Main area Estates Grade NHS AfC Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Normally 8.00am - 4.00pm) Job ref 190-8314-DIR-C
Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Northern General Hospital Town Sheffield Salary £24,071 - £25,674 pa/pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 06/01/2025 23:59
Maintenance Assistant
NHS AfC Band 3
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages, and financial support systems.
Job overview
We are looking for a suitable applicant to join our Estates Management Team that maintains and develops a substantial Estate at one of the country’s foremost Teaching Foundation Trusts.
Duties will involve the undertaking of minor repairs and maintenance across this site and assisting the craftsmen with major repairs. Duties will also include carrying out regular inspections of plant and equipment whilst ensuring irregularities are promptly reported.
Main duties of the job
1. To maintain the Trust’s building fabric, Engineering plant, Building Services and equipment in an efficient, economic and safe manner, in accordance with Health & Safety and other relevant regulations, guidelines, Codes of Practice and Departmental and Trust Policies.
2. To undertake general housekeeping duties to ensure an acceptable level of workshop and plant room cleanliness.
3. To become proficient in the operation of steam raising boiler plant and act in a team rotational basis to cover duties in this area.
4. To undertake minor repairs and maintenance, unsupervised across the site.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
* GCSE C/4 or above in English and Mathematics or equivalent qualification (Key skills level 2)
* An engineering background or qualification
Experience
* Experience in building services maintenance environment
* Ability to safely and competently carry out work or other trades
Further Training
* Basic Health & Safety
* 18th Edition Awareness Training
* First Aid
* Boiler house, Pressure Systems and Pressure Management Training
* Portable Appliance Testing
* Ability to follow instructions
* Ability to work to tight and conflicting priorities
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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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