Main area Estates - Property Maintenance Grade Band 4 Contract Permanent: On call rota Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 8:00-16:00. 24/7 on call rota currently 1 week in 6, subject to change) Job ref 267-CS7094009
Site Warneford Hospital Town Oxford Salary £26,530 - £29,114 plus on call allowance of 4.5% per annum | pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 13/04/2025 23:59
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
Job overview
Are you a multi-skilled trades/handyperson looking for your next career move?
If so, we would love to hear from you!
You will be a member of multi-skilled estates team with the primary role of optimising the quality and condition of our properties to ensure buildings are kept in a safe condition. You'll be maintaining a high level of quality across our sites, with expertise in the safe use of hand tools such as power drills, pliers, paper strippers and a variety of other tools used in plumbing and carpentry.
With your excellent understanding of building mechanisms including electrical, plumbing, plant safety systems and equipment, you'll be providing first and immediate response to fault finding, whilst maximizing quality and cost effectiveness whilst ensuring prevention of major damage.
If this sounds like you, come and join our friendly and supportive Estates Team to ensure our sites are clean, safe and well maintained for everyone.
This role requires participation in a 24/7 on call rota currently 1 week in every 6. Overtime rates will be paid for call outs during this period in addition to an on-call allowance of 4.5% of your salary per annum/pro rata.
Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.
Main duties of the job
* Maintenance tasks on numerous inpatient & outpatient hospitals, wards & associated buildings / sites - with a customer focus.
* Health & safety considerations & compliance with all activities.
* Sympathetic & tactful towards inpatients & service users.
* Reactive maintenance tasks including building fabric, fixtures & fittings, basic carpentry, plumbing & basic electrical.
* Planned preventative maintenance tasks.
* Priorities works & procurement of materials in collaboration with estates officer.
* Work in accordance with infection control standards.
* Drive a trust vehicle between sites to attend jobs.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Understand and maintain electrical distribution, safe repair of electrical installation to legal requirements, for example replacing damaged sockets, plugs, lighting and fuses.
* Carry out general repairs and reactive maintenance.
* Complete PPM’s.
* Understand and maintain plumbing and drainage systems, for example repairs to WC systems, leaking taps or water testing and unblocking drains.
* Carry out decorating and painting (internal and external).
* Maintain grounds and external fabrication of a building, such as drainage and guttering.
* Record and report information accurately either internally or externally.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Level 3 vocational qualification in carpentry, plumbing or electrical and/or equivalent relevant experience carrying out maintenance in a hospital or construction environment.
Knowledge and Experience
* Trained in the use of hardware tools and electrical equipment.
* Basic building knowledge.
* Carried out maintenance and repairs in properties/ construction or other environments.
* Previous experience of working in an NHS environment.
Job Aptitude and Skills
* Must be able to set and negotiate priorities and follow programme workload to meet deadlines.
* Communicates technical issues to maintenance staff/ explain technical issues to other staff.
* Ability to work safely with no on site supervision.
* All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
* Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
* We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
* Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
* We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
* We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
* We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Philip Brodermann Job title Estates Officer Email address philip.brodermann@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk Telephone number 07909917405 Additional information
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