Maintenance Technician

St. Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Ormskirk; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Maintenance Technician for a full-time, permanent role within the Estates team.

You will provide reactive and planned maintenance across hospital plant and building services, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and trust procedures. Candidates should have completed a 4-year craft apprenticeship and hold NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Engineering, with hospital maintenance experience.

Qualifications

• Applicants should have served a 4-year recognised and registered craft apprenticeship and will have gained an NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification in Electrical Engineering and possess equivalent previous hospital maintenance experience.
• Must understand and competently work on Building Services systems with ability to service, test, diagnose and repair mechanical/electrical plant.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and manuals, and understand electrical/mechanical installation plans.

Responsibilities

• Carry out maintenance duties efficiently to support a customer-focused estate maintenance service.
• Read and interpret technical drawings and installation plans.
• Diagnose faults and repair a wide range of mechanical/electrical plant.
• Participate in on-call system and respond to emergencies.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety policies and risk management.

Skills

Emergency response

Computer literate

Good telephone manner

Team player

Analytical skills

Time management

Communication with staff

Under pressure

Willingness to upgrade skills

Education

4-year recognised craft apprenticeship

NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Engineering

Relevant hospital maintenance experience

HNC or equivalent (desirable)

Job description

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third-party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. By applying for this post you are agreeing to "name of trust" transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Maintenance Technician to join our team on a full time, permanent basis

The Estates department at both Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals has a group of highly skilled electrical / mechanical technicians, plumbing engineers, creative building craft persons, and dedicated support staff.

We are looking for a highly motivated and professional individual who has the ability to prioritise workloads and identify improvements to operational systems and management processed in order to increase departmental efficiencies.

The successful candidate will provide technical support services for the reactive/planned specialist maintenance work on a variety of hospital plant and equipment to ensure compliance with all statutory requirements, codes of practice, guidance notes and trust procedures, to a high standard.

Interview Date - To Be Confirmed

Previous Applicants Need Not Apply

Main duties of the job

• Applicants should have served a 4-year recognised and registered craft apprenticeship and will have gained an NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification in Electrical Engineering and possess equivalent previous hospital maintenance experience.
• The post holder would be expected to carry out maintenance duties in an efficient and effective manner to support the successful delivery of a customer focused estate maintenance service for the Trust.
• Perform routine duties which may be delegated by the maintenance team leader with the minimum of supervision and have a flexible and positive approach to change.
• The applicant must understand and competently work on a wide range of Building Services systems with the ability to service, test, diagnose, and repair mechanical / electrical, plant and equipment.
• The successful candidate must be able to read and interpret technical drawing and manuals, as well as have an understanding of electrical / mechanical installation plans and drawings.
• Applicants must have the ability to deal with new situations as they arise and pass on relevant knowledge to the team

Working for our organisation

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Management Responsibilities

• Laise with trust management, Nursing personnel, Support personnel, Statutory bodies and specialist contractors to advise on the best course of action to be taken in situations as they arise and carry out recommendations where this is within their capabilities.
• Follow and ensure compliance with all trust procedures and policies including Health & Safety and Risk management.
• Carry out risk assessments for work carried out by self.
• Participate in the management on call system and be the first point of contact for out of hours emergencies. Manage in an effective manner the emergency call by taking the appropriate action. Escalate any situations to more senior managers as necessary.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Lead and communicate relevant specialist knowledge to other estates staff as and when necessary.
• Carry out priority assessment of workload and carry out tasks according to priority.

Engineering & Building Responsibilities

• Carry out installation, repair, service, and calibration work on a wide range of complex, mechanical, electrical and electronic equipment, building services and plant in accordance with relevant Health technical memoranda, water bylaws, British standards, code of practise and legislation.
• Actively participate in the management, and operation of planned preventive maintenance schemes.
• Undertake the full range of craftsman's duties, using hand and power tools and test equipment. Carry out test and fault diagnostic procedures using electronic instruments both in site and in workshop.
• Carry out manual handling of heavy objects (25kg) as required (after suitable training) to keep plant and equipment running as required.
• Carry out cleaning, decontamination, specialist fault diagnosis and repairs of patient related and specialised equipment.

Communication Responsibilities

• The post holder shall liaise with patients, nursing staff, management, contractors and other support staff to ascertain the extent of problems and priorities.
• The post holder shall produce a record of the results of equipment testing in an appropriate form and give the results to the site management.
• Carry a radio or similar communication device as and when required.

Training Responsibilities

• The post holder will undertake specialist mandatory equipment training to enable the trust to meet its obligations under its policies and legislation.
• Update Knowledge of new techniques/equipment as necessary.
• The post holder will also cascade train either other estates as and when necessary.

General Responsibilities

• Participate in the technician on call system covering all properties maintained by the trust, driving to the requires sites as necessary.
• The daily Technician is expected to cover for periods of shift technicians' absence.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Mechanical / Electrical apprenticeship

Desirable criteria

• H.N.C. or equivalent in a relevant discipline

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Relevant experience in a maintenance / building services environment
• Logical fault-finding methodology

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to react to emergencies
• Computer Literate
• Good Telephone Manner
• Physically fit, able to climb vertical ladders
• Ability to communicate with staff at all levels
• Ability to adapt a reasonable attitude to the duties of the post
• Excellent analytical skills
• Good time keeping
• Willingness to upgrade skills and training
• Ability to communicate and present a professional attitude when under pressure

Other

Essential criteria

• Flexibility
• Able to travel across various site with own car / assisted driver

Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust. MWL is an exciting and forward-thinking NHS Trust who are one of the best places to work for in England.

The Trust may contact you during the recruitment process for your feedback on your experience. We always aim for continuous improvement in our practice.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and value the unique skills, perspective and experience you bring. We are grounded in the belief that diversity enhances our collective strength, fostering innovation and excellence within our workforce. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.