FLEET MULTI-SKILLED TECHNICIANS

A number of vacancies for Fleet Multi-Skilled Technicians are required to work at the following London Ambulance Service Workshop locations:- Inner High Cost Area Supplement (20%): Camden, Waterloo, Fulham Outer High Cost Area Supplement (15%): West Ham, Barnehurst, Romford, Whipps Cross About the role We serve an area of approximately 620 square miles. Broadly speaking, our boundaries run from Heathrow in the west to Upminster in the east and from Enfield in the north to Purley in the south. When providing such an essential service to the public and with covering such a large area it is important that our vehicles are maintained to the highest standards. Our busy Fleet maintenance department is currently looking for skilled and experienced motor vehicle technicians, to join teams at the above workshop locations across London. Our workshop technicians perform a vital and challenging role to support the ambulance fleet. This involves maintaining and repairing specialist vehicles to the highest standards while ensuring maximum levels of availability at all times. The workshops provide seven-day cover, which in most cases means some early or late starts depending on the location and shift. The working week will be 37.5 hours by rota, over seven days. Additional payments are applicable to unsocial hours working (shift working) and in line with national terms and conditions. About you You will need to hold a BTEC/HNC Level of City and guilds plus relevant post apprenticeship training or equivalent experience. We would be looking for proven experience in a maintenance workshop environment with a focus on providing great customer service. A full UK driving licence with C1 is essential. Closing date for receipt of completed application and driving questionnaire and both parts of your driving licence is midnight on Tuesday 11 February 2014 How to apply Complete an online application form To apply for this role you will need to register with NHS jobs and complete the online application form. Guidance re: NHS Jobs To register with NHS Jobs, please go to www.jobs.nhs.uk and follow the instructions. Important For this vacancy, you must complete all supporting documents attached to the NHS jobs advert (i.e. driving questionnaire and copy of your driving licence - both parts etc). Once you have you submitted your online application, please email these documents to recruitment@londonambulance.nhs.uk. Unfortunately if you do not send it to us your application will not be short listed. Other information Please note that we will send all of the correspondence to your email address, with the exception of the DBS application form. Therefore please keep us updated if this changes and ensure that you check this email address regularly. Please note if you do not have an email address then we will send correspondence by post. Helpful tips when filling out your NHS Jobs application form • Read through all the guidance documentation attached to the vacancy before filling out the application. • Clearly evidence how you meet the personal specification for this role in the 'supporting information' section on the form. An example can be found on page five/six of the guidance notes attached to the NHS jobs advert. • Save your application as you go along. You can always login and go back to it at a later date if you do not have time to complete the form in one go. • Read through your application carefully before submitting it to us. If you are unable to use NHS jobs to complete and submit an application form then please email recruitment@londonambulance.nhs.uk or call us on 020 3069 0260.