Decontamination Engineering Tradesperson

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Cwmbran; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Decontamination Engineering Tradesperson to join the Hospital Sterilisation and Decontamination Unit. The role involves providing multi-skilled engineering expertise, performing maintenance tasks across complex systems, and ensuring a safe environment for patients and staff. This position offers training, a supportive work environment, and the opportunity for career development in a multi-award-winning NHS organization.

Benefits

Flexible working

Occupational health support

Paid mandatory training

Qualifications

• Completed an accredited Mechanical apprenticeship training course.
• Relevant training or experience in air conditioning and H&V systems.
• Full Driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering maintenance on various mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Ensure compliance with statutory legislation and quality maintenance tasks.
• Participate in on-call and/or shift relief duties.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Motivation

Education

Mechanical apprenticeship training course (level 3)

Job description

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments OR SUPPORT needed. If you need any documents in a larger font or a different format (such as braille) please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3 OR EMAIL [e-mail]

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

Job Overview

An opportunity has arisen for a Decontamination Engineering Tradesperson based within the Hospital Sterilisation and Decontamination Unit at the Grange University Hospital.

We welcome fully qualified electricians or plumbers to apply, where all training on the decontamination equipment will be given.

The successful candidate will provide multi-skilled engineering expertise across various mechanical and electrical equipment and fabric, providing cross trade work to the service.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

To provide a safe and comfortable environment for patients, staff and visitors by:

Ensuring all essential services are maintained to support clinical departments in their prime task of treating patients whilst ensuring all statutory legislation is complied with.

Ensure maintenance tasks are fulfilled to appropriate levels of quality in a compliant manner.

Perform engineering maintenance work including activities which are complex and/or non-routine.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Qualifications And Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Completed an accredited Mechanical apprenticeship training course to a minimum level 3 vocational qualification or equivalent plus relevant training or equivalent experience, plus additional training and developed skills e.g. air conditioning
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of significant CPD
• JIB Registration
• Endoscope washer disinfectors weekly testing (to NHS guidance, City & GuildsPorus load sterilisers – quarterly testing, annual testing and revalidation, City & Guilds
• Washer disinfector - periodic and weekly testing, City & Guilds
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• H&V Systems
• LTHW Systems
• DHW Systems
• BMS engineering maintenance
• Completion of a structured training programme
• High level of knowledge and understanding of electrical/mechanical services/systems and a working knowledge of other associated trades. Familiarity with approved guidance documents
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience of working within the NHS
• Previous experience of working in NHS decontamination units
• Knowledge of Health Technical Memoranda
• General awareness of other engineering maintenance related statutory legislation.
  
  

Skills and Attributes

Essential criteria

• Excellent communication skills. Willing to develop individual knowledge
• Ability to work unsupervised
• Current Full Driving licence
• Highly motivated, enthusiastic, conscientious
• Participate in on-call and/or shift relief duties
• Available to undertake overtime.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Motivation skills
• Commercial skilled steamed pressure systems
• Experience in team leading
  
  

Other

Essential criteria

• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work as part of a team
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Welsh speaking
• Steam boiler operations fundamentals, City & Guilds
• Steam plant maintenance, City & Guilds