Recycling Team Leader

Hours: 40 hours per week
Salary: £28,080 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 Recycling Team LeaderatMedequip 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 theNHSacross the UK, delivering a wide range of equipment and support to people in their own homes, keeping people independent for longer.

About the role

As the Recycling Team Leaderfor Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd you will ensure that all aspects of the recycling are maintained in an orderly and efficient manner

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Managing the repair department.
• Complete necessary training to carry out LOLER and PAT testing to the required equipment.
• Managing the warranty / scrapping system
• Ordering spare parts and consumables and manage levels accordingly
• Waste management - management of all types of waste daily including liaising with waste suppliers.
• Communicate with OTs and Medequip procurement about standard stock & recycled specials.
• Manage special products, including 360 video requests in a timely manner.
• Process recycled specials promptly and efficiently within recycling targets including any repairs.
• To ensure procedures in place are followed by your team
• Achieve stock levels and values, Cleaning and Repair KPIs on a daily basis.
• Keep all workspaces and environments clean and tidy.
• Keep HR data for all staff up to date on all platforms.
• Arrange duties to ensure all areas of the recycling department are adequately covered to deliver the service levels/targets agreed with contracts.

About you

Above all, you will identify and align with our company values:

• 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.

Qualifications and experience required.

• Must have some experience in a team leader position
• Ideally some experience in a public, healthcare or service based industry
• Excellent communication, both verbally and written

What we offer

• 29 days holiday moving to a max of 33 days (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
• Continued professional development, training and learning support and opportunities for career progression.
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free eye test, provided by Specsavers
• Care First employee assistance program including free counselling.
• Access to Perkbox discount platform
• Free uniform
• Free DBS check

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.