Bank Mult-Skilled Maintenance Craftsperson

Job overview

Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management (NHFM) provides specialist project management, estates maintenance and a full range of facilities services. Please note that NHFML is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The successful applicant will be an employee of the subsidiary and not the NHS.  Please note the terms and conditions are closely aligned to that of the NHS.

We require reliable, enthusiastic and motivated Multi-Skilled Maintenance Craftspeople to join our bank to work within our hospital and community sites, with shifts available n Berwick, Alnwick, Ashington, Blyth, Cramlington, North Tyneside and Hexham - you can chose shifts at sites that suit you.  In return you will can offer you:

• Flexible hours; choose when and where you want to work
• Competitive pay rates; including enhanced pay for unsociable hours
• Paid annual leave
• Pension scheme
• A fast-track recruitment process if you move to a substantive role
• Opportunities to work in different wards and departments, including community, dental and specialist services
• Access to Services, such as those provided by our Staff Wellbeing Team
• Ability to book your shifts from home using our online portal
• Option to block-book shifts in a set period
• SMS notifications of shift availability
• Access to staff newsletters and bulletins
• Eligible for various local and national discounts which are available to NHS staff
• Free uniform, where applicable

Main duties of the job

• To provide a multi-skilled Mechanical & Electrical service provision for the Estates Department to all Client departments and Directorates
• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload, where required, and work unsupervised.
• Must demonstrate total commitment, versatility and flexibility whilst undertaking all tasks and delegated work as instructed by Operations and Project Officers and Supervisor.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Essential to have served a recognised EITB qualification/apprenticeship, and would be desirable to have previous relevant experience of working within an Estates Healthcare environment having demonstrated total commitment to versatility and flexibility.
• Must hold/working towards a BTEC Higher National Certificate, or have an equivalent level of knowledge and experience. In addition, must also hold a BTEC/City & Guilds or equivalent in an engineering discipline.
• Experience of working on a broad range of complex life critical systems undertaking maintenance and testing of healthcare plant and equipment to all relevant standards.
• To ensure routine planned preventative maintenance (PPM) of plant and equipment is carried out to the required levels and all associated paperwork kept up to date, including ordering spare parts as required.
• To activate changeover of plant and or its safe isolation in the event of a malfunction or breakdown where instructed.
• Computer literacy and working knowledge of ESTATES Building Management System (BMS), computer I.T. skills. Data input, and computerised testing and validation equipment.
• Knowledge of procedures/ability to assemble, install and commission new work and diagnose and rectify faults on items of engineering plant, alarm systems, complex equipment and participate in design where required.
• Have experience of working on domestic heating, hot water, LPHW heating and domestic, steam systems and associated steam raising plant.
• Have some experience of 400V emergency standby alternator sets.
• To be in attendance and carry out preparation work to facilitate inspections carried out by the Trust’s pressure vessel insurers.
• To be able to work on all types of refrigeration & air-conditioning plant.
• Experience in hydraulic and pneumatic control systems.
• To interpret and work from instructions, drawings and specifications appropriate to the trade, without supervision.
• Hold, or be prepared to accept with relevant training, Competent Person (CP) responsibilities in such areas as Medical Gas Pipeline Systems (MGPS), Electrical High & Low Voltage Systems (HV/LV), Legionella; and Test Person responsibilities for Washer Disinfectors, Sterilisers and CORGI registration.
• Supervise maintenance assistants and apprentices whilst on shift involving planning and organisation of work and assessment of job.
• Ability to learn new techniques with training and instruct others on all aspects of his/her work.
• The ability to develop procedures to ensure effective and efficient working practices within the Estates Department workforce team.
• The ability to form good working relationships, and to work successfully both alone and as part of a team in order to achieve quality performance and results.
• The ability to work under pressure in order to meet tight deadlines. This may include an element of cross-site working to suit the needs of the service.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.