# Make Ready Specialist SW > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for London Ambulance Service NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/make-ready-specialist-sw/ccc41ae2-1fc0-4d03-a1cf-2eaaf1580b45 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/make-ready-specialist-sw/ccc41ae2-1fc0-4d03-a1cf-2eaaf1580b45.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** London Ambulance Service NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Junior - **Salary:** £30,630 - £32,346 per annum incl HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Rotating shift pattern, 50% days/ nights including weekends and bank holidays) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-22T09:31:54.907Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Morden/London_Ambulance_Service_NHS_Trust/Make_Ready/Make_Ready-v8032049 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8032049?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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 For further details of the job description and main responsibilities, please see attached job description. ## Job Details This role is based on three core functions:o Trolley bed collectiono Vehicle deep cleaningo 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. ## Responsibilities For further details of the job description and main responsibilities, please see attached job description. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Ability to follow instructions and to work on own initiative - Excellent attention to detail - Effective communication skills both verbal and written. - Good understanding of basic vehicle safety - Ability to follow processes and procedures (inc. IPC, security and H&S) - Basic computer skills/ IT literate - Good Interpersonal skills and can be a team player - Ability to maintain records - Ability to meet deadlines - The ability to work with cleaning products (chemicals) for a prolonged time **Desirable** - Knowledge of infectious diseases and appropriate cleaning regime ### Experience **Essential** - 1 year of driving experience - Previous cleaning experience - Previous experience of decontamination cleaning - Upon commencement in role, additional training will be given to undertake AdBlue, deep cleaning and to be able to carry out functional testing on medical equipment - Experience of working within a public service or customer care environment **Desirable** - Experience of driving around London and driving larger vehicles ### Qualifications **Essential** - Current UK Driving Licence full manual driving licence (no more than 3 penalty points) - C1 category on driving license - Good standard of written and verbal English - GCSE English level 4/ grade C or equivalent level of education **Desirable** - Must be willing to undertake any training as required by LAS ## Documents - [using artificial intelligence (ai) (pdf, 378.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2945) - [make ready specialist job description (pdf, 605.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10319642) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.