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Job overview
This role is based on three core functions: o Trolley bed collection o Vehicle deep cleaning o Emergency decontamination cleaning
The post holder will be responsible for collecting LAS trolley beds from hospitals and delivering these to local ambulance stations ensuring beds are transported safely and in line with both Health & Safety and IPC requirements. The post holder will ensure that vehicles are deep cleaned to standard and in accordance with service scheduling. Emergency vehicles may often transfer patients where they have been infested with bed bugs, large blood and bodily fluid spillages, or with infectious organisms and consequence or drug resistance. The post holder will be required to ensure that all emergency decontamination clean jobs are cleaned to a high standard, following this ensure vehicles and equipment are clean and ready to meet the daily operational requirement.
Main duties of the job
- Visit hospital sites to arrange collection of trolley beds.
- Deliver trolley beds across Trust estate.
- Work to a dedicated route for trolley bed collection adapting to ad-hoc requests for additional collections.
- To undertake a deep clean of Trust vehicles on a six weekly basis, as directed by management team.
- Undertake standard and enhanced decontamination cleaning of Trust vehicles as required, maintaining strict adherence to Infection Prevention Control and Health & Safety standards.
- Respond to emergency decontamination requests often requiring mobilisation to different sites.
- Use initiative to manage competing and dynamic priorities whilst ensuring effective communication with stakeholders.
- Undertake the delivery and collection of all decontamination cleaned vehicles as directed.
- Plan completion of decontamination of vehicles to strict deadlines and any other operational requirements.
- Undertake all driving duties associated holding a C1 driving licence.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Applying for this NHS job
This advert is for Make Ready Specialist SW with London Ambulance Service NHS Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Junior Estates and facilities role. The advertised salary is £30,630 - £32,346 per annum incl HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 05 Jun 2026.
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