Job summary
- Main area
- Estates and Facilities
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent: Uplift on basic pay of 6% due to on call duties.
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 302-24-6307598E-A
- Employer
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wrightington Hospital
- Town
- Wigan
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum, pro rata. Uplift of 6% due to on call duties.
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Maintenance Electrician
NHS AfC: Band 4
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Job overview
Are you an Electrician with an electrical trade background?
We provide a wide range of operational estates repair / maintenance, minor works and capital project services across the Hospitals sites. We are looking for an experienced Operational Estates Maintenance Worker (Electrical) with an electrical trade background to assist both our employed workforce and external contractors in the maintenance and repair of the Hospitals built environment.
This is a permanent position for 37.5 hours per week
Standard working hours are Monday- Friday 8am- 4pm
The post holder will also be required to take part in the Operational Estates Department’s emergency on-call rota outside of normal working hours.
Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust is rated as a high performing NHS Trust with a very successful Estates & Facilities Team.
*Applicants who have already received feedback that they are unsuitable for the position need not apply - unless they have taken steps to strengthen their application to demonstrate and evidence how you meet the essential criteria since that decision. *
Main duties of the job
Applicants should be time served in an appropriate discipline preferably electrical maintenance or electrical installation. You should be able to demonstrate in depth knowledge of electrical and electro-mechanical systems, including HVAC, fire detection, electrical infrastructure and distribution systems.
In addition, you should be able to demonstrate significant knowledge and ability in other maintenance disciplines outside of your care craft skills. You should be willing to undertake further formal or informal personal developments to enhance your skills and knowledge to ensure you can provide the highest standards of service to our patients, staff and visitors.
The position will primarily be located at the Wrightington Hospital site, but the post holder will also provide support to our Operational Estates services across the wider Trust sites.
The role will require you to work across all areas in the Trust which includes those that are designated as positive, asymptomatic and negative COVID wards.
Working for our organisation
Choose Well – Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. We are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
On-Call
Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will carry out statutory testing and Planned Preventative Maintenance on electrical services and equipment and complete relevant records. This will require a complete understanding of engineering systems, plant and equipment in NHS buildings.
The post holder must be able to refer to and understand electrical technical drawings and specifications, interpret technical manuals, assist in commissioning, problem solving and communicate technical knowledge to other trade groups and external contractors.
The post holder will provide an effective and efficient maintenance repair service to a high standard on the full range of building fabric, electrical services, plant and equipment within their trade discipline and other disciplines within their capability, which will involve the use of fine instrumentation and equipment. This will include work on HVAC, fire detection, essential and non-essential small power and lighting systems, electrical infrastructure distribution systems, emergency standby generators and equipment contained within the mortuary, theatres, and other hospital locations.
The position will primarily be located at the Wrightington Hospital site but the post holder will also provide support to our Operational Estates services across the wider Trust sites.
The Trust offers an excellent benefits package which includes:
- Excellent Pension & Life Assurance Package, including death in service (over 20% employer contribution).
- Excellent annual leave entitlements 27 to 33 days per annum dependent upon length of service.
- Ill health benefits.
- Training opportunities.
- Career Progression opportunities within Estates & Facilities.
- Access to salary sacrifice schemes for items such as lease vehicles and buy a bike schemes.
- Access to NHS Gym discounts.
- Blue Light Discount Card Schemes.
For an informal discussion or enquiries relating to the post should initially be directed to Mr Neil Butler –Estates Manager on 0300 7076202.
All candidates will be required to show evidence of their original certificates to the interview panel. This post is subject to disclosure by the Disclosure & Barring service (DBS).
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Completed a recognised electrical craft apprenticeship.
- Qualification to a minimum of NVQ Level 3. (E.g. B-TEC ONC or CGLI Advanced Craft Level)
- Completed AM1 & AM2 assessment.
Desirable criteria
- Any relevant qualifications or experience in a secondary trade.
- Accepted qualifications by City and Guilds in sterilisation and washer disinfection testing.
Experience
Essential criteria
- 2 years post qualification experience within an engineering or building maintenance environment.
- Excellent working knowledge of electrical supply and distribution systems.
Desirable criteria
- Previous Estates & Facilities (maintenance and repair based) employment within an NHS acute hospital environment.
- Knowledge of the safe operation of steam generating plant and associated equipment including steam distribution networks.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work with other trades and unsupervised
- Highly versatile and receptive to training initiatives and change
Desirable criteria
- Any wider knowledge / interests related to construction, maintenance and repair activities.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good level of literacy and numeracy skills.
- Good level of IT (PC based) skills.
- Good communicator.
Desirable criteria
- Any wider knowledge / interests that would supplement the essential criteria for the post.
- Any form of recognised educational qualification.
Additional
Essential criteria
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.
Desirable criteria
- Full driving licence
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
- Neil Butler
- Job title
- Operational Estates Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 7076202
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