Estates Maintenance Craftsperson Electrical

Job overview

Estates Maintenance Craftsperson Electrical B5 - 37.5 hours

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust requires a highly motivated, multi skilled, reliable and flexible Electrical Craftsperson to work as a key member of its Community Estates Team based at Carleton Clinic. The role is to undertake preventative maintenance, trouble shooting and repair work to a diverse range of systems for NCIC plus other healthcare provider’s sites that have a maintenance agreement with so that they are well maintained to ensure they are safe for the patients, staff and visitors who use them.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be involved in routine planned maintenance and repair work of the building and its services, plant and machinery, as well as fixtures and fittings

The applicant must have completed a recognised apprenticeship or equivalent in an electrical discipline and be versatile due to the varied nature of the work, which will include specialist systems, fire alarms emergency lighting, nurse call, hot and cold water systems, heating systems, ventilation systems and medical gas pipeline systems.

The role of Electrical Craftsperson will be based on the Carleton Clinic site within Inglewood Building and be required to maintain buildings and services at various community hospitals, clinics and administration buildings predominately throughout North Cumbria. The applicant must be able to work under his/her own initiative and have good interpersonal skills both in working within the team as well as other staff areas ward areas and with members of the general public. The post is full time 37.5 hours Mon-Fri 8.00am to 4.00pm. The post holder will also be required to participate in an on call rota to provide out of hours cover.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL).  Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Excellent opportunities for development*

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date