259772 Electrician (LF)

NHS National Services Scotland; Livingston; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Scotland is seeking an Estates role to support the delivery of planned maintenance, repair and installations across board healthcare facilities. The role emphasizes safety, quality and value for money in patient care, with flexible arrangements to meet service needs.

The post holder will maintain plant and service infrastructure across hospitals, work in a customer-focused, integrated Estates function, and must have PVG scheme membership. For questions contact Roberto Sanchez.

Job description

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

Estates staff work a 36-hour week, comprising 9-hour shifts over four days, with a rolling day off each week over 5 weeks.

To provide electrical services to meet the needs of the board healthcare facilities to ensure the safety and wellbeing of patient care through the delivery of a planned maintenance, repair and installations service which always represents quality and value for money.

To provide a safe maintenance service to all plant, equipment and service infrastructure within the board’s hospitals and premises ensuring delivery of all works to relevant legislation standards incorporating STHM 06 – 01 Parts A & B, 06-01 & 06-03.

The post holder will be assisting in the development of the estates function into a customer focused range of services, leading a flexible, integrated approach to the delivery of estates services.

If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact Roberto Sanchez on 07816257885 or email [e-mail]