Job summary
Your Hospitals Need You! Not all superheroes wear capes, some are even Hospital Engineers.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust are seeking a highly motivated Estates Craftsperson (Mechanical/ Plumbing Bias) who will be based at Grantham Hospital. The post holder is required to play a proactive part within the Estates team to meet Trust objectives in a safe, cost effective, efficient manner in compliance with legislation and good practice.
There is no better time to join the team at ULHT, we are developing our operational Estates Team in order to support the Trust on its continuous development plan, our aims and ambitions are set high and we want you to be part of the developing journey with us. Do you have the ambition to make your hospital a better place for the community? Do you want to learn new skills and become a true rounded plumber with skills in which some areas are only specialist in the Healthcare, if this sounds like the challenge you are looking for, then apply today.
Main duties of the job
- Ensure that maintenance activities are effectively recorded, signed and dated appropriately and evidence based.
- Support and encourage multi-disciplinary working.
- Encourage team working in all aspects of team focused department performance.
- Provide a role model for others to emulate, working alongside colleagues and exhibiting high standards of professional behaviour.
- Challenge traditional practice, seeking improved methods of task delivery which improve quality, safety and working practices.
- Carry out duties in a safe, clean and effective way in accordance with Trust Policies, Procedures, Legislative guidance, and best industry practice.
- Support the development of team roles through mentoring and shadowing, allowing the teams to learn from your skills.
- Maintain accurate records for reactive and planned activities.
- Excellent Communication Skills, Written and Verbal
- Work on own initiative, to act independently and seek advice as necessary within the parameters of the expected work activities able to plan, organise and manage own work activities.
- Comply with relevant policies, guidance and statutory regulations.
- Able to work to agreed timescales
- Able to drive and have a Valid full UK driving License or applicable UK approved Driving License.
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
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 UK driving licence for cars and access to own vehicle for work attendance
- Confident
- Imaginative outlook
Qualifications
Essential
- Appropriate City and Guilds Qualification, NVQ3 or equivalent in an Engineering/ Plumbing related discipline
- Served an apprenticeship or other recognised training.
Desirable
- Additional Hospital Engineering related certified training
- Welding qualifications
- Anglian Water Approved Plumber
- HVAC specific training
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience in the maintenance of mechanical and electrical plant and services and fault finding within a similar organisation or similar size and complexity organisation
- Experience of working in a similar organisation or similar size and complexity organisation
- Appreciation of other maintenance services
Desirable
- Experience of maintenance in a hospital environment. In particular
- oAir conditioning, refrigeration, fire alarms, building management systems, nurse call systems, standby power supplies
Knowledge, Skills & Aptitudes
Essential
- Good understanding of electrical regulations, and associated safety procedures
- Able to diagnose faults in complicated engineering and building plant and equipment
- Able to work safely and have a sound knowledge of Health and Safety legislation in the built environment
- Demonstrable problem-solving skills
- Work co-operatively with colleagues
- Ability to work with minimum of guidance
- Good manual dexterity Logical and systematic approach to work tasks
- Exchanges maintenance, technical project-related information with specialists, non-specialists; negotiates with contractors or suppliers
- Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework
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
Person Specification
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 UK driving licence for cars and access to own vehicle for work attendance
- Confident
- Imaginative outlook
Qualifications
Essential
- Appropriate City and Guilds Qualification, NVQ3 or equivalent in an Engineering/ Plumbing related discipline
- Served an apprenticeship or other recognised training.
Desirable
- Additional Hospital Engineering related certified training
- Welding qualifications
- Anglian Water Approved Plumber
- HVAC specific training
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience in the maintenance of mechanical and electrical plant and services and fault finding within a similar organisation or similar size and complexity organisation
- Experience of working in a similar organisation or similar size and complexity organisation
- Appreciation of other maintenance services
Desirable
- Experience of maintenance in a hospital environment. In particular
- oAir conditioning, refrigeration, fire alarms, building management systems, nurse call systems, standby power supplies
Knowledge, Skills & Aptitudes
Essential
- Good understanding of electrical regulations, and associated safety procedures
- Able to diagnose faults in complicated engineering and building plant and equipment
- Able to work safely and have a sound knowledge of Health and Safety legislation in the built environment
- Demonstrable problem-solving skills
- Work co-operatively with colleagues
- Ability to work with minimum of guidance
- Good manual dexterity Logical and systematic approach to work tasks
- Exchanges maintenance, technical project-related information with specialists, non-specialists; negotiates with contractors or suppliers
- Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework
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
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.
