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Main area
317 Building - RVI
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (08:00-16:00 Monday- Friday)
Job ref
317-2024-04-13-DR-B
Employer
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Victoria Infirmary
Town
317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
Salary
£25,147 - £27,596 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
22/05/2024 23:59
Interview date
07/06/2024

Employer heading

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Maintenance Craftsperson (Joinery)

Band 4

Job overview

The Estates and Facilities Directorate is seeking to recruit two highly motivated Joiners at the Royal Victoria Infirmary. 

To carry out  joinery programmes, minor works and day to day reactive maintenance. The joinery programme is critical to achieving a suitable patient environment for all Wards and Departments to deliver the highest level of care.

  • Interview Date 7 June 2024
  • 37 hours 30 minutes/week
  • You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be accountable directly to the joinery Supervisor and overall to the Estates Building Officer. The post holder will be expected to perform a wide range of duties covering all aspects of joinery maintenance applicable to the trade. 

You will be required to interpret work from drawings, instructions and specifications; diagnose faults and carry out necessary repair work.  In conjunction with the Joinery Supervisor you will liaise with clinical teams when carrying out work in patient areas to ensure patient safety and Infection Control is not compromised so good communication and organizational skills are paramount to being a success in this role.  It is essential you have an understanding of other craftsmen’s work in relation to their own discipline to provide a coherent service when carrying out both maintenance and minor work schemes.

You will have served a relevant and recognized craft apprenticeship in joinery to City and Guilds /NVQ level 3 and have relevant post-apprenticeship experience.

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • To undertake planned preventative and reactive building maintenance duties, minor and major refurbishment works and manufacturing as required across all Trust properties and other areas of responsibility. Works to include:
    o Statutory inspection, maintenance and repair of fire resisting 
    door sets and upgrade when necessary.
    o Design, manufacture and installation of bespoke furniture and 
    equipment.
    o Maintenance and repair of fixtures, fittings and equipment.
    o Locksmith duties eg. Installation and repair/reconditioning of 
    door locks and furniture (inc. specialist hardware such as digital 
    locks, control drugs locks etc), controlled access and key 
    cutting.
    o Window repairs including replacement glazing
    o Interpretation of technical drawings, measuring and setting out 
    on site.
    o Installation of partition walls, ceilings and decorative mouldings 
    which includes installation of approved fire stopping details 
    where appropriate.
  • Undertake condition surveys and communicate findings and recommendations.
  • Completion and processing of mandatory documentation associated with specific work tasks i.e. Fire Door and Window PPMs, Condition Surveys etc ensuring integration with the Directorate’s chosen Computer Aided Facilities Management System (CAFM).
  • Remain aware of the direct affect and impact upon:
    o The environment,
    o Safety and comfort of patients, staff and members of the public.
    o Respond pro-actively as required.
  • Involvement with processing documentation associated with Estates IT admin requirement

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria
  • Recognised Joinery Apprenticeship.
  • City & Guilds qualification/NVQ level 3 or equivalent post apprenticeship experience
Desirable criteria
  • Minimum ONC/BTech qualification (or equivalent experience).
  • Recognised qualification/training for the installation and maintenance of fire doors and/or installation of Fire Stopping (Q-Mark, FDIS, FIRAS etc. or equivalent)
  • Current driving licence

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Comprehensive post apprenticeship experience, preferably in an NHS/hospital maintenance environment
  • An understanding of key Health and Safety and Fire Safety Legislation relevant to the role.
Desirable criteria
  • Post-Apprenticeship experience within complex building services
  • Experience of working in an Acute Hospital environment.
  • Knowledge of Health Technical Memoranda and Health Building Note Guidance Documents

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Able to make workload assessments and allocation
  • Ability to evaluate and solve problems in situ.
  • Ability to communicate verbally by phone and in writing to Senior Management and Clinical users throughout the Trust.
  • PC and IT literate.
  • Ability to set up, use and work with specialist tools and equipment (inc. woodworking machinery and power tools) in accordance with HASWA, PUWER and Control of Noise Regulations etc. Works will include specialist Joinery and fabrication working with a wide range of materials which include rough sawn timber (softwood &hardwood) and sheet materials.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardRIDI Awards Finalist 2021Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall Gold 2022Better Health at Work Award - Maintaining ExcellenceDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

Applicant requirements

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
James Raeburn
Job title
Estates Building Officer
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01912825077
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