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Job summary

Main area
Electrical
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Job ref
223-AEO-435
Employer
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Town
Shrewsbury
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust logo

Assistant Estates Operations Manager (Electrical)

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

The successful applicant will be accountable for first-line day-to-day management for Electrical engineering services, providing an efficient, effective and patient focused maintenance and repair service. An electrical background is essential.

The successful candidate will have good computer literacy skills to assign and manage Planned Preventive Maintenance via digital management application (Micad).

Previous experience of working in the NHS or in a similar organisation would be beneficial and preferably with experience of management development and formal Health and Safety training.

Main duties of the job

Maintains, operates and reviews Planned Preventive Maintenance (PPM) programmes through the implementation of suitable operational work plans ensures that, plant and equipment are maintained to the appropriate NHS and statutory standards in order to deliver a high quality care environment for the Trust’s patients.  You will ensure compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act, and associated Statutory Regulations that are applicable to the position.  In addition you will act as an Authorised Person/Responsible Officer in relation to specific maintenance duties e.g. decontamination equipment, medical gases, specialised ventilation, electrical safety and/or water safety, with suitable training and help.

Working for our organisation

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust can offer you great career prospects and a fantastic lifestyle.  Situated in one of the most attractive parts of the country with dramatic countryside and bustling towns we have state of the art facilities, supportive friendly teams and excellent professional NHS job development opportunities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details of the job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the Job Description and Personal Specification attached.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Professional knowledge acquired through degree and specialist training, or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through City and Guilds Engineering courses, with demonstrable supplementary technical and management experience.
  • Accredited Health and Safety training e.g. NEBOSH Certificate, IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
  • Certificate/Diploma in Management Studies or equivalent.
  • Attained or working towards Chartered Status or membership of a professional institution, such as IHEEM

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Able to deal with multiple complex issues and take the lead in the event of operational failures and incidents.
  • Broad understanding of national and local NHS policies and initiatives affecting engineering and building services within the healthcare environment.
  • Suitable IT Skills e.g. MS Word & Excel /CAFM e.g. Micad
  • Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
  • Good Communication skills both verbally and written/Presentation Skills.
  • Well-developed Organisational Skills
  • Flexible approach to workload and working hours if required
  • Able to up hold confidences in the interests of the Trust

Knowledge, Behaviours and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Operational maintenance management in a complex organisation to meet statutory H&S standards.
  • Extensive experience of managing building and engineering maintenance staff, plus Contractors.
  • Conversant with methods of maintenance works and services procurement and contract management.
  • Budgetary control of an estates operations budget.
  • Committed to continuous management and/or professional development e.g. Authorised Person training to develop competence in areas such as Electrical/Water Safety.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of managing hospital engineering systems in healthcare premises, and HTM requirements.
  • Significant experience of managing organisational change and service improvement in a Trade Unionised environment

Specific Job Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Participation in on-call system
  • Ability to undertake on-line training, statutory and mandatory training as required

Other

Essential criteria
  • Ability to travel as necessary to meet the requirements of the role
  • Ability to work overtime

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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
Dave Lewis
Job title
Estates Site Manager RSH
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01743 261034

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Shrewsbury Business Park
1 Douglas Court
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6LG
Telephone
01743 492402
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