Job summary
Job Title: Maintenance Assistant
Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £22,383 per annum
Closing Date: 20th December 2024
Interview Date: 6th January 2025
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
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Main duties of the job
To undertake a wide range of Mechanical, Electrical and Building Maintenance duties of a semi-skilled nature, both repair and pre-planned. To be able to work as part of a team and act autonomously with minimum supervision guided by department's standard operating procedures and advice notes.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Use of range of equipment and hand tools appropriate to the duties of the post.
- Maintain all plant-rooms, workshops, and the site as a whole in a clean and tidy manner.
- Assist in cleaning of grilles Air Handling Unit ducts including in confined spaces.
- Cleaning of vents and radiators.
- Replacement of lamps and LED panels around the site.
- Portable appliance testing, and maintaining up to date log.
- Assist in unblocking drains.
- Complete minor plumbing works alone such as replacing tap cartridges.
- Minor carpentry works such as hanging notice and white boards.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Use of range of equipment and hand tools appropriate to the duties of the post.
- Maintain all plant-rooms, workshops, and the site as a whole in a clean and tidy manner.
- Assist in cleaning of grilles Air Handling Unit ducts including in confined spaces.
- Cleaning of vents and radiators.
- Replacement of lamps and LED panels around the site.
- Portable appliance testing, and maintaining up to date log.
- Assist in unblocking drains.
- Complete minor plumbing works alone such as replacing tap cartridges.
- Minor carpentry works such as hanging notice and white boards.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- A proven background within Maintenance or similar industries
- Experience / knowledge in the use of hand tools
- Experience / knowledge of electrical/ mechanical and building maintenance.
- Experience of using computer programmes.
- Understanding of COSHH regulations
Desirable
- Previous experience in working within the Healthcare environment.
- Experience of driving Transit Van sized vehicle towing a trailer.
- Understanding of Asbestos regulations
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- General Education to a good standard
Desirable
- Qualification/education/training on maintenance related subject
- Basic Computer qualification
Other
Desirable
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to concentrate where the work pattern can be unpredictable
- Ability to work close to very ill/terminally ill patients
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Willing to undertake any duties allocated.
- Good communication skills - able to communicate with ward & department staff and visitors
Trust Values
Essential
- Effective open communication
- Excellence in all that we do
- Challenge but support
- Expect respect and dignity
- Local healthcare that inspires confidence
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- A proven background within Maintenance or similar industries
- Experience / knowledge in the use of hand tools
- Experience / knowledge of electrical/ mechanical and building maintenance.
- Experience of using computer programmes.
- Understanding of COSHH regulations
Desirable
- Previous experience in working within the Healthcare environment.
- Experience of driving Transit Van sized vehicle towing a trailer.
- Understanding of Asbestos regulations
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- General Education to a good standard
Desirable
- Qualification/education/training on maintenance related subject
- Basic Computer qualification
Other
Desirable
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to concentrate where the work pattern can be unpredictable
- Ability to work close to very ill/terminally ill patients
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Willing to undertake any duties allocated.
- Good communication skills - able to communicate with ward & department staff and visitors
Trust Values
Essential
- Effective open communication
- Excellence in all that we do
- Challenge but support
- Expect respect and dignity
- Local healthcare that inspires confidence
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.
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.
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).
