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Paediatric Specialist
Emersons Green
Hours:40 hours per week
Salary:£27,726 per annum
This is an incredible opportunity to work for a forward-thinking community equipment services provider, who’ll support you to be the best you can be in your chosen field!
Join us as our new Paediatric Specialistat Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd and let us empower you to truly make a difference.
Our continued employee development programmes, internal training and exceptional leadership will give you the ability to continuously develop yourself professionally whilst providing person-centred support.
You’ll be supported by an excellent team of professional and ever developing co-workers who all identify and align with Medequip’s values.
Who are Medequip?
Medequip is the leading provider of medical equipment services to local authorities and the NHS across the UK, delivering a wide range of equipment and support to people in their own homes, keeping people independent for longer.
About the role
We are looking for a knowledgeable and compassionate Paediatric Stock Specialist to join our Community Equipment Service team. In this specialist role, you will work closely with therapy teams, prescribers, and Community Equipment Stores (CES) colleagues to organise, maintain, repair, and prepare paediatric equipment for children and families across the region.
You will become the subject matter expert for paediatric equipment within the service, ensuring all equipment is safe, functional, and suitable for use. The role combines technical expertise, training delivery, customer support, and hands-on servicing both within the depot and out in the community.
This is a rewarding opportunity for someone with specialist knowledge of paediatric equipment who is passionate about supporting children to live safely and independently.
Your day-to-day responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
Specialist Support & Equipment Expertise
* Provide specialist advice and guidance to prescribers and healthcare professionals regarding paediatric equipment.
* Support procurement teams with recommendations on product suitability, safety, and availability.
* Deliver demonstrations and structured training sessions on specialist paediatric equipment.
* Contribute to service development, procedures, and quality improvements.
Equipment Servicing & Repairs
* Service, maintain, and repair paediatric equipment in service users’ homes and within the depot.
* Diagnose faults and identify appropriate repair solutions or replacement needs.
* Carry out safety checks and risk assessments before installations and repairs.
* Use specialist tools and equipment safely, including weight rigs and lifting equipment.
Driving & Deliveries
* Drive a large company van to deliver and collect equipment from homes, hospitals, and healthcare settings.
* Safely load, transport, and install equipment including beds, hoists, and other specialist items.
* Complete daily vehicle checks and maintain high standards of cleanliness and safety.
Customer Care
* Deliver a professional, empathetic, and person-centred service to children, families, and carers.
* Work sensitively in a variety of home environments.
* Identify and report safeguarding concerns in line with company procedures.
About you
Above all, you will identify and align with our company values:
* We keep our promises.
* We empower people to be accountable for their actions and performance.
* We help people with empathy, courtesy, dignity and kindness.
* We show respect and are trusted by our colleagues, suppliers and customers.
* We believe in teamwork and are passionate about our work.
* We encourage innovation and the development of technology.
* We embrace change and seek to achieve excellence.
* We deliver cost effective, efficient and safe healthcare solutions.
We welcome applications from all sections of the Community as an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are also happy to make any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process should you need it, please let us know.
We take our data privacy seriously and commit to processing your data in line with GDPR guidelines. Medequip’s Privacy Notice sets out the basis on which the personal data collected from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed in connection with our recruitment processes.
This role may be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references.
This role is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates without satisfactory right to work in the UK are unlikely to be suitable
Salary description
£27726.00 - £27726.00 per year