Job summary
Maintenance Assistant
Band 3
Permanent
37.5 Hours per week
We need a maintenance assistant to join our team to help keep our hospital environment safe, operational by supporting the health and wellbeing of our patients, staff and visitors - day in day out, it's a blend of planned maintenance coupled with emergency repairs and everything in between.
Main duties of the job
As an Estates Maintenance Worker, you'll play a vital role in ensuring our hospitals remain safe, functional, and comfortable for patients, staff, and visitors. Your responsibilities will include:
Planned Maintenance: Executing a range of planned maintenance tasks to keep our buildings and external environments safe and in good order.
Safety First: Prioritising safety by conducting regular inspections and addressing potential hazards to create a secure environment.
Exceptional Service: Delivering outstanding customer service by responding promptly to maintenance requests and collaborating effectively with colleagues.
Flexible Support: Adapting to changing priorities and working flexibly to support our clinical teams and patient care.
Main duties of the job
To undertake, without supervision a variety of tasks which would include:-
- External grounds inspections
- Repair and replacement external paviours and kerbs
- Casting of concrete slabs
- General site labouring
- Dismantling and installation of hospital equipment and street furniture.
- Road repairs
- General building repairs
- Patch plastering
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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Job description
Job responsibilities
As an Estates Maintenance Worker, you'll play a vital role in ensuring our hospitals remain safe, functional, and comfortable for patients, staff, and visitors. Your responsibilities will include:
Planned Maintenance: Executing a range of planned maintenance tasks to keep our buildings and external environments safe and in good order.
Safety First: Prioritising safety by conducting regular inspections and addressing potential hazards to create a secure environment.
Exceptional Service: Delivering outstanding customer service by responding promptly to maintenance requests and collaborating effectively with colleagues.
Flexible Support: Adapting to changing priorities and working flexibly to support our clinical teams and patient care.
Main duties of the job
To undertake, without supervision a variety of tasks which would include:-
- External grounds inspections
- Repair and replacement external paviours and kerbs
- Casting of concrete slabs
- General site labouring
- Dismantling and installation of hospital equipment and street furniture.
- Road repairs
- General building repairs
- Patch plastering
Job description
Job responsibilities
As an Estates Maintenance Worker, you'll play a vital role in ensuring our hospitals remain safe, functional, and comfortable for patients, staff, and visitors. Your responsibilities will include:
Planned Maintenance: Executing a range of planned maintenance tasks to keep our buildings and external environments safe and in good order.
Safety First: Prioritising safety by conducting regular inspections and addressing potential hazards to create a secure environment.
Exceptional Service: Delivering outstanding customer service by responding promptly to maintenance requests and collaborating effectively with colleagues.
Flexible Support: Adapting to changing priorities and working flexibly to support our clinical teams and patient care.
Main duties of the job
To undertake, without supervision a variety of tasks which would include:-
- External grounds inspections
- Repair and replacement external paviours and kerbs
- Casting of concrete slabs
- General site labouring
- Dismantling and installation of hospital equipment and street furniture.
- Road repairs
- General building repairs
- Patch plastering
Person Specification
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Proven history of working within an Engineering / Building environment.
- Good hand skills working with fine tools.
- Excellent Communication Skills: both written & verbal
- Experience and competence to carry out Builders general tasks
Desirable
- Experience and sound knowledge of plastering
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to City and Guilds Level
- NVQ Training in an Engineering / Building Discipline
Other
Essential
- Proactive and capable of working independently with minimal supervision.
- Team player.
- Demonstrates commitment to the job.
- Able to manage conflicting demands and plan work as appropriate.
Person Specification
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Proven history of working within an Engineering / Building environment.
- Good hand skills working with fine tools.
- Excellent Communication Skills: both written & verbal
- Experience and competence to carry out Builders general tasks
Desirable
- Experience and sound knowledge of plastering
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to City and Guilds Level
- NVQ Training in an Engineering / Building Discipline
Other
Essential
- Proactive and capable of working independently with minimal supervision.
- Team player.
- Demonstrates commitment to the job.
- Able to manage conflicting demands and plan work as appropriate.
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).
