Avp Operative

To sustain and support our current Ambulance Vehicle Preparation (AVP) requirements we are able to offer a permanent opportunity to join our existing dedicated AVP Operative team.

The position is permanent. It is a full time post working 37.5 hours per week contract based on a 24 hour, 7 day a week rota system including Bank Holidays preparing our frontline operational vehicles.

This role includes working a rota system and the days and evening times are dependent upon current provision required to meet operational/patient demand, but the post offers an opportunity to work outside the usual 9 to 5 daytime routine.

Rota days off are across the 7 day week along with significant financial enhancements for maintaining our provision during the evening and weekend.

The Ambulance Vehicle Preparation is completed throughout every 24 hour period, however a significant number of our vehicles are only available during the night. The working durations include 10 & 12 hour shifts. The post also attracts unsocial hours payments for all night and weekend working. With the inclusion of unsocial hours payments the pay may rise to approximately £27,000 per annum depending on shift patterns.

This vacancy is at Wakefield Ambulance Station.

This is an exciting opportunity to become an AVP Operative, part of the National Health Service (NHS) through the Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust.

**Duties to include**:
Ambulance Vehicle Preparation Operatives process ambulance service vehicles in a prescribed and controlled way that ensures each ambulance is fully equipped and prepared to attend and treat a patient. The role is a key operational support function, which ensures patient safety whilst supporting Operations in meeting its targets. Main duties include detailed cleaning and Infection Prevention and Control activities, checking and inspecting medical and lifting & handling equipment, restocking all consumables and completing vehicle checks. Other duties include the preparation of consumables, stock control, re-fueling and moving vehicles across various locations, recording all daily activities and the repatriation of equipment from Hospital Trusts.

No experience is required as full training will be given. An initial 4 week Training package forms part of your Learning and Development.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.

We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.

We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.

**Our values**: Compassion, One Team, Integrity, Innovation, Empowerment, Resilience are at the heart of all we do.

Holiday entitlement is between 27 days and 33 days depending on length of NHS service plus bank holidays on a pro-rata basis.

You must be reliable and conscientious with a good eye for detail and be able to work individually and as part of a small team.