Job summary
- Main area
- Estates and Facilities
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
- Job ref
- 160-6999396
- Employer
- The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Estates Plumber
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
Carry out planned preventative maintenance, installation, modification and repairs to Hospital plant equipment and property including all aspects of water related systems and any other appropriate plant or systems, within the Trust’s estate
Main duties of the job
- Be able to modify and manufacture elements of drainage and pipework, as appropriate
- Must be able to work on own initiative and as part of a team, assisting other disciplines, where necessary
- Filling out appropriate documentation
- Have the ability and training to diagnose and repair faults in plant and equipment
- Have the ability to understand the working of the building/construction/maintenance requirements of NHS buildings. Use of Hospital Technical Memorandums, Hospital Building Notes and other documents related to safe operation of Hospital Building.
- The ability to fulfil a requirement to interpret and work from all, drawings, and specifications appropriate to original trade without supervision. Advice on changes required to drawings etc., to keep system up to date following new works
- Ensure stock and materials are ordered to fulfil the need to ensure the maintenance and repair of Trust properties and equipment.
- Be able to instruct others on aspects of own work relating to original trade, including other trades staff, maintenance assistants and contractors
- Learn new techniques with additional training to own trade and that of other trades to enable multi-skilling within the department
- Working with speed and accuracy, use of relevant power, hand tools and fixed machinery, use of fire tools and maintenance of same.
Working for our organisation
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.
With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For detailed job description and main responsibilities of this post please see attached Job Description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Apprenticeship in relevant core trade with a Minimum of a City and Guilds with advanced craft certificate or BTEC, ONC in relevant building Maintenance Trade
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of relevant industry documentation, e.g. HSG274, ACOP L8 HTM 04- 01
- Health and Safety qualification
- Working at Heights Certificate
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience in core trade of plumbing
- Must understand the workings of a Hospital environment in relation to domestic Hot and cold water systems, drainage systems, CT & VT heating systems, chilled water systems, etc…, as well as knowledge of fire compartmentation and the requirement to retain its integrity
- Have good understanding of the relationship of other craftsmen’s work to own work
- • High level of awareness of health and safety as applied to a building and engineering environment
Desirable criteria
- Minimum 3 years’ experience working in a complex Building Maintenance environment in a trade other than core trade
- Basic electrical safety training to be able to fulfil duties without support of other trades
- Understand the working of the mechanical and/or electrical and/or plumbing and/or gas systems in NHS buildings.
- General maintenance/joinery abilities
Skills % Attributes
Essential criteria
- Excellent inter-personal and communications skills
- Ability to fulfil a requirement to interpret and work from all instructions, drawings and specifications appropriate to original trade, without supervision
- Familiar with hand and power tools
- Ability to fulfil a requirement to set out new work or set up new production appropriate to original trade using relevant instruments and machinery, without supervision
- Ability to work safely at all time, particularly at height and within confined spaces
Desirable criteria
- Ability to diagnose and repair faults in other basic trade skills
- Ability to support and assist with Engineering emergencies using own initiative.
Other
Essential criteria
- Self-motivation and the ability to influence/motivate others
- Co-operative approach
- To have a professional approach in discharging duties
- To be sensitive to patient dignity and privacy
- To possess an ability to prioritise tasks
- To be able to accommodate frequent interruptions/disruption and recover concentration
- Willingness to work to service requirements, e.g. unsocial hours
- Able to meet demands of the role
- Must be punctual and have a good record of timekeeping and attendance
- Must be prepared to working in confined conditions, at height and in adverse conditions, as required to complete tasks
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
- Matthew Condron
- Job title
- Estates Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01515563035
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