Job summary
- Main area
- Estates
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 435-UHMBB330225
- Employer
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Furness General Hospital
- Town
- Barrow in Furness
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Building Maintenance Chargehand
NHS AfC: Band 5
- Lancashire and South Cumbria Provider Collaborative (OneLsc)
The five provider NHS trusts in Lancashire and South Cumbria are working together as partners, delivering joint priorities to improve health and healthcare.
Together, we aim to drive up quality by sharing skills and best practice, pooling our resources and standardising the way we work to reduce variation and duplication.
We want to ensure patients have equal access to the same high-quality care wherever they live. We also want our colleagues to have the same high-quality experience wherever they work.
One Lancashire and South Cumbria (One LSC) and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Job overview
The Estates department at Furness General Hospital is a group of highly skilled electrical and mechanical engineers, creative building craftspersons, and dedicated support staff.
Main duties of the job
To undertake the duties of your core trade and to assist the Estates Officer to lead and co-ordinate the day to day activities of the Building maintenance service, outside contractors, and suppliers so as to deliver a robust, technically strong, customer responsive service which complies with all relevant statutory directives.
Working as part of a team, and individually, you will be required to carry out general building finishes maintenance within acute and community NHS properties.
The successful candidate must be able to self-motivate, work relatively unsupervised, and be a good communicator on all levels. Flexible working will be required where you will assist other trades and undertake other tasks to maintain the building services.
Delegated responsibility for maintaining a departmental budget and ensuring compliance with all relevant health and safety regulations in respect of all staff, patients and visitors who may be affected by the department’s actions. Also to monitor and guide staff and external contractors in order to complete their tasks and objectives.
The candidate must show good leadership qualities, and be willing to train to gain a thorough knowledge of the Trust’s assets and services.
A healthcare, commercial, or industrial background would be advantageous but not essential - as specific training will be provided.
This post is based at Furness General Hospital in Barrow in Furness.
Working for our organisation
We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life-threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Our community services for adults are provided in people’s homes, community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals and our main hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent, improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care, advice and support.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised craft apprenticeship and relevant certification.
- Formal health and safety certification
- Higher National Certificate/Diploma
Desirable criteria
- Supervisory or management qualification
- Leadership or training qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- At least 5 years previous experience in maintaining building and/or engineering services.
- Experience of information technology.
- Previous experience of working in a supervisory/management capacity.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working within a healthcare setting
- Asbestos awareness training and experience
Skills, ability and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good communicator on all levels.
- Ability to work unsupervised.
- Multi-skilled.
- The ability to analyse data, technical drawings and complex instructions.
- To be able to think quickly and respond to difficult and contentious questions.
Desirable criteria
- Proven leadership, organisational, team building, and motivational skills.
- Able to interpret policy and guidance documents.
- Willingness to undertake extra training.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Matt Whiteley
- Job title
- Building Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01524512163
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