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Band 5 - £33,407 to £39,581 pa (including Recruitment Bonus) + On call payments (potentially up to £6,000 per year)

Have you considered developing your trade skills and knowledge in a supportive and challenging environment? At North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, we will give you the best opportunity to succeed!

Join our friendly and supportive in-house maintenance team on a full time, permanent role primarily based at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon. On call hours will be scheduled in your rota.

You will demonstrate excellent knowledge of building electrical systems and looking to utilise your knowledge and experience in a challenging but rewarding environment.

To be eligible, you must possess a relevant formal electrical qualification and be conversant with electrical regulations. You will have good literacy skills and the ability to work on your own as well as part of the team.

You will interact with a variety of people including staff, service users and visitors and therefore must have excellent customer service skills and be able to communicate effectively with our customers.

We are committed to offering you the best opportunity to succeed. A comprehensive induction programme has been created to support all new members of staff.

If you are looking to progress your career in estates and facilities, we are willing to support and invest in further education along with tailored career roadmaps.

For any additional information, please contact Arunas Paulauskas, Estates Hard FM Manager at [email protected].

Main duties of the job

Your main duties will cover a range of building electrical work including planned and reactive maintenance, servicing, specialist testing, fault finding and repair of equipment and installation work.

Some key responsibilities include:

• Undertaking a range of repairs and core craft electrical and general engineering duties and associated works for the Trust and its clinical providers.

• Maintaining engineering services and equipment at a range of sites consisting of Hospitals, accommodation, Offices whilst at all times observing all relevant Health and Safety guidelines and Regulations.

• Service, test, calibrate, diagnose and repair faults, most, of which are non-routine and can be of a complex nature of hospital properties and equipment. Range of work procedures in progressing jobs requiring a high level of theoretical knowledge. Understanding and safeguarding highly technical tools often used in fault finding situations.

Working for our organisation

Our teams work hard to be flexible and promote a health work/home life balance and so, agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust.  

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates from our local communities. 

Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay and here are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:  

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme  
• Enhanced rates for on call hours
• Relocation allowance in line with the  Trust policy 
• Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays  
• In-house Physiotherapy Services  

• Career development and training opportunities  
• Emotional Wellbeing Service covering a range of online support, access to mobile apps and 24/7 counselling services  
• Subsidised meals at our hospital restaurants  
• Access to exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers via NHS Discounts and Blue Light Card 

If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.