Main area: Estates & Facilities
Grade: Band 4
Contract: Permanent (This role attracts further contractual overtime payments and shift premiums on top of the stated salary range.)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shifts: 24/7 4 on 4 off pattern (12-hour shifts))
Job ref: 164-6775910
Employer: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: City Town: Nottingham
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 23/11/2024 23:59
Maintenance Plumber (Shifts)
Band 4
Job overview
The post holder will form part of the existing team responsible for the building maintenance of the Trust. The post holder should ideally have served an apprenticeship, though non-time served post holders may be considered providing that they fit the general criteria for the post. Maintenance Plumbers will be employed on work appropriate to their core specialist skills. They will, however, progressively be suitably trained to acquire elements of each other’s skills with the intention of reaching levels of flexibility and competence to enable them to achieve and apply the ability where required to perform the summary duties listed below. A smart appearance and courteous disposition is needed as the post holder will be meeting patients and members of the public.
Main duties of the job
1. Interpret and work from written and verbal instructions, detailed engineering drawings and specifications appropriate to the trade.
2. Be accountable for your own professional actions, not directly supervised.
3. Ensure compliance with all statutory regulations including Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the HSC Approved Code of Practice for the Control of Legionella [L8] + HSG274.
4. Understand the relationship of other craftsmen’s work to his/her own and provide training, technical advice/support to trainees and maintenance assistants.
5. Use sound professional judgment in responding, without supervision, to plumbing, sewage and all water services emergencies throughout the hospital.
6. Work unsupervised mainly within confined hazardous service voids, also sterile environments such as pharmacy aseptic, operating theatre suites and TSC clean rooms, being aware of, and using departmental procedures.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Undertake planned preventative maintenance on all plumbing and related mechanical plant as defined and scheduled by the concept management system.
2. Be fully conversant with all types of pump and undertake in situ or bench fitting repairs of pumps, thermostatic mixing valves and water fittings.
3. Be fully conversant with essential equipment such as macerators, washer disinfectors and waste disposal units.
4. Undertake the safe isolation of changeover of plant in the event of failure or malfunction.
5. Work in service void areas experiencing cramped, confined spaces and abrupt temperature changes.
6. Be competent in the installation and joining of all materials/types of pipework from 15 – 100mm.
7. Diagnose and rectify faults on all plant and equipment.
8. Be conversant with the operation and maintenance of sewage ejectors.
9. Operate computer-based building management system to monitor environmental conditions.
10. Keep up-to-date on new techniques and job practices.
11. Assist fitters in emergencies or when required.
12. Participate in governance activities to ensure that the highest standards of care and business conduct are achieved.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
* CITB or EITB Apprenticeship and/or City & Guilds (Part II) Plumbing/Maintenance and/or NVQ Level 2 in engineering related discipline.
* Technical knowledge of a range of systems including expertise in areas where specialist theoretical and practical experience has been gained.
Experience
* Relevant experience demonstrating high flexibility and versatility over a wide range of engineering services.
Communication and Relationship skills
* Provide and receive routine technical information orally and written which requires communicating with hospital staff, colleagues, contractors and suppliers.
Analytical and Judgement Skills
* Analyses routine instructions where judgement is made as to the correct course of action having taken into account several factors including the diagnosis and resolutions of technical problems.
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