Maintenance Assistant

jobs24.co.uk; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a dedicated maintenance assistant to join their team. This role is crucial for maintaining a safe and operational hospital environment, ensuring the health and wellbeing of patients, staff, and visitors. You will be responsible for executing planned maintenance tasks, conducting safety inspections, and providing exceptional service by responding to maintenance requests. If you are flexible and enjoy working in a collaborative environment, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the healthcare sector.

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance tasks and safety inspections is essential.
• Ability to deliver exceptional customer service in a hospital environment.

Responsibilities

• Execute planned maintenance tasks to ensure facility safety and functionality.
• Conduct regular safety inspections and address potential hazards.

Skills

Planned Maintenance

Safety Inspections

Customer Service

Flexibility

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Basic Hand Tools

Cleaning Equipment

Job description

We need a maintenance assistant to join our team to help keep our hospital environment safe and operational by supporting the health and wellbeing of our patients, staff, and visitors. As an Estates Maintenance Worker, you'll play a vital role in ensuring our hospitals remain safe, functional, and comfortable for patients, staff, and visitors.

Your responsibilities will include:

1. Planned Maintenance: Executing a range of planned maintenance tasks to keep our buildings, plant, and equipment in top condition.
2. Safety First: Prioritising safety by conducting regular inspections and addressing potential hazards to create a secure environment.
3. Exceptional Service: Delivering outstanding customer service by responding promptly to maintenance requests and collaborating effectively with colleagues.
4. Flexible Support: Adapting to changing priorities and working flexibly to support our clinical teams and patient care.

Main duties of the job include:

• Lighting Checks
• Replacement of lighting tubes or lamps
• Cleaning diffusers
• Decoration of internal areas
• Fixing of notice boards, clocks, notices, etc.
• Replacement of damaged ceiling tiles
• Cleaning extract fans and ventilation grilles
• Replacement/re-fixing of toilet seats
• Replacement/re-fixing of hand/safety rails
• Inspection and first aid repairs to flooring
• Re-washering hot and cold water taps
• Temperature checks on water services
• Care of curtain tracks, blinds, etc.
• Assist Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineers and other staff groups in the repair, service, and inspection of building, mechanical, electrical, and associated systems.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust. The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience. The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital, and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.