Main area: Estates and Facilities
Grade: Band 4
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shift pattern 2x 12hr days, 2x 12hr nights, 4 off)
Job ref: 287-CEF-382-24
Employer: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Liverpool Hospital
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 + RRP £5000 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/11/2024 23:59
Shift Maintenance Fitter
Band 4
Job overview
The Maintenance department is seeking a Shift Maintenance Fitter to join their busy team. We are looking for a highly motivated and professional individual who has the ability to prioritise workloads and identify potential improvements to operational systems and management processes in order to increase departmental efficiencies.
The role involves working a 4 on 4 off (24/7) shift pattern within the estates department based at the Royal Liverpool Hospital.
The successful candidate should have good diagnostic and fault-finding skills and be able to read and interpret technical drawings and manuals, as well as have an understanding of electrical installation plans and drawings.
Main duties of the job
To work as a member of a multitasking maintenance team providing professional and technical expertise with an effective and efficient focus on service delivery. To carry out or oversee the repair, maintenance, or installation of complex plant and equipment associated with premises administered by the Trust's Estates department.
This will involve a multi-skilled approach as well as the full range of duties associated with the post holder’s core trade. The post holder will be expected to maintain their appearance in line with the Trust dress code, uphold the Trust’s values, and maintain professional and courteous working relationships with staff while respecting the equality and diversity of each person they come into contact with during their work duties.
The role will undertake planned and reactive maintenance of essential systems across the diverse services of the Trust estate.
You will need to have the ability to analyse faults and undertake rectifications to ensure continuity of service.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital, and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Carry out day-to-day mechanical repairs, planned maintenance, and improvements to the Trust's buildings in a manner that conforms to statutory regulations and codes of practice.
Responsible for installation of mechanical new work.
Part of a multi-skilled, multi-disciplinary maintenance team.
Participation in the emergency on-call will be required by contractual obligation to ensure safe systems and service continuity. Cross-site working will also be required.
Person specification
Qualifications
* A National Qualification Framework NQF achievement to level 3 or above (e.g., City & Guilds, BTEC or equivalent).
* A qualification in Building services would be an advantage.
Experience
* Experience in building services maintenance with a demonstrable track record of competence.
* Previous experience in a large acute hospital.
Knowledge
* Basic electrical knowledge.
* Knowledge and appreciation of Building Maintenance Issues.
* Knowledge of NHS and working in clinical Areas.
* Knowledge of Estates maintenance.
Skills
* Excellent oral and written communication skills.
* Full UK driving licence.
* Able to plan own workload, be flexible, and prioritise tasks.
* Ability to develop and work effectively in a team.
* Self-Motivator.
* Ability to work under pressure.
Other
* BMS Experience.
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieving fair, equitable, and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge, and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from under-represented groups in our workforce.
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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