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Job summary

Main area
Emergency Services / Administration
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
308-CORP-3129
Employer
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
ECU at The Fire Service College
Town
Gloucestershire
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/11/2025 23:59

Employer heading

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust logo

Logistics Technician

NHS AfC: Band 5

Our vision is to deliver outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed for everyone in London, 24/7, 365 days a year.  We are the busiest emergency ambulance service in the UK serving one of the world’s most dynamic and diverse cities. We provide emergency and urgent healthcare that is free to patients at the time they receive it.

We are the only NHS provider trust to serve the whole of London and the nine million people who live in, work in or visit the city.  We cover an area of 620sq miles and have more than 8,000 people who work or volunteer for us – rising to 10,000 when including bank staff and students.

We answer around two million 999 calls a year and our crews attend more than 3000 emergencies a day. Our 24-hour 111 integrated urgent care services London answer around two million calls a year.

We play a leading role in integrating access to emergency and urgent care in the capital and are striving to ensure patients receive the right response, in the right place, at the right time

Our main role is to respond to emergency 999 calls, providing medical care to patients across the capital, 24-hours a day, 365 days a year. Other services we offer include providing pre-arranged patient transport and finding hospital beds. Working with the police and the fire service, we are prepared for dealing with large-scale or major incidents in the capital.

 

 

Job overview

As a Logistics Technician, you will play a vital role in maintaining a national fleet of specialist vehicles and equipment, supporting the Ambulance Service across the United Kingdom. The position involves substantial driving responsibilities, including operating vehicles over 7.5 tonnes and facilitating the movement of logistics and equipment to locations nationwide. You will be required to travel regularly, often staying away from home for several nights each month, ensuring the safe delivery and readiness of critical assets. This dynamic role demands flexibility, a commitment to high standards, and the ability to coordinate logistics in support of national emergencies and operational needs.

Main duties of the job

As the department’s Logistics Technician, you will be responsible for maintaining a national fleet of vehicles and highly specialist equipment.  Your role will include:

 

·         Vehicle safety checks and manging vehicle maintenance programmes.

·         Inspecting and maintaining safety critical equipment.

·         Providing logistics advice to various Technical User Groups. 

·         Supporting the drafting and updating Equipment Data Sheets.

·         Facilitating the movement of logistics to locations throughout the United Kingdom.

·         Managing the cleaning and decontamination of equipment.

·         Updating and monitoring equipment inventories and an asset register.

·         Nationally coordinating the availability of key logistics across the country.

·         Support procurement processes and technical evaluations of new equipment.

·         Supporting the response to national emergencies.

·         Provide advice and support to local Trusts on the management of specialist logistics.

Working for our organisation

The principal aim of the NHS Resilience Emergency Capabilities Unit (ECU) is to support the delivery of patient care and improved clinical outcomes in a range of challenging environments across England.  The unit supports NHS Trusts and partner agencies to provide an effective response to the major and complex incidents defined within the UK’s National Risk Register. 

The NHS ECU is the national centre of excellence for emergency preparedness, resilience, and response across England’s ambulance services. Hosted by the London Ambulance Service and commissioned by NHS England, we are dedicated to ensuring that the NHS is ready to respond to the most complex, high-risk, and challenging incidents—whenever and wherever they occur.

Formerly known as the National Ambulance Resilience Unit (NARU), the NHS ECU builds on over a decade of operational expertise, clinical leadership, and innovation. Our mission is to strengthen national resilience by supporting ambulance trusts and wider NHS partners with the capabilities, training, and coordination needed to deliver outstanding care in the most demanding environments.

We are proud to operate from our new base at the Fire Service College in Moreton-in-Marsh—a world-class facility that enhances our ability to train, collaborate, and innovate alongside emergency service partners.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information on the post holder. 

Our work is structured around three core capabilities:

  • Preparedness: Ensuring our teams are ready to respond through rigorous training, clinical excellence, and strategic planning.
  • Interoperability: Embedding multi-agency collaboration into every aspect of our work, from joint training to national coordination.
  • Improvement: Anticipating future risks and continuously evolving our capabilities to meet them.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria
  • At least a NVQ Level 3– e.g. storage and warehousing, Team Leader or relevant experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Victoria Ward
Job title
Business Manager
Email address
[email protected]
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