Apprentice Tradesperson (Building Bias)

Job summary

North Manchester General Hospital are looking to recruit an apprentice to build their career from a Carpentry and Joinery apprenticeship to eventually join our experienced team with a view as a Building tradesperson.

The hospital is undergoing a huge redevelopment since being brought into MFT umbrella of hospitals. Our vision is to improve the health and quality of life of our diverse population by building an organisation that:

• Excels in quality, safety, patient experience, research, innovation and teaching
• Attracts, develops and retains great people
• Is recognised internationally as a leading healthcare provide

This role is to directly support the Director of Estates in ensuring that the Directorate both creates and supports a caring environment through the delivery of an effective estates service at best value and quality

Main duties of the job

The role consists of a wide and varied review of responsibilities and tasks. No two days will ever be the same as we develop the site into a modern hospital. Tasks include:

• To ensure that the properties are maintained in accordance with the service level agreements and to the appropriate quality and standards expected
• To maintain a high-quality environment for both clinical and non-clinical staff, patients, and visitors.
• Provide technical advice to other estates staff and contractors to ensure compliance with safety standards and procedures
• To assist, plan and organise operational maintenance for the Trust under guidance.
• Execute a range of controlled operations e.g. isolations, interruptions of mechanical supplies, under guidance
• Review and develop maintenance procedures including maintenance programmes for new equipment and regulatory changes.
• Provide estates assistance across MFT sites as required for resilience and as instructed by senior staff.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.