Estates Mechanical Assistant

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Discounts for travel, shopping and ins

Development opportunities

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Mechanical Trades operative to support and undertake maintenance across its four hospital sites. The role emphasizes compliance with HTMs/HBNs, safety policies, and emergency response coordination to protect patient care.

The ideal candidate will assist with planned maintenance, carry out water system checks and flushing, and work under pressure with professional judgement to ensure safe, reliable estate services.

Qualifications

• Experience in mechanical trades operations and maintenance.
• Knowledge of HTMs, HBns and estates legislation.
• Experience working in a healthcare environment is desirable.
• Trained in Health & Safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Support and undertake mechanical trades operations across Trust sites.
• Carry out flushing of outlets and check water system temperatures.
• Prioritise essential facilities to protect patient experience and safety.
• Coordinate with Estates Helpdesk for emergency works and complaints.
• Develop and follow safe systems of work and maintain safety under pressure.

Skills

Electrical inspection

Electrical repairs

Health & safety training

Driving licence

Tools

Hand tools

Job description

The primary purpose of this role is to professionally support and undertake Mechanical trades operations and maintenance work across the Trust's sites as directed by line management. This includes activities that may be demanding and/or non-routine, ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards, policies and procedures. Assist with the management and implementation of the planned engineering/building maintenance programmes for the Trust to ensure compliance with key standards, both legislative and performance related (as defined through Service Level Agreement) - also meeting where necessary the requirements of the NHSLA.,

• Work in accordance with the requirements of HTM's, HBN's, British Standards, Model Specifications and all Statutory Regulations, Codes of Practice and Trust Policies and Procedures, identifying and proposing changes for own work area to the Mechanical Team Leader
• Carry out flushing of outlets. Change Shower heads. Check temperatures of water systems and other water related services
• Prioritise work requirements on essential facilities which could have a direct detrimental impact on the patient experience e.g. Water systems, Flushing. The role involves prioritising and being able to react to changing workloads
• Liaise with the Estates Helpdesk when receiving emergency works and service complaints, 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.
  Knowledge of maintenance methodologies, Experience in working in a similar role
• Knowledge of HTM's, HBN's and Estates specific legislation
• Experience of working within and developing a 'safe system of work', Highly organised
• Able to work independently and exercise a high degree of professional judgement
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to make sound judgements with regard to operational safety when in lone worker situation or when put under pressure by the situation or other workers
• Proactive, self-motivated
• Team worker

Desirable criteria

• Ability to carry out electrical inspection and testing
• Ability to carry out repairs to electrical installations
• Committed to improving efficiency and environmental protection., Able to use small tools and carry out fine adjustments to building services on a regular basis
• Able to carry out routine and emergency maintenance on engineering and building systems on a routine basis, Basic knowledge of Health and Safety guidelines
• Desire to work within an estate's mechanical water systems

Desirable criteria

• Trained in Health & Safety, i.e. First Aid, NEBOSH, IOSH, etc
• Full Driving Licence.
  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 of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. 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., 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., Sexual Safety Charter: In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment. If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of role and responsibilities. This role is full time - 37.5 hours per week. You will be given all the support you need to steer the department to be an always improving team that is delivering, performing and operating a safe and compliant estate and environment. In return for your hard work & commitment we will offer you:

• A competitive salary of £25,272 pa pro rata;
• Access to an industry leading pension scheme where your employer pays in 20.3%!
• A raft of local and national discounts across travel, shopping, insurance, holidays and many more
• An environment that challenges you but supports your efforts and development