Estates Multi-Skilled Technician - Mechanical Bias

NHS
Salisbury
1 day ago
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To assist the Estates Officer (Operations) and be responsible for assisting in the provision of a high quality, efficient, responsive, flexible & effective estates service to Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, working as part of the Estates Department Team.

The post holder will be required to work as part of the Estates Operational Team along with Building, Engineering and Project Officers being specifically responsible for the provision of the estates service to Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

Supervision of Estates Trade Staff teams as appropriate

Supervision of contractors as appropriate

To carry out inspections, tests, repairs, installations, as directed on Trust property, plant and infrastructure.

To undertake work as identified on allocated works dockets, completing the works and updating the Trust CAFM system in a timely manner.

Organise and coordinate own workload and manage assigned trade staff workload as required.

To report faults identified either when carrying out routine checks/Planned preventative Maintenance or in the course of the normal working day.

To identify parts and or equipment required to carry out designated work and use Estates Stores system to obtain required items in accordance with Trust Standing Financial Instructions.

To investigate technical failures as directed and identify the appropriate permanent repair required, to ensure on-going reliability and statutory compliance.

To be part of the Estates escalation process and assist other estate staff at all levels with technical works and technical problem solving where requested.

Carry out internal audits of Estates teamwork and practice.

Requirement to participate in Estates on-call rota.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

  • oRecognised and registered EITB, City & Guilds, modern apprenticeship, NVQ level 4 or approved equivalent training in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or Plumbing.
  • Demonstrable in-depth knowledge and experience within the required technical disciplines (e.g. BMS, decontamination etc.)
  • oExperience of working within and developing a 'safe system of work'.
  • oKnowledge of the application of : Health and Safety legislation, ACOPs, guidance and rules, NHS technical standards (e.g., Health Technical Memoranda) and Trust policies, basic life support and emergency aid and where required a readiness to train.
  • oSkill in maintenance, fault finding and diagnostic procedures, test & repair work on a very wide range of complex engineering services & equipment, with the ability to work unassisted in varying, often technical environments whilst complying with Health & Safety / environmental regulations and standards.
  • oAbility to Plan and organise in coordination with contractors unsupervised routine and complex maintenance, analysis, solution finding and repair work.
  • oTrained in Health & Safety, i.e., NEBOSH, IOSH, First Aid etc.
  • oRegistration with approved organisations, i.e., UK Register of Electricians, JIB Schemes, Gas Safe, etc.
  • oExperience across several of the HTM's acting as either a CP or AP.
  • oKnowledge of HTM's, HBN's and Estates specific legislation.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearper annum pro rata if part time


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