Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Maintenance Assistant

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Job summary

This is an excellent opportunity to use and gain engineering/building services experience in helping to provide an improved environment for the delivery of clinical care.

Our focus is on improving the Trust facilities and environment. You will be part of a team that provide an effective and efficient service to the engineering/building services ,equipment and the buildings.

You will need to have experience of working in an engineering/building maintenance environment .You will have good customer care skills, and be able to work on your own initiative. A flexible approach is required, as often you may be required to work at weekend and evenings. This role leads towards training to an Apprenticeship level 3 in engineering maintenance.

The vacancy is based either at Frimley Park Hospital, GU16 7UJ or Wexham Park Hospital, SL2 4HL.

Main duties of the job

Carry out reactive maintenance and checks of equipment, plantrooms and building fabric.

Assist maintenance technicians with responsibilities where required.

Monitor, clean and maintain general housekeeping and safe working environment of working areas.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties

Details

Date posted

11 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,008 to £25,553 a year pa inc HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-LC077-A

Job locations

Wexham Park Hospital

Wexham Street

Slough

SL2 4HL


Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

  1. General reactive maintenance of all building systems including Steam, Compressed Air plant and services, B.M.S, Heating services & Catering equipment
  2. Maintenance checks of boilers and plantrooms
  3. Assisting technicians with duties as required
  4. General housekeeping of working areas, plantrooms, workshops, stores.
  5. Monitor the safe working environment of plantrooms
  6. Maintain radio communication with team leaders and maintenance team
  7. Monitor emergency bleep system when required
  8. Complete job dockets in timely manner
  9. Assist team with KPI targets, number of jobs per day
  10. Promote health and safety for yourself and others
  11. 11.Willing to attend residential and non-residential training courses thus staying aware of statutory regulations and guidance, attend college to attain an apprenticeship level 3 in mechanical /electrical engineering
  12. Flexible in approach to overtime and working hours
  13. Promote, follow and utilise the trust values
  14. Participate in the trust appraisal system
  15. To ensure an effective and responsible approach to customer care

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

  1. General reactive maintenance of all building systems including Steam, Compressed Air plant and services, B.M.S, Heating services & Catering equipment
  2. Maintenance checks of boilers and plantrooms
  3. Assisting technicians with duties as required
  4. General housekeeping of working areas, plantrooms, workshops, stores.
  5. Monitor the safe working environment of plantrooms
  6. Maintain radio communication with team leaders and maintenance team
  7. Monitor emergency bleep system when required
  8. Complete job dockets in timely manner
  9. Assist team with KPI targets, number of jobs per day
  10. Promote health and safety for yourself and others
  11. 11.Willing to attend residential and non-residential training courses thus staying aware of statutory regulations and guidance, attend college to attain an apprenticeship level 3 in mechanical /electrical engineering
  12. Flexible in approach to overtime and working hours
  13. Promote, follow and utilise the trust values
  14. Participate in the trust appraisal system
  15. To ensure an effective and responsible approach to customer care

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Mantenance general

Desirable

  • NVQ level 2

Specialist knowledge

Essential

  • General knowleage of building servies
  • Knowledge of health and safty

Desirable

  • NHS experience
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Mantenance general

Desirable

  • NVQ level 2

Specialist knowledge

Essential

  • General knowleage of building servies
  • Knowledge of health and safty

Desirable

  • NHS experience

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wexham Park Hospital

Wexham Street

Slough

SL2 4HL


Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wexham Park Hospital

Wexham Street

Slough

SL2 4HL


Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Estates supervisor

Nicholas Sharp

nicholas.sharp@nhs.net

01276604534

Details

Date posted

11 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,008 to £25,553 a year pa inc HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-LC077-A

Job locations

Wexham Park Hospital

Wexham Street

Slough

SL2 4HL


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