Estates Technician - Electrical

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust; Whitburn; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust seeks an Electrical Technician to join East Surrey Hospital’s team of engineers. The role involves complex fault finding and maintenance on a wide range of engineering plant and equipment within stringent statutory guidelines.

Based at East Surrey Hospital, you will be part of a multi-skilled engineering group and may work across sites. A flexible, proactive approach is required in a dynamic healthcare setting with vulnerable patients, ensuring high

Qualifications

• Evidence of strong electrical skills and qualifications advantageous.
• Experience handling multi-disciplinary engineering duties is desirable.
• Ability to work in a complex healthcare environment with vulnerable patients.

Responsibilities

• Perform highly complex fault finding and maintenance on engineering plant/equipment.
• Collaborate with other engineers and teams across the Trust.
• Adhere to statutory guidelines and maintain safety in an aging infrastructure.

Skills

Electrical

Mechanical

Medical Gases

Air Conditioning

Nurse Call

Fault finding

Maintenance

Job description

Electrical Technician to join an enthusiastic and established team of 33 engineers at East Surrey Hospital and to work in partnership with other teams throughout the Trust.

The position will be based at East Surrey Hospital and will require a high degree of flexibility whilst working among fellow engineering colleagues. The post will entail highly complex fault finding and maintenance on all aspects of engineering plant/equipment and to work within the stringent statutory guidelines. The position will demand a highly multi-skilled engineer with a diverse range of expertise in all specialised engineering trades specialist knowledge in Electrical, but knowledge & skills within Mechanical, Medical Gases, Air conditioning, Nurse Call systems

You will need to have a flexible and have a proactive approach to work and be prepared to adapt to a dynamic and changing working environment. The position will be based at East Surrey Hospital but may have some across sites work. The post will be working with and alongside other qualified engineers and requires skills within a highly complex environment, requiring fault finding and maintenance on all aspects of engineering plant/equipment and to work within stringent statutory guidelines and within an aging infrastructure.

Main duties of the job

The position requires a high degree of flexibility whilst working among fellow engineering colleagues. The post will entail highly complex fault finding and maintenance on all aspects of engineering plant/equipment and to work within the stringent statutory guidelines. Good plumbing and engineering skills in addition to the mandatory electrical skills and qualifications will be advantageous. You are working within an environment with vulnerable patients, so compassion and respect are also required.

About us

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the region's busiest providers of healthcare. It was formed on 1 April 1998 following a merger between East Surrey Healthcare NHS and Crawley Horsham NHS Trusts. We are often referred to as 'SASH'.

We run East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, where we have more than 700 beds and provide acute and complex services. In addition, we provide a range of outpatient, diagnostic and less complex planned services at The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital, Crawley Hospital and Horsham Hospital.

Every year, over 120,000 people attend our Emergency Department, we deliver nearly 4,000 babies and almost half a million people have outpatient appointments with us.

We are a major local employer, with a diverse workforce of around 5,500 staff providing healthcare services to a growing population of some 744,000 people.

We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and we work hard to create an environment where everyone feels valued and supported. At our Trust, we strive to be the best place to work and receive care. We are dedicated to supporting you in your current role while helping you grow and develop your career. As part of our team, you will have access to excellent training opportunities, flexible working, dedicated support networks, and a strong emphasis on health and wellbeing to ensure a thriving and positive work environment.

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding the role please read the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Criteria

• Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
• A complete and accurate application
• Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
• Evidence of essential experience for role
• Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
• Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
• Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
• Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£32,073 to £39,043 a yearper annum plus high cost allowance and an additional 11.5% RRP