Job summary
Job Title:
Maintenance Operative
Salary Scale:
Atlas Level 3
Business Unit:
Estates Division
Responsible To:
Estates Supervisors
Base:
Blackpool Victoria Hospital site
Contract Duration:
Permanent
Hours:
37.5 (Outside of core hours including evenings, nights, and weekends)
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide the necessary skills to carry out maintenance work at premises within the Blackpool, Fylde, and Wyre, areas and those organisations that have contractual arrangements with Atlas. The main focus area of work will be on the Blackpool Teaching Hospital site working alongside the Electrical Shift team.
The working hours will as part of a 5-shift rota working 12-hour rotating shifts across days, nights, weekends, and bank holidays.
This will involve working effectively and being responsive to the users' needs with the minimum of supervision, whilst also providing support to the multi-skilled maintenance crafts persons and contractor staff, in the repair, installation, and service of hospital plant and equipment, site facilities and building fabric.
The post holder will be progressively trained with the intention of gaining increasing competence and enabling them to achieve and apply their ability at a higher craft and multi-craft workers level and to carry out most of the non-routine and routine works.
About us
As experts in healthcare facilities and property management, we deliver fully managed healthcare facilities services and property management solutions to clients throughout Lancashire and South Cumbria.
We are a wholly owned subsidiary of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This means that we part of the Trust's group and the wider NHS family, but are a separate Limited Company, with our own business plan, board, management structure and staff.
Any profits that we make are used to help grow our business, provide additional employment, training and development for our staff, whilst helping to support the Trust's frontline clinical services, and the delivery of safe patient care.
Our healthcare facilities services and property management solutions encompass: Capital Developments, Estates Management, Facilities Management, Medical Engineering and Property
Services.
Our teams ensure our client's properties and amenities provide the best environment for their customers, patients, staff, and visitors.
Visit: bfwml.co.uk for further information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Carry out planned preventative maintenance work in accordance with Estates schedules and accepted good working practices to ensure safe and reliable engineering services. This will include but not be limited to Ventilation System Maintenance, Lift maintenance inspections, medical Gas system inspections, PAT Testing, first attender for blocked drains, door access/locks, loose paving, water ingress, and roof inspections. etc.
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Respond to the shift maintenance operatives bleep system/mobile phone and deal with the situations as appropriate.
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To support the Shift partner across the Estates Department on maintenance work and repairs as required.
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Undertake unsupervised minor repair work that is related to their training and/or experience.
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To assist/carry out the testing of fire alarms, hot water temperature checks, and changing lamps, without supervision.
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Recording meter readings in various departments monthly and being able to interpret the results to highlight any abnormalities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Carry out planned preventative maintenance work in accordance with Estates schedules and accepted good working practices to ensure safe and reliable engineering services. This will include but not be limited to Ventilation System Maintenance, Lift maintenance inspections, medical Gas system inspections, PAT Testing, first attender for blocked drains, door access/locks, loose paving, water ingress, and roof inspections. etc.
-
Respond to the shift maintenance operatives bleep system/mobile phone and deal with the situations as appropriate.
-
To support the Shift partner across the Estates Department on maintenance work and repairs as required.
-
Undertake unsupervised minor repair work that is related to their training and/or experience.
-
To assist/carry out the testing of fire alarms, hot water temperature checks, and changing lamps, without supervision.
-
Recording meter readings in various departments monthly and being able to interpret the results to highlight any abnormalities.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- The ability to communicate with other staff within the organisation, patients, clients, visitors, and the public
- Have a good sound knowledge and a ranging experience of procedures for mechanical/electrical and building repair/maintenance work.
- A relevant certification or equivalent to City & Guilds or NVQ level 2.
Desirable
- Basic training in the use of access equipment; health and safety; COSHH; manual handling and back care awareness. Fire safety and management of violence and aggression.
- First Aid at work.
Knowledge & Experience: General
Essential
- The initiative and capability to carry out a broad range of core tasks as described in the job description.
- To have worked in an engineering environment for a minimum of 5 years.
Desirable
- To understand the relationship of other trades and to contribute to cross trades working
- Competent Person Training in one or more of the following disciplines -Ventilation HTM 03 Water Systems HTM 04 Medical Gas HTM 02
Use of a CAFM system
Essential
- The ability to communicate with other staff within the organisation, patients, clients, visitors, and the public.
Desirable
- asic training in the use of access equipment; health and safety
Knowledge & Experience: Specialist
Desirable
- Use of a CAFM system
- Legionella awareness knowledge
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- The ability to communicate with other staff within the organisation, patients, clients, visitors, and the public
- Have a good sound knowledge and a ranging experience of procedures for mechanical/electrical and building repair/maintenance work.
- A relevant certification or equivalent to City & Guilds or NVQ level 2.
Desirable
- Basic training in the use of access equipment; health and safety; COSHH; manual handling and back care awareness. Fire safety and management of violence and aggression.
- First Aid at work.
Knowledge & Experience: General
Essential
- The initiative and capability to carry out a broad range of core tasks as described in the job description.
- To have worked in an engineering environment for a minimum of 5 years.
Desirable
- To understand the relationship of other trades and to contribute to cross trades working
- Competent Person Training in one or more of the following disciplines -Ventilation HTM 03 Water Systems HTM 04 Medical Gas HTM 02
Use of a CAFM system
Essential
- The ability to communicate with other staff within the organisation, patients, clients, visitors, and the public.
Desirable
- asic training in the use of access equipment; health and safety
Knowledge & Experience: Specialist
Desirable
- Use of a CAFM system
- Legionella awareness knowledge
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).
