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317 Engineering - FH
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37 hours 30 minutes per week)
Job ref
317-2024-44-08-DR
Employer
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Freeman Hospital
Town
317 01 Freeman Hospital
Salary
£24,071 - £25,674 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/11/2024 23:59
Interview date
26/11/2024

Employer heading

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Maintenance Assistant

Band 3

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. 

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job overview

The Estates Directorate is seeking to recruit a highly motivated and flexible maintenance assistant to join the Engineering Department based at the Freeman Hospital. The role will require the successful applicant to assist with the completion of various engineering maintenance tasks to ensure statutory, mandatory and Trust specific Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) tasks are completed within a timely and efficient manner.

Successful candidates will have a basic knowledge of building and engineering services and relevant experience within a maintenance environment. Experience of water system testing, ventilation systems, electrical systems and working in an acute hospital environment is desirable, though not essential.

  • Interview Date: 26 November 2024
  • 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
  • You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

Typical PPM tasks will include, but are not limited to; water tank inspections; PAT testing, emergency light testing, ventilation grille cleaning; air handling unit inspections and cleaning, legionella prevention PPMs, fire alarm testing, Bed Maintenance etc.. Additional role requirements will also include the completion of minor works and day to day reactive maintenance of an Engineering/ Building manner.

Flexible working is required to meet the Estates support demands of a large Acute Teaching Hospital Trust.

 

Working for our organisation

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

         Freeman Hospital

         Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)

         Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)

         Newcastle Dental Hospital

         Newcastle Fertility Centre

         Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

         Northern Genetics Service

         Cramlington Manor Walks

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Work under the direction of a craftsperson while working alongside.
    o Carry out a range of individual and support duties including maintenance and respond to Estates emergencies.
    o Assist with installation, repair and commissioning of equipment.
  • Specific duties for site & plant room tidiness and safety
  • Driving duties as required
  • Carry out a range of maintenance activities on a variety of plant and equipment
  • Domestic appliance repairs
  • Bed Maintenance
  • Water Flushing
  • Grille Cleaning

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

 

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Desirable criteria
  • NVQ Level 2

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Basic building and engineering knowledge and relevant experience within a maintenance environment
  • Knowledge of Health and Safety Legislation.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience with specialist maintenance activities e.g. PAT Testing/Water Sampling.
  • Experience of working in an Acute Hospital environment
  • Experience of working in an acute hospital

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Be capable of working unsupervised with tools and equipment, on a wide range of technical plant equipment and services
  • Both written and verbal communication skills are required.
  • Basic keyboard skills
  • Work with or without supervision.
  • Perform wide range of duties using technical plant and equipment and services.
  • Ability to work on planned preventative maintenance programmes.
Desirable criteria
  • Current Driving Licence

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardRIDI Awards Finalist 2021Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall Gold 2022Better Health at Work Award - Maintaining ExcellenceDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mark Collins
Job title
Specialist Engineer Manager - Electrical
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0191 2448172
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