Estates Maintenance Assistant Band 3

United Lincolnshire Hospitals; Lincoln; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Free on-site parking

Training & development

Job summary

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) seeks a motivated Maintenance Assistant based at Lincoln Hospital. Join the Estates maintenance team to deliver proactive and reactive maintenance, ensuring safe, cost-effective, and compliant facilities supporting patient care.

You will be involved in a range of duties from basic repairs to grounds maintenance, with opportunities for skill development within a large NHS trust. The role offers diverse tasks in a dynamic hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Proven City & Guilds/NVQ2 in engineering or equivalent.
• Additional hospital engineering training or certification preferred.
• Extensive maintenance experience in a large organisation, ideally hospital-based.

Responsibilities

• General reactive and planned maintenance across site and external areas.
• Maintain ventilation systems, basic plumbing, electrical and mechanical systems.
• Grounds and gardens maintenance, signage repairs and painting tasks.
• Assist with on-call and emergency maintenance activities as needed.
• Cooperate with housekeeping and other teams to ensure safe, clean facilities.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Flexible/Versatile

Health & Safety awareness

Education

City & Guilds / NVQ2 in engineering

Hospital Engineering training

Job description

We are committed to developing a workforce that reflects the community it serves and welcome applicants from all sectors of the community.

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our Group values guide everything we do. They are:

• Compassionate - We care about people - Compassionate is the act of showing empathy, kindness, and respect to others, recognising their individual needs and circumstances. It involves listening, understanding, and supporting others in a way that makes them feel valued, safe, and cared for.
• Collaborative - We work together as a team - Collaborative is working inclusively and respectfully with others to achieve shared goals. It involves open communication, valuing diverse perspectives, and building trust to create a supportive and effective team environment.
• Innovative - We strive to improve - Innovative is the process of exploring new ideas, approaches, and technologies to improve care, services, and working practices. It involves creativity, curiosity, and a willingness to take risks in a safe and supportive environment.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.

Our Group Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Caring and building a healthier future for all” – stating their ambition for our Trust and the wider group to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

So,what is in it for you?

• Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.

Types of flexibility could include:

• Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
• Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
• Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
• Staggered hours – having different start and finish times.
• Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability
• NHS Pension:A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
• Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
• Bank working:The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.

In addition, there ismore.

• Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
• Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
• Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
• Financial support and benefits including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
• Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.

Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.

Job overview

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

Main duties of the job

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

Working for our organisation

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).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Person specification

Qualifications (Academic, Professional & Vocational)

• Appropriate City and Guilds Qualification, NVQ2 or equivalent in an Engineering related discipline
• Additional Hospital Engineering related certified training or equivalent
• Demonstratable extensive experience of basic maintenance in a similar size organisation

Previous Experience (Nature & Level)

• Experience in the maintenance of buildings, electrical and mechanical plant and services, and grounds and gardens.
• Experience of maintenance in a hospital environment. In particular: Air conditioning, refrigeration, fire alarms, building maintenance, electrical and or mechanical specific experience

Evidence of Particular: - Knowledge - Skills - Aptitudes

• Good understanding of general regulations, and associated safety procedures
• Able to work safely and have knowledge of Health and Safety legislation in the built environment.
• 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
• Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework: Patient Centred Safety Compassion Respect and Excellence
• 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

Specific Requirements

• Good interpersonal skills.
• Versatile and flexible in approach.
• Able to cross site travel
• Provide a commitment to return to work outside of normal working hours
• Must have full driving licence for cars to enable use of Trust vehicles
• Ability to undertake the physical duties of the role
• 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
• Capable of meeting manual handling criteria
• Imaginative outlook.
• Work on own initiative.
• Confident
• Will take part in the Estates On-Call Rota
• Must have full driving licence for cars to enable use of Trust vehicles and have the ability to attend site and across site working

ULTH recognises that everyone is different, and values the unique contribution that individual experiences, knowledge and skills make in delivering quality healthcare and becoming a model employer. We are committed to transforming our organisational culture by actively committing to implementing the Trust Single Equality Scheme, and other policies, such as the Dignity in Care policy and the Dignity at Work policy. We will continue to promote equality and challenge discrimination in all service provision, recognising and meeting the needs of the diverse communities we serve. We will strive to provide an environment in which people want to work and to be a model employer leading in good employment practice.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULTH reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.

We welcome applications from the UK Armed Forces Community. On the application form please tick “Member of the Armed Forces Community” if the below applies to you.

You are:

• A Veteran
• A Military Reserve
• Partner/Spouse of those Serving NB: partners/spouses are only eligible whilst their partner is serving in the Armed Forces

All new employees will be subject to a charge for the DBS check that is required for the post. The Disclosure & Barring Service application form (formerly CRB) will be provided by ULTH and the fee will be deducted from your salary over a 3 month period.

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Please note, for applicants with previous NHS service: If successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

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