Site: Bethlem Royal Hospital
Town: Beckenham
Salary: £31,081 - £33,665 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/02/2025 23:59
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth, and Richmond.
We are committed to providing high-quality and specialist care to our service users and are recognized for the care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021, together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes, and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognizes the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen, and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within SLaM for an Electrician to join our Estates team at the Bethlem Royal Hospital. The Trust has four main sites and community properties, therefore applicants should be able to arrange their work, parts, and materials and carry out tasks in a safe and tidy manner. To maintain continuity of service, there will be times when extra hours, altered work patterns/duties are required. The post-holder must have a good general knowledge of domestic and commercial building services.
As an Electrician, you will need to be keen, enthusiastic, and physically fit while working as part of a large team. The main activities are maintenance, reactive repairs, compliance monitoring, and associated remedial work at the Bethlem Royal Hospital site and Community Properties. Applicants should be able to arrange their work, parts, and materials and carry out tasks in a safe, tidy manner and be capable of working on their own initiative. The trust provides a wide range of mental health services to the UK. To maintain continuity of service, there will be times when extra hours, altered work patterns/duties are required, as well as a requirement to undertake training to remain current with relevant standards.
Main duties of the job
This job is for an Electrician who has a good general knowledge of domestic and commercial buildings. In your duties of maintenance, there will be statutory checks in line with Approved Code of Practice (Building Regulations, HBN & HTM).
You will be expected to work on your own initiative as well as within a team. You will need knowledge of building structures and fabric as well as fire compartmentalization and fire door maintenance. Applicants should be able to arrange their work, parts, and materials and carry out tasks in a safe and tidy manner.
Working for our organisation
The Bethlem Royal Hospital is located within the Croydon Borough and is less than 10 minutes from the train station with a local bus stop outside the main gates. We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich, and Wandsworth.
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you are valued and appreciated, which is why we have a comprehensive benefits package.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To undertake planned preventative maintenance or emergency work as demanded by a Hospital of this type and use all skills and knowledge to ensure safe methods of working and to carry out maintenance tasks in a safe and cost-effective way for the Trust.
2. To understand the workings of engineering services and systems and building structures in NHS/Trust premises. Ensuring that they are maintained to a high standard and that all plant and equipment are utilized in a safe and efficient manner.
3. To work as part of a departmental team and where necessary to support/assist the work of colleagues, and to be able to work with staff of all levels and disciplines throughout the trust.
4. To provide maintenance service to all Trust buildings and off-site properties and be able to work unsupervised. To have a flexible approach to the work and be able to work beyond the normal hours of duty if required and to carry out other tasks from other disciplines should circumstances dictate.
5. To ensure work undertaken is completed in a timely manner and that appropriate records are updated through the requisite system.
6. To keep up to date with any new legislation and attend training courses as directed by the Estate Manager.
7. To be able to work safely in accordance with the Health & Safety at Work Act, and to follow any other safety policies or guidelines as issued by the Trust.
8. To be compassionate and mindful to our clients and be aware of the need for safe use, security, and storage of plant, equipment, and tools.
9. To drive between trust properties in a safe and timely manner adhering to trust policies.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NVQ3 or equivalent in relevant trade
* BS7671 18th edition + amendments
* Health & Safety qualification in one of the following; Safe use of ladders, Pasma certificate, Manual handling
* CSCS card
* Testing & Inspection, Design and verification
* Abrasive wheel certificate
* Coshh training
Experience
* Knowledge of the compliance demands in healthcare premises
* Knowledge of all associated trades
* Ability to work in occupied areas safely and conduct oneself in a manner that preserves dignity and respect to our clients
* Ability to deal with tense, difficult, and stressful situations in the ward environment
* Experience in Building Management systems
* Experience in Fire alarm systems
* Experience in Intruder systems
* Experience in Emergency lighting systems
* Previous experience in this type of environment
* Experience of working in a psychiatric hospital
Knowledge
* Basic computer skills
* Full Clean driving licence
* Knowledge of HTM regulations
The Trust is committed to providing services that embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, welcoming applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect, and dignity while promoting equality and human rights.
Please note:
* All applications for this post will need to be made online.
* Please read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria.
* The closing date listed is a guide only and the vacancy may close earlier should a sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible.
* Once you have submitted your application, you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.
* If you have not heard from us within three weeks from the closing date, your application has not been successful.
* Priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees.
* If you are successful and appointed, you authorize South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process.
* We are a smoke-free Trust.
SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion. Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe.
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