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Main area
estates
Grade
Grade B
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
166-DSFS-6710023
Employer
Derbyshire Support Facilities Services
Employer type
NHS
Site
Chesterfield Royal Hospital
Town
Chesterfield
Salary
£23,254 - £24,855 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
22/12/2024 23:59

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Specialist Semi Skilled Building Craftsman

Grade B

Job overview

DSFS Ltd are looking to recruit hardworking enthusiastic individuals to join our Estates Building team as a specialist semi skilled craftsman to provide a high quality maintenance service to Chesterfield Royal Hospital and our Royal Primary Care (RPC) sites. 

You will become part of the team dedicated to the maintenance  upkeep of the hospital and RPC sites.

The hours will be 37.5 per week and you will be required to train in order to become part of the out of hours on call rota and may be required to work overtime due to the needs of the service.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered

Main duties of the job

In your role as a specialist semi skilled you will be required to perform general maintenance duties alongside colleagues and on your own throughout all busy hospital departments being totally professional and mindful of staff, patients and visitors.

You must be able to meet deadlines and liaise and communicate with staff at all levels throughout the organisation.

Applicants should have experience of working in a maintenance environment and demonstrate team working. It would also be desirable to have previous experience in a healthcare or customer orientated setting.

You will be required to perform general building maintenance duties which will include;

You may be required to participate in the on call rota which will include additional payments

Basic joinery repairs, roofing repairs, decorating patch/paint repairs, fire door PPM and maintenance repairs, general building repairs such as pointing and plastering, lock repairs, uPVC window and door repairs.

 

Working for our organisation

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that’s 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the ‘Chesterfield Royal family’, DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that’s dynamic, flexible, and proactive.

DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone’s abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together. 

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For details of this exciting role please take a look at the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • educated to GCSE standard or equivalent maths and english
  • Current full driving licence and own transport
  • • Competency in a building maintenance environment
  • • Demonstrate previous experience of working in a customer orientated environment
  • • Demonstrate previous experience of working in a maintenance background
  • • Demonstrate previous experience of working in a team as a team member
  • • the ability to follow verbal and written instructions Demonstrate
  • • Demonstrate the ability to work flexibly to accommodate the needs of our customers
  • • Demonstrate the ability to communicate with customers in a polite and professional manner
Desirable criteria
  • • City and Guilds/NVQ in Building or equivalent experience
  • • Understanding of C.O.S.H.H. regulations for handling, storage, usage and disposal of chemicals
  • • Demonstrate experience in a healthcare environment
  • • Able to use computer/IT systems to log work/jobs etc.

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Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Stephen Handby
Job title
Building maintenance manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01246 513304
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