Estates Maintenance Assistant Band 3

Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group is seeking a Maintenance Assistant based at Lincoln Hospital to support the Estates maintenance team in delivering safe, cost-effective facilities management in line with NHS standards.

Key duties include general maintenance, lift, ventilation, plumbing and drainage tasks, grounds work, painting, joinery, and assisting housekeeping where needed to ensure smooth hospital operations.

Responsibilities

• General reactive and planned maintenance both internally and external to the site
• Passenger Lift Entrapment release
• 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 Housekeeping teams undertake their duties such as removing vent grills to allow suitable cleaning etc
• General Maintenance of Beds and Wheelchairs

Job description

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) are seeking a highly motivated Maintenance Assistant who will be based at Lincoln Hospital. The post holder is required to play a proactive part within the Estates maintenance 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 have the passion about Engineering and Building Maintenance. Do you want to learn new 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

• General reactive and planned maintenance both internally and external to the site
• Passenger Lift Entrapment release
• 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 Housekeeping teams undertake their duties such as removing vent grills to allow suitable cleaning etc
• General Maintenance of Beds and Wheelchairs

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for full details

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).

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Adam Turver Job title: Estates Team Leader Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07917297689