STH Estates Mechanical Technician | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

ESTH Trust are looking for Band 5 Estates Mechanical Technicians to work in the Property Estates team at a Band 5 - 37.5 hours a week. This role will be based at St Helier Hospital but the successful candidate may be asked to work trust-wide across Epsom, St Helier Hospitals, Sutton Healthcare and Surrey Downs.

The duties include highly complex fault finding and maintenance on all aspects of engineering plant and equipment throughout the Trust. The post holder must participate in the out of hours call system and will have day to day contact with internal and external stakeholders regarding sensitive, complex and confidential issues. They will present verbal, written and numerical information, explain complexities, provide stakeholders updates and potential disruptions, and organise planned shutdowns as required.

If you are interested and available please apply today.

Key responsibilities include carrying out planned preventive maintenance (PPM) and reactive tasks, fault finding on complex mechanical systems, assisting and escorting contractors, managing personal jobs on the CAFM via PDA, being part of the on-call rota, and supporting mechanical system shutdowns and isolations.

The Trust's mission is 'to put the patient first and deliver great care to every patient, every day'. Our priorities are to create a "one team, one trust" culture and focus on the following five objectives to ensure we provide high quality, compassionate care to all of our patients:

• Delivering safe and effective care across our sites
• Creating a positive experience that meets the expectations of our patients, their families and carers
• Providing responsive care that delivers the right treatment, in the right place at the right time
• Being financially sustainable
• Working in partnership with our patients, commissioners, other health and care providers, local authorities, the voluntary sector, the NHS TDA, NHS England and Monitor in the interests of our patients and a sustainable local health and social care economy.

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance of calorifiers, heat exchangers and pumpsets.
• Identify and rectify faults of high/medium/low pressurised heating and domestic hot water systems including boiler resets.
• Fault find on complex Air Handling Units and Refrigeration Plant; perform regular Planned Preventative Maintenance when required.
• Find and rectify faults on Medical Gas equipment (e.g., changing O-rings/washers) and work on live systems when supervised.
• Operate Building Management Systems (BMS) and interrogate programmes and change parameters when required.
• Carry out tap and TMV maintenance when required, including cleaning, disinfections and temperature setting.
• Install plumbing goods, toilets, sinks, macerators, and point of use water heaters.

• Mentor junior team members and apprentices; host contractors and internal/external stakeholders.
• Responsible for information upkeep of the CAFM as part of the local team; investigate incidents and report back into the management structure.
• Produce engineering reports as requested for safety groups and trust committees.
• Be conversant with the CAFM handheld PDA system; be conversant with BMS and Bold systems.
• Provide and receive complex information to managers and end users; communicate complex, sensitive or contentious information; ensure work complies with statutory and HTM requirements.
• Work effectively with related services within the Trust to ensure due process and governance for additional works.

• Take part in the estates callout roster.
• Support the department and organisation by carrying out other duties that reasonably fit within the scope of this role.
• Assist visitors, patients and staff during incidental contact; support in grievances and disciplinary issues when required.