Shift Multi-Skilled Craftsperson

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 05 January 2025

Job summary

The Building Maintenance Team have an exciting opportunity for a Shift Multi-Skilled Craftsperson to play a key role in the Building Maintenance Service within the Trust.

You should have a NVQ Level 2 in a Building Maintenance field or equivalent. The successful candidate will be a self-starter with proven skills and experience. Strong communication, interpersonal, and facilitation skills are essential for this role, with the successful candidate being required to operate across organisational boundaries.

The post is part of the Essentia Building Maintenance Team. You will report to the Building Maintenance Team Manager.

Please note that this vacancy has a complex shift pattern that will require you to work 12 hour shifts. The shift pattern will total to 37.5 hours per week on average across several months, but there will be some variation in your working hours on a week-to-week basis. Please contact the hiring manager, william.hardcastle@gstt.nhs.uk, for more information.

Interviews are scheduled for 6 August 2024.

Main duties of the job

  • Must be able to work as part of a team and to work independently, without supervision.
  • Must have a commitment to providing the highest quality of service.
  • Ability to work well under pressure and still apply attention to detail.
  • Ability to work on own initiative and demonstrate effective personal time management.
  • Effective communication with the team managers and team members.
  • This role requires the Shift Multi Skilled Craftsperson to be on site from 7:00 hours to 19:00 hours working on the shift rota.
  • This role requires the Shift Multi Skilled Craftsperson to be flexible as working beyond the rostered days on may be required.
  • Carry out all aspects of the building and carpentry trade.
  • Carry out all types joinery work such as the installation of benching and shelving.
  • Furniture assembly.
  • Installation of all types of door locks and security mechanisms.
  • Key cutting.
  • Fire door installation and maintenance in accordance with British standards.

About us

Essentia provides effective management and coordination of all non-clinical support services at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and is vital to the Trust functioning effectively, efficiently, and economically to safely meet its overall objectives. The Building Maintenance and Improvement Department, which covers all traditional 'Estates functions' is primarily responsible for providing professional, effective, and efficient customer focused reactive and and planned maintenance services to the Trust's buildings. The department is also responsible for minor improvements, refurbishment works, and also replacement programmes, delegated capital projects, and provides similar services to other third party organisations through Service Level Agreements. The department works very closely with the Capital Projects, Engineering, and Operations Teams together with the end-user for successful delivery of all of these services.

What We Offer

We offer a dynamic challenging job in an exciting, fast moving, and flexible working environment. We have a strong commitment to your personal and professional development.

In addition, we offer excellent benefit, most notably including the NHS Pension Scheme -- one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK. When you start working for the NHS you automatically become a member and you will get an excellent package of pension benefits.

Date posted

04 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£31,944 to £34,937 a year per annum (incl. of HCAA)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

196-ESS1473-H

Job locations

Guy's Hospital

Great Maze Pond

London

SE1 9RT


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Knowledge skills and Ability

Essential

  • Ability to identify existing paint applications and identify action/ treatment to ensure correct system used in non-clinical/clinical area (infection control)

Desirable

  • Shall be required to build up their own set of hand tools. Large or specialist tools will be provided by the Trust.

Experience

Essential

  • Relevant experience having demonstrated high versatility and flexibility

Desirable

  • Experience of working within NHS Acute Trusts with maintenance and minor works project delivery experience

Qualifications

Essential

  • Completed and passed City & Guilds in Painting & Decoration or Equivalent NVQ3 Qualification

Desirable

  • CSCS Card
Person Specification

Knowledge skills and Ability

Essential

  • Ability to identify existing paint applications and identify action/ treatment to ensure correct system used in non-clinical/clinical area (infection control)

Desirable

  • Shall be required to build up their own set of hand tools. Large or specialist tools will be provided by the Trust.

Experience

Essential

  • Relevant experience having demonstrated high versatility and flexibility

Desirable

  • Experience of working within NHS Acute Trusts with maintenance and minor works project delivery experience

Qualifications

Essential

  • Completed and passed City & Guilds in Painting & Decoration or Equivalent NVQ3 Qualification

Desirable

  • CSCS Card

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Guy's Hospital

Great Maze Pond

London

SE1 9RT


Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Guy's Hospital

Great Maze Pond

London

SE1 9RT


Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Site Buliding Maintenance Manager

William Hardcastle

William.Hardcastle@gstt.nhs.uk

07775548435

Date posted

04 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£31,944 to £34,937 a year per annum (incl. of HCAA)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

196-ESS1473-H

Job locations

Guy's Hospital

Great Maze Pond

London

SE1 9RT


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