The Estates department at the Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby has an exciting opportunity for an individual to join the onsite maintenance team.
The Estates team is a support service vital to the smooth running of the hospital. The team works behind the scenes to keep the hospital operational. The working environment is very diverse, and the equipment is highly specialised and unique to healthcare. No two days are alike, and when you work within an acute hospital setting knowing that you have contributed to maintaining a positive patient environment is very rewarding.
This role is diverse. The nature of the work could see you working on complex water systems, specialised heating, refrigeration & ventilation systems, complicated drainage and waste systems through to assisting multiskilled maintenance craft persons in specialised plant and equipment areas.
A Maintenance Craftsperson Assistant position plays a key role within the Estates Engineering Maintenance Services. The post supports the wider maintenance team in the delivery of maintenance programmes that will contribute to a safe, cost effective, efficient, and compliant hospital site.
The post holder will undertake works relating to the maintenance and repairs of Trust properties, equipment, grounds & gardens ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, health technical memorandum’s, trust policies and procedures to ensure a clean, safe and functional environment for patients, public and staff to support the delivery of patient care. The post also holds a significant patient, staff and visitor safety function during the winter months, providing on call support overnight and at weekends for de-icing and snow clearing.
The NHS has definitive career progression pathways, training opportunities, with career advancement. There are various ways to continuously develop you and your career along with a great work life balance, teamwork and working to support your local hospital. In addition to this you will receive a generous annual leave entitlement, access to an excellent pension scheme, staff benefits including staff discount and lottery schemes.
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers, we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
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Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/
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