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Job summary

Main area
General Maintenance
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Days)
Job ref
160-6441637
Employer
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Walton Centre
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£25,147 - £27,596 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust logo

Estates Multi-Skilled Maintenance Operative

NHS AfC: Band 4

Job overview

·         Skilled craftsperson will be employed on work appropriate to their specialist skills.

·         They will have the ability to fulfil their duties with a total commitment to versatility and will be suitably trained to acquire elements of other skills, as required, reaching levels of flexibility and competence to enable them to achieve and apply their abilities, where required.

Main duties of the job

·         To carry out a range of maintenance duties across the Foundation Trust premises, including repair of faults in mechanical and electrical installations; plant and equipment, painting, building fabric, grounds and gardens and general support across all core-engineering trades.

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

Carry out planned preventative maintenance, installation, modification and repairs to Hospital plant equipment and property including external doors, fire doors, access doors, wooden, plastic and aluminum windows, flooring, suspended ceilings, walls, fire proofing, electrical and mechanical closers, various types of locks and locking mechanisms, interior and external signage, fencing and various fixing and fixtures, glass and glazing. Maintain decorations both internal and external of all Trust properties and cleanliness of fabric, plant and equipment.

Manufacture, assemble and erect new work including shelving, notice boards, display systems, frames, screens, doors and frames, screens and partitions.

Working with speed and accuracy, use of relevant power, hand tools and fixed machinery, use of fire tools and maintenance of same.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Good standard of general education, GCSE Maths & English or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Health and safety qualification
  • Working at heights Certificate

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant relevant experience and background in the maintenance industry
  • Significant experience of working within a healthcare environment.
  • Have good understanding of the relationship of other craftsmen’s work to own work.
  • Experience of other maintenance and building activities in a range of settings
  • Understanding of Confidentiality and Information Governance
  • Knowledge of health and safety practice relevant to the building and engineering industry
  • Full participation in and commitment to continual professional development.
Desirable criteria
  • Significant 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.
  • Joinery ability
  • Model water by-laws
  • Legionella control
  • Air Handling Systems
  • Basic fault finding

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyInvestors in People: GoldMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare quality commission - Outstanding

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Matthew Condron
Job title
Estates Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 556 3100
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