Maintenance Assistant

The Methodist Church in Britain; Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff nursery at Kingston Hospital

Wellbeing services and classes

24/7 employee assistance programme

Job summary

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Maintenance Assistant to support the Maintenance Team across hospital facilities and related buildings. The role involves planned and reactive tasks across plant, electrical, plumbing, painting and minor building repairs in a largely unsupervised environment.

Applicants should have relevant qualifications or courses and experience as outlined in the person specification, with IT skills as a desirable asset.

Qualifications

• Relevant qualifications or courses, as set out in the person specification.
• Relevant experience, as set out in the person specification.
• Basic IT skills are desirable and beneficial for daily tasks.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance on plant, engineering systems, building structures and services
• Make semi-skilled electrical repairs, such as replacing lamps and assisting with lift entrapment release
• Carry out semi-skilled electrical planned preventative maintenance, such as fire alarm and emergency generator testing
• Make semi-skilled plumbing repairs, including drain unblocking, tap washering, radiator and thermostatic valve work and toilet seat replacement
• Carry out painting tasks, including surface preparation, removing old paint and filling holes and cracks
• Carry out semi-skilled plumbing planned preventative maintenance, including meter readings, ventilation filter changes, showerhead descaling and Legionella management tasks
• Carry out minor building trade repairs, such as replacing mastic, changing digital lock codes, adjusting window catches and fitting blinds
• Assemble furniture and fit or erect fixtures, including notice boards, towel holders and toilet roll holders
• Change fire extinguishers and fix extinguisher brackets
• Work as a flexible member of the Maintenance Team, largely unsupervised
• Provide good customer care and communication when completing work that supports clinical services and patient care

Skills

IT skills

Education

Relevant qualifications or courses as set out in the person specification

Job description

This Maintenance Assistant post sits in the Trust's Maintenance Team at Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust, covering the hospital and its associated buildings. The work is planned and reactive maintenance across plant, engineering systems, building structures and services, mostly semi-skilled electrical, plumbing, painting and minor building repairs. It is largely unsupervised and asks for a flexible approach across the sites. Fit depends on the essential knowledge, experience and qualifications set out in the person specification.

What the job involves

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance on plant, engineering systems, building structures and services
• Make semi-skilled electrical repairs, such as replacing lamps and assisting with lift entrapment release
• Carry out semi-skilled electrical planned preventative maintenance, such as fire alarm and emergency generator testing
• Make semi-skilled plumbing repairs, including drain unblocking, tap washering, radiator and thermostatic valve work and toilet seat replacement
• Carry out painting tasks, including surface preparation, removing old paint and filling holes and cracks
• Carry out semi-skilled plumbing planned preventative maintenance, including meter readings, ventilation filter changes, showerhead descaling and Legionella management tasks
• Carry out minor building trade repairs, such as replacing mastic, changing digital lock codes, adjusting window catches and fitting blinds
• Assemble furniture and fit or erect fixtures, including notice boards, towel holders and toilet roll holders
• Change fire extinguishers and fix extinguisher brackets
• Work as a flexible member of the Maintenance Team, largely unsupervised
• Provide good customer care and communication when completing work that supports clinical services and patient care

What’s required

Qualifications

• Relevant qualifications or courses, as set out in the person specification

Experience

• Relevant experience, as set out in the person specification

Skills & knowledge

• Relevant knowledge, as set out in the person specification

Nice to have

• IT skills

What’s offered

• Support for development, including professional and personal growth
• Opportunities to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation
• On-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital
• Wellbeing practitioners and wellbeing classes
• Dedicated staff physiotherapist
• Occupational health services
• 24/7 employee assistance programme
• Weekly shoutouts, patient feedback, and monthly and annual awards