any work/duties
• To answer out of hours calls in line with the contract specification.

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.

• Have held a full UK driving licence for a minimum of 3 years
• Work well independently and as part of a team as well as having good communication skills
• Be flexible with working days/hours to suit the needs of the business
• 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.