Job summary
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are looking for a Maintenance Assistant to join the Trusts directly employed labour force to provide the day-to-day reactive service and planned maintenance works across the Trust estate.
You will be expected to have an NVQ/City & Guilds, or equivalent qualification in one or more skills related to the Estates activity, proven skills & knowledge together with a multi-skilled approach to maintenance tasks.
Working Monday to Friday 08.00 - 16.00 with a 30 Minute unpaid break, this is a 37.5hr per week. Shift times subject to change. you will also be on call one week out of seven.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for enthusiastic maintenance assistants who, having gained significant experience are at the top of their profession but who are also willing to take the hands-on approach on a range of duties.
Well-motivated, enthusiastic, and experienced maintenance assistants who fit the above criteria and who are looking for a rewarding career with a forward-thinking organisation would be ideal for these posts. Applicants should also have good Organisational skills and able to take the lead on specific maintenance and reactive situations. The post is critical in maintaining a safe and appropriate physical environment for our patients, visitors and staff.
Previous NHS experience would be an advantage but not essential. The role is flexible with the ability to work between an office and home base.
Professionally the post holder will be expected to uphold the Trust's PRIDE values and behaviors and behave in a manner befitting the responsible position of the role and in the best interests of the patients we serve.
About us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
The Estates Department provide a comprehensive Estate Management Service to all of the Trust's properties. The purpose of this job is to assist the Estates Department to carry out or oversee the repair, maintenance or installation of plant, equipment and buildings belonging to the Trust. Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust offers excellent terms and conditions of employment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for a well-motivated, enthusiastic, and experienced maintenance assistants who fit the above criteria and who are looking for a rewarding career with a forward-thinking organisation would be ideal for these posts. Applicants should also have good Organisational skills and able to take the lead in a wide range of situations.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS sectors, having maintained an Outstanding rating by the Care Quality Commission and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
We welcome applications from people, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status or pregnancy or maternity status.
We would encourage applications from groups who are currently underrepresented in the organisation. In particular, applications from disabled people (with both visible and non-visible disabilities), people from black and minority ethnic communities and lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered (LGBT) people.
NHFT is committed to building a diverse workforce, ensuring staff are treated fairly at work and ensuring all staff have the learning and development they need on equality in order to undertake their job role. We aim to use monitoring information provided by our staff and by job applicants to ensure that we do not discriminate in employment and to use this information to plan any Positive Action to address inequality.
NHFT supports three staff equality networks to help us to develop our equality practice, as well as providing peer support for staff. These are:
* NHFT Staff Disability & Allies Network
* NHFT BME Staff Development Network
* NHFT LGBT & Allies Network
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for a well-motivated, enthusiastic, and experienced maintenance assistants who fit the above criteria and who are looking for a rewarding career with a forward-thinking organisation would be ideal for these posts. Applicants should also have good Organisational skills and able to take the lead in a wide range of situations.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS sectors, having maintained an Outstanding rating by the Care Quality Commission and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
We welcome applications from people, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status or pregnancy or maternity status.
We would encourage applications from groups who are currently underrepresented in the organisation. In particular, applications from disabled people (with both visible and non-visible disabilities), people from black and minority ethnic communities and lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered (LGBT) people.
NHFT is committed to building a diverse workforce, ensuring staff are treated fairly at work and ensuring all staff have the learning and development they need on equality in order to undertake their job role. We aim to use monitoring information provided by our staff and by job applicants to ensure that we do not discriminate in employment and to use this information to plan any Positive Action to address inequality.
NHFT supports three staff equality networks to help us to develop our equality practice, as well as providing peer support for staff. These are:
* NHFT Staff Disability & Allies Network
* NHFT BME Staff Development Network
* NHFT LGBT & Allies Network
Person Specification
Desirable
Desirable
Essential
Essential
- Experience in Maintenance
- Can follow wirtten & Verbal instruction
Desirable
- Previous NHS experience
- Work with multiple systems/Teams
Person Specification
Desirable
Desirable
Essential
Essential
- Experience in Maintenance
- Can follow wirtten & Verbal instruction
Desirable
- Previous NHS experience
- Work with multiple systems/Teams
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.
