Job summary
- Main area
- Estates, Multi Skilled
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 2 years (2 years from start date)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (weekends, cover, bank holidays as required)
- Job ref
- 411-COR-24-6458179
- Employer
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alder Hey
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer Plumber/Electrician bias
NHS AfC: Band 5
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
To undertake unsupervised routine engineering and building planned and unplanned preventative maintenance, fault finding, building, tiling, joinery, electrical, plumbing and breakdown tasks and to provide general duties of cleaning, store keeping. Other specialist duties may also be required after appropriate training to provide a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors to the Trust
Main duties of the job
To be aware of the workings of the Buildings and Mechanical systems within the Healthcare environment and to carry out essential maintenance and repair of such items.
To be responsible for the skilled and semi-skilled maintenance activities on the Trusts engineering assets, including processing of work on personal electronic devices, time sheets using hand held technology and test reports necessary to comply with statutory legislation.
To carry out equipment surveys, audits and visual inspections as requested by the line manager including building, flooring and tiling, report defects to ensure work is carried out in a timely manner.
Carry out planned preventative maintenance inspections, adjustments, and commissioning tests in accordance with Trust procedures and schedules on a wide variety of Hospital equipment. Carry out statutory safety checks and departmental procedures, recording all readings, undertake sampling and observations as required. Carry out first line assessment, fault finding, repair, substitute service and/or safe isolation as required.
Working for our organisation
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Alder Hey Children's NHS FT for a skilled, experienced and motivated Band 5 Multi Skilled Engineer to join the Trusts in house estates team.
The role is a full-time (37.5 hours per week) position within the Estates Department.
Alder Hey enjoys a world-leading reputation in many disciplines and is recognized as a leader in healthcare innovation and technology, its an exciting time to join the team and this role will have the opportunity to develop new and existing skills.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder will be employed on a wide range of complex fault-finding and maintenance duties. He/she will be responsible for maintaining all Building Fabric, Mechanical, Electrical, and building infrastructure services, and equipment within Alder Hey.
The post-holder will provide technical assistance to their mechanical, electrical, and building colleagues and contractors ensuring compliance with the Trust’s safety standards and procedures for all relevant systems.
The post-holder will undertake complex fault diagnosis and fault rectification, maintenance and capital work across the Trust. In addition, planning minor improvement works as directed by management. To be responsible for the calibration of mechanical installations Planned Preventive Maintenance (PPM) and the Reactive Maintenance (RM) of all Alder Hey Estates services and plant.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Recognised and registered engineering apprenticeship HND or demonstrate equivalent experience Current IEE regulations City & Guilds or equivalent Recognised Competent Person accreditations
- provide details of qualifications
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Building maintenance and systems.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Follow detailed engineering/ electrical drawings and specifications.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Working on Low Voltage electrical systems
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Wide knowledge of all aspects of building, including materials and tools Full awareness of regulations and legislation and how they apply to a work environment Adaptable to change
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Health and Safety legislation as applicable to core trade, ensuring the well-being of staff, patients and visitors. Judgement is required regarding a range of facts and situations that require analysis where there is more than a straightforward choice of options regarding required work.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Graeme Dixon
- Job title
- Head of Estates
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01512825781
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