Electrical Assistant

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension 20.3%

Overtime & on-call

Annual leave & holidays

Staff discounts

Training & progression

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Electrical Assistant (Band 3) to support safe, compliant electrical maintenance across all sites. This full-time role involves PPM, reactive repairs and minor installations, with on-call duties and overtime potential to enhance earnings.

You will work within Estates & Facilities to ensure critical electrical systems operate reliably and in compliance with HTMs and BS standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in electrical maintenance within a healthcare or building services environment.
• Familiar with planned preventative maintenance and reactive repairs.
• Ability to diagnose faults and assist with complex electrical works.

Responsibilities

• Undertake PPM, reactive maintenance and minor repairs on electrical installations across Trust sites.
• Respond to maintenance requests and diagnose faults, assisting with more complex works.
• Support maintenance and testing of essential electrical systems (lighting, emergency lighting, nurse call).
• Assist with planned engineering programmes to ensure HTMs/BS compliance and Trust policies.
• Complete maintenance records, timesheets and inspection reports using Trust systems.
• Participate in the Trust's on-call rota to ensure continuity of electrical services across hospital sites.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

PPM

Fault diagnosis

On-call experience

Record keeping

Job description

The Electrical Assistant (Band 3) plays a key role in supporting the delivery of safe, effective and compliant electrical maintenance services across all Oxford University Hospitals sites. Working within the Estates and Facilities Department, the post holder undertakes planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive repairs and minor installation works to ensure the continuous operation of critical engineering systems that support patient care. The role contributes to maintaining compliance with statutory legislation, Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs), British Standards and Trust policies while responding promptly to maintenance requests across both clinical and non-clinical environments.

This is a full-time Band 3 position (37.5 hours per week) with a Recruitment & Retention Premium (RRP), plus opportunities to earn additional income through overtime and participation in the on-call rota.

In Return For Your Commitment, We Offer

• Competitive NHS salary with Recruitment & Retention Premium (RRP)
• Overtime and on-call allowances
• NHS Pension Scheme with employer contributions of 20.3%
• Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays
• Access to a wide range of local and national staff discounts, including travel, shopping, insurance and leisure
• Comprehensive training, development and career progression opportunities

EF15QP

• Undertake planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive maintenance and minor repair works on electrical installations and associated building services across all Trust sites to ensure safe, reliable and compliant operation.
• Respond promptly to maintenance requests, diagnose faults and carry out repairs or assist competent electrical staff with more complex works, ensuring minimal disruption to clinical services.
• Support the maintenance and testing of essential electrical systems, including lighting, emergency lighting, small power, nurse call systems and other critical infrastructure that directly supports patient care.
• Assist with planned engineering programmes and electrical installation works, ensuring compliance with Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs), British Standards, statutory regulations and Trust policies.
• Complete maintenance records, job documentation, timesheets and inspection reports accurately using Trust maintenance systems while contributing to estates' surveys and audits.
• Participate in the Trust's out-of-hours on-call rota and respond to emergency maintenance incidents, ensuring continuity of critical engineering services across all hospital sites.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Prajin Kundoor Job title: Estates Operations Manager (Electrical) Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07919306067