Job summary
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) are seeking a highly motivated Maintenance Assistant who will be based at Pilgrim Hospital. The post holder is required to play a proactive part within the Estates maintenance 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 and Building Maintenance. Do you want to learn new skills, in which some areas are only specialist in the Healthcare, if this sounds like the challenge you are looking for, then apply today.
- This post will commence from April 25
Main duties of the job
Main Duties
- General reactive and planned maintenance both internally and external to the site
- Basic Lighting, sockets and small power circuits repairs
- Emergency Lighting testing and checks
- Passenger Lift Entrapment release
- Basic Repairs and Maintenance of Ventilation systems
- Basic plumbing repairs and maintenance
- Unblocking foul water and surface water drainage systems
- Grounds & Gardens maintenance including litter picking, snow clearing, gritting, grass and hedge cutting, tree maintenance, road sweeping, emptying bins, signage repairs, line marking and painting
- General building fabric maintenance such as basic painting, decorating, window repairs, flooring and joinery repairs
- Any other activity deemed appropriate for skill and competency level
- Assisting Housekeeping teams undertake their duties such as removing vent grills to allow suitable cleaning etc
- General Maintenance of Beds and Wheelchairs
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for full details
About us
Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
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
Essential
- Appropriate City and Guilds Qualification, NVQ2 or equivalent in an Engineering related discipline
- Additional Hospital Engineering related certified training or equivalent
- Demonstratable extensive experience of basic maintenance in a similar size organisation
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience in the maintenance of buildings, electrical and mechanical plant and services, and grounds and gardens.
Desirable
- Experience of maintenance in a hospital environment. In particular: Air conditioning, refrigeration, fire alarms, building maintenance, electrical and or mechanical specific experience
Knowledge, skills, aptitudes
Essential
- Good understanding of general regulations, and associated safety procedures
- Able to work safely and have 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
- Be able to work within a pressured environment
- Evidence of self-advancement
- Able to act efficiently taking a 'hands on' role in an emergency
- Imaginative outlook
- Work on own initiative
- Confident.
- Management of contractors
- Experience of working in a large organisation
- Experienced in working with safe systems of work process and permits to work
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Versatile and flexible in approach.
- Able to cross site travel
- Provide a commitment to return to work outside of normal working hours
- Must have full driving licence for cars to enable use of Trust vehicles
- Self-starter
- Ability to undertake the physical duties of the role
- 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
- Capable of meeting manual handling criteria
- Imaginative outlook.
- Work on own initiative.
- Confident
- Will take part in the Estates On-Call Rota
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Appropriate City and Guilds Qualification, NVQ2 or equivalent in an Engineering related discipline
- Additional Hospital Engineering related certified training or equivalent
- Demonstratable extensive experience of basic maintenance in a similar size organisation
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience in the maintenance of buildings, electrical and mechanical plant and services, and grounds and gardens.
Desirable
- Experience of maintenance in a hospital environment. In particular: Air conditioning, refrigeration, fire alarms, building maintenance, electrical and or mechanical specific experience
Knowledge, skills, aptitudes
Essential
- Good understanding of general regulations, and associated safety procedures
- Able to work safely and have 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
- Be able to work within a pressured environment
- Evidence of self-advancement
- Able to act efficiently taking a 'hands on' role in an emergency
- Imaginative outlook
- Work on own initiative
- Confident.
- Management of contractors
- Experience of working in a large organisation
- Experienced in working with safe systems of work process and permits to work
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Versatile and flexible in approach.
- Able to cross site travel
- Provide a commitment to return to work outside of normal working hours
- Must have full driving licence for cars to enable use of Trust vehicles
- Self-starter
- Ability to undertake the physical duties of the role
- 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
- Capable of meeting manual handling criteria
- Imaginative outlook.
- Work on own initiative.
- Confident
- Will take part in the Estates On-Call Rota
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.
