Posted 06/09/2024
£23,893 - £25,979 per annum
Reference Number: PEO03701
Salary Range: Grade 4 - £23,893 - £25,979
Working Pattern/Contract Type: Full Time Permanent
About The Service:
The Cardiff and Vale Joint Equipment Service (JES) Team is looking to employ an Occupational Therapy Technician based at our warehouse, Units 2 & 3 Lambourne Crescent, Cardiff Business Park, Llanishen, Cardiff CF14 5GF.
The Council Joint Equipment Service team provides equipment to people within Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. We order, deliver, collect, and maintain a wide range of mobility aids to help people live as independently as possible within their own homes.
Equipment is ordered by health care professionals, such as District Nurses, Occupational Therapist and Physiotherapists and includes a wide range of items from specialist beds and hoists to bathing equipment and seating and walking equipment used by children is schools.
The successful applicant will work as part of a team to deliver a first-class service.
About The Job:
You will be responsible for the collection, delivery, and installation (where required) of equipment designed to assist people with disabilities in their own homes. Bulkier items (e.g., profiling beds, hoists etc) would require the post holder to work as a member of a two-person team. All requests for delivery/installation are instigated by a clinical team member after an assessment of the clients needs, an order for delivery is then processed by the JES admin team and collected, delivered, installed by an in-house team of which this post would form a part.
What We Are Looking For From You:
Additional Information:
When completing your online application, you should tailor your application to the role in the Supporting Information section, stating how you meet each of the essential criteria listed on the Person Specification. You should also state how you meet any desirable criteria as we may use these to shortlist should we receive a large volume of applicants meeting all the essential criteria. The Supporting Information section of the online application form is limited to 4,000 characters – you can upload additional Supporting Information but please do not submit a CV as this is unlikely to provide the information needed. Please read the guidance on how to apply.
The County Council of the City and County of Cardiff (Welsh: Cyngor Sir Dinas a Sir Caerdydd) has been the governing body for Cardiff, one of the Principal Areas of Wales, since 1996. The council consists of 75 councillors, representing 29 electoral wards. The authority is properly styled as 'the County Council of the City and County of Cardiff', or in common use Cardiff Council.
County Hall,
Atlantic Wharf,
Cardiff
CF10 4UW
Cardiff Bay Station 0.6 miles / 12mins walk
Cardiff County Hall 0.3 miles / 7mins walk