This role will assist in the provision of an efficient, responsive, flexible and effective Estates Maintenance service to the Maidstone Hospital site as part of the Estates Department team.
The shift pattern is - 2 x 12Hr Days, 2 x 12Hr Nights then 4 days off.
You will work with minimal supervision, providing maintenance, repairs, and replacement services as necessary to the Plumbing System and Drainage, including Macerators. You will also have the willingness to learn and attend to other trade issues such as Locks, Nurse Call systems, and Fire alarm activations.
You will undertake both reactive repairs and planned preventative maintenance (PPM) programmed to help prolong the life expectancy of the Plumbing drainage and ward macerators. Recording work carried out via a software package.
To work on a wide range of hospital plumbing systems and waste drainage, including out-of-hours work (i.e., Nights and Weekends) to deal with multi-skilled issues such as Nurse call systems, Fire alarm activations, broken locks, and similar.
On-the-job training will be given, and you will be supported by our "Out of hours" office on-call technical staff, 7 days a week. On-site familiarisation will begin on "Days" only for up to 3 months to allow you to learn the site and systems before going onto the shift pattern.
MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England, providing a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff and provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.
In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
For further details / informal visits, contact: Name: Jithin Jose Job title: Mechanical Technical Officer Email address: jithin.jose1@nhs.net Telephone number: 01622 224536
Darren Burkett
Mechanical Supervisor
Estates Department
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