Job summary
An Estates Maintenance Assistant plays a key role in the Estates Engineering Maintenance Department and the Trust overall. The individual will be part of and support the Estates maintenance team in the delivery of statutory, Planned maintenance and also reactive maintenance that will contribute to the Trusts objectives been carried out in a clean, safe, cost-effective, efficient manner and compliant with legislation, Health Technical Memorandums (HTM) and good practice.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will undertake works relating to the fault finding, diagnostics, commissioning, planned maintenance and repairs to a variety of engineering plant and equipment, grounds & Gardens across the Trust properties in accordance with training, such as but not limited to:
- General reactive and planned maintenance both internally and external to the site
- Assist in testing and operation of Standby Generator Plant
- Basic Lighting, sockets and small power circuits repairs
- Fire Alarm systems checks
- Emergency Lighting testing and checks
- Passenger Lift Entrapment release
- Basic Repairs and checks of Nurse call and Alarm Systems
- Basic Repairs and Maintenance of Ventilation systems
- Basic plumbing repairs and maintenance
- Unblocking foul water and surface water drainage systems
- Grounds & Gardens maintenance including litter picking, snow clearing, gritting, grass and hedge cutting, tree maintenance, road sweeping, emptying bins, signage repairs, line marking and painting
- General building fabric maintenance such as basic painting, decorating, window repairs, flooring and joinery repairs
- Any other activity deemed appropriate for skill and competency level
- Assisting Houskeeping teams undertake their duties such as removing vent grills to allow suitable cleaning etc
- General Maintenance of Beds and Wheelchairs
About us
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG
Job description
Job responsibilities
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description, and if you like what you see, then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description, and if you like what you see, then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Appropriate City and Guilds Qualification, NVQ2 or equivalent in an Engineering related or material management discipline
- Additional Hospital Engineering related certified training
- Demonstrable extensive experience of Estates stores management in a similar size organisation
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience in the maintenance of buildings, mechanical and electrical plant and services within a similar organisation or similar size and complexity organisation.
Desirable
- Experience of maintenance in a hospital environment. In particular: - Air conditioning, refrigeration, fire alarms, building maintenance, electrical and or mechanical specific experience
Evidence of Particular Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework
- Good understanding of general regulations, and associated safety procedures
- Able to work safely and have knowledge of Health and Safety legislation in the built environment
- Work co-operatively with colleagues
- Ability to work with minimum of guidance
- Good manual dexterity
- Exchanges maintenance, technical project-related information with specialists, non-specialists; negotiates with contractors or suppliers
- Logical and systematic approach to work tasks
Desirable
- Be able to work within a pressured environment
- Evidence of self-advancement
- Able to act efficiently taking a 'hands on' role in an emergency
- Imaginative outlook
- Work on own initiative
- Confident
- Management of contractors
- Experience of working in a large organisation
- Experienced in working with safe systems of work process and permits to work.
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Good interpersonal skills
- Versatile and flexible in approach
- Self-starter
- Physically fit
- Capable of meeting manual handling criteria
- Able to work at heights, adverse conditions i.e., Heat, dirt, and cramped conditions
- Sympathetic when working in patient proximities i.e., working in operating theatres, wards and mortuaries
- Able to cross site travel
- Provide a commitment to return to work outside of normal working hours
- Will take part in the Estates On-Call Rota
- Must have full driving licence for cars and access to own vehicle for work attendance.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Appropriate City and Guilds Qualification, NVQ2 or equivalent in an Engineering related or material management discipline
- Additional Hospital Engineering related certified training
- Demonstrable extensive experience of Estates stores management in a similar size organisation
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience in the maintenance of buildings, mechanical and electrical plant and services within a similar organisation or similar size and complexity organisation.
Desirable
- Experience of maintenance in a hospital environment. In particular: - Air conditioning, refrigeration, fire alarms, building maintenance, electrical and or mechanical specific experience
Evidence of Particular Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework
- Good understanding of general regulations, and associated safety procedures
- Able to work safely and have knowledge of Health and Safety legislation in the built environment
- Work co-operatively with colleagues
- Ability to work with minimum of guidance
- Good manual dexterity
- Exchanges maintenance, technical project-related information with specialists, non-specialists; negotiates with contractors or suppliers
- Logical and systematic approach to work tasks
Desirable
- Be able to work within a pressured environment
- Evidence of self-advancement
- Able to act efficiently taking a 'hands on' role in an emergency
- Imaginative outlook
- Work on own initiative
- Confident
- Management of contractors
- Experience of working in a large organisation
- Experienced in working with safe systems of work process and permits to work.
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Good interpersonal skills
- Versatile and flexible in approach
- Self-starter
- Physically fit
- Capable of meeting manual handling criteria
- Able to work at heights, adverse conditions i.e., Heat, dirt, and cramped conditions
- Sympathetic when working in patient proximities i.e., working in operating theatres, wards and mortuaries
- Able to cross site travel
- Provide a commitment to return to work outside of normal working hours
- Will take part in the Estates On-Call Rota
- Must have full driving licence for cars and access to own vehicle for work attendance.
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.
