Community Equipment Store Technician - Independent Living Centre - SIC07785

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Advertisement Details The main purpose of the Community Equipment Store Technician role is to support the logistics of providing medical and disability equipment across the Shetland Islands. This will include selection of appropriate equipment to ...

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The main purpose of the Community Equipment Store Technician role is to support the logistics of providing medical and disability equipment across the Shetland Islands.  This will include selection of appropriate equipment to meet identified need, delivery and installation, ensuring the equipment is suitable based on skilled observation of the environment and recipient.  Also, to maintain and repair a wide range of equipment to maximise stock availability, as well as collection, cleaning and recycling of equipment upon its return to the service, ensuring all infection control policies are applied, and COSHH guidelines adhered to.

There will be regular and substantial contact with service users, families and carers in their own home (or in local care homes) who will have varying degrees of need and understanding. This will include people who have palliative care needs, learning disabilities, dementia and physical restrictions, and the post holder will have to be sensitive to these issues and adapt their interactions accordingly. 

More detail is provided in the Job Profile, Person Specification and Conditions of Service Summary attached to the bottom of this advert.

 

 

Additional Information

  • The grade of this post is H
  • Rate of pay shown in the advert is inclusive of Distant Islands Allowance of £1.4202 per hour
  • Permanent Part Time post for 35.0 Hours per Week , 52.18 weeks per year
  • Preferred candidates will be required to join the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update prior to a formal offer of employment being made
  • A relocation package does not apply to this post
  • We will pay interview expenses from within Shetland
  • We are happy to talk flexible working

During the application process you are required to give the names of two persons not related to you, who we can contact to provide a reference to support your application.

This post is based at Independent Living Centre, Lerwick, Shetland.

For further details relating to this post, please contact: Lorna Willis, Team Leader, Telephone on 01595744319 or email lorna.willis@shetland.gov.uk

If you have a disability which prevents you from applying online, please call 01595 744032.

Information about Shetland

Shetland is an archipelago in the north of the British Isles where you'll find freedom, wildlife and wild beauty, but also a rich culture and dynamic, forward-looking society. The Islands have a thriving and diverse economy full of opportunities and offer residents the ideal work/life balance. Shetland combines stunning coastal landscapes and wide open spaces with friendly, bustling island communities. Factor in Shetland's impressive modern amenities, highly regarded schools and the Islands offer a work life balance rarely found elsewhere.

Find out more about:

Living and working in Shetland: here

The Shetland Islands Council: here

 

 

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