Estates Mechanical Assistant

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 2 technician to professionally support mechanical trades operations and maintenance across Trust sites. You will assist with planned maintenance programmes and ensure compliance with safety standards, policies, and procedures.

Based across OUH sites, you will prioritise essential works such as water systems and flushing, liaising with the Estates Helpdesk for emergencies and service issues, while upholding NHS standards and

Qualifications

• Experience in mechanical maintenance and facilities support.
• Familiar with standard HTMs and HBNS guidelines relevant to hospital estates.
• Ability to prioritise and adapt to changing workloads in a clinical environment.

Responsibilities

• Carry out mechanical trades operations and maintenance across Trust sites.
• Assist with planned engineering/building maintenance programmes to meet standards.
• Coordinate with Estates Helpdesk for emergency works and service requests.

Skills

Mechanical trades

Maintenance tasks

Health and safety

Job description

This role is Band 2 at 37.5 hours per week.

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.

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• 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

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: Gavin Tapping Job title: Operational Estates Manager Mechanical Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01865 220711