Job summary
Your Hospitals Need You! Not all superheroes wear capes, some are even Hospital Engineers.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) are seeking a highly motivated Estates Craftsperson (Joiner/Buildings Bias) who will be based at Lincoln County Hospital. The post holder is required to play a proactive part within the Estates Technical team to meet Trust objectives in a safe, cost effective, efficient manner in compliance with legislation and good practice.
There is no better time to join the team at ULHT, we are developing our operational Estates Team in order to support the Trust on its continuous development plan, our aims and ambitions are set high and we want you to be part of the developing journey with us. Do you have the ambition to make your hospital a better place for the community? Do you have the passion about Engineering? Do you want to learn new skills and become a true rounded Engineer with skills in which some areas are only specialist in the Healthcare, if this sounds like the challenge you are looking for, then apply today.
Main duties of the job
Job Responsibilities
- Carry out planned and responsive maintenance of the building fabric, fixtures and fittings, throughout the hospital estate. The following list is not exhaustive but the duties will include for example: flooring, cladding, doors, ironmongery, windows, roof lights, hand rails, wall protection, shelves, furniture, manufacture of signs, road marking, road repairs, curtain tracks, painting. Fit and maintain special floor coverings ie: antistatic floors, ceramic tiles, laminate floors, vinyl type floors, carpets and carpet tiles.
- Fire Door Inspections (training will be provided as required)
- Fire Door Remedial activities (training will be provided as required)
- Installing and maintaining door and window furniture
- General building maintenance incl. minor decoration repairs, minor painting, window repairs etc
- Maintenance and repairs of joinery related actions
- Installation of doors, shelves and other joinery related elements
- Heating Ventilation maintenance (where trained to do so)
- Fire Alarm testing (where trained)
- Emergency Lift release (where trained)
Personal Skills/Qualities
- Excellent Communication Skills, written and verbal.
- A knowledge of and commitment to Equal Opportunities and Promoting Diversity.
- Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across a range of agencies.
- Ability to motivate teams and individuals by strong and supportive leadership
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for full details
About us
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
Job description
Job responsibilities
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. your NHS needs you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. your NHS needs you!
Person Specification
Qualifications (Academic, Professional & Vocational)
Essential
- Appropriate City and Guilds Qualification, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in relevant joinery or building trade qualification
- Served an apprenticeship or other recognised training.
Desirable
- Healthcare experience
- Fire door Maintainer and or inspector qualifications
- Additional Hospital Engineering related certified training
Previous Experience (Nature & Level)
Essential
- Demonstrable experience in building maintenance
- Experience of working in a similar organisation or similar size and complexity organisation.
- Appreciation of other maintenance services such as electrical and mechanical services
Desirable
- Experience of maintenance in a hospital environment
- Door maintenance and fitting experience
- Window repairs experience
- Flooring repairs experience
- Plastering experience
- Brick laying experience
- Roof repair experience
Knowledge, Skills & Aptitudes
Essential
- Good understanding of building regulations, and associated safety procedures
- Demonstrable problem-solving skills.
- Able to work safely and have a sound knowledge of Health and Safety legislation in the built environment
- Work co-operatively with colleagues
- Ability to work with minimum of guidance
- Good manual dexterity Logical and systematic approach to work tasks
- Exchanges maintenance, technical project-related information with specialists, non-specialists; negotiates with contractors or suppliers
Desirable
- Experienced in working with safe systems of work process and permits to work.
- Experience of working in a large organisation.
- Be able to work within a pressured environment
- Able to act efficiently taking a 'hands on' role in an emergency
- Management of contractors
- Evidence of self-advancement
- Imaginative outlook and confidence
- Work on own initiative
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Good interpersonal skills
- Versatile and flexible in approach
- Capable of meeting manual handling criteria
- Able to work at heights, adverse conditions i.e., Heat, dirt, and cramped conditions
- Sympathetic when working in patient proximities i.e., working in operating theatres, wards and mortuaries
- Work on own initiative
- Able to cross site travel
- Provide a commitment to return to work outside of normal working hours
- Will take part in the Estates On-Call Rota
- Must have full driving licence for cars and access to own vehicle for work attendance
Person Specification
Qualifications (Academic, Professional & Vocational)
Essential
- Appropriate City and Guilds Qualification, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in relevant joinery or building trade qualification
- Served an apprenticeship or other recognised training.
Desirable
- Healthcare experience
- Fire door Maintainer and or inspector qualifications
- Additional Hospital Engineering related certified training
Previous Experience (Nature & Level)
Essential
- Demonstrable experience in building maintenance
- Experience of working in a similar organisation or similar size and complexity organisation.
- Appreciation of other maintenance services such as electrical and mechanical services
Desirable
- Experience of maintenance in a hospital environment
- Door maintenance and fitting experience
- Window repairs experience
- Flooring repairs experience
- Plastering experience
- Brick laying experience
- Roof repair experience
Knowledge, Skills & Aptitudes
Essential
- Good understanding of building regulations, and associated safety procedures
- Demonstrable problem-solving skills.
- Able to work safely and have a sound knowledge of Health and Safety legislation in the built environment
- Work co-operatively with colleagues
- Ability to work with minimum of guidance
- Good manual dexterity Logical and systematic approach to work tasks
- Exchanges maintenance, technical project-related information with specialists, non-specialists; negotiates with contractors or suppliers
Desirable
- Experienced in working with safe systems of work process and permits to work.
- Experience of working in a large organisation.
- Be able to work within a pressured environment
- Able to act efficiently taking a 'hands on' role in an emergency
- Management of contractors
- Evidence of self-advancement
- Imaginative outlook and confidence
- Work on own initiative
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Good interpersonal skills
- Versatile and flexible in approach
- Capable of meeting manual handling criteria
- Able to work at heights, adverse conditions i.e., Heat, dirt, and cramped conditions
- Sympathetic when working in patient proximities i.e., working in operating theatres, wards and mortuaries
- Work on own initiative
- Able to cross site travel
- Provide a commitment to return to work outside of normal working hours
- Will take part in the Estates On-Call Rota
- Must have full driving licence for cars and access to own vehicle for work attendance
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.
