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Electrical Engineer
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
37.5 hours per week (Full Time 37.5 hours per week)
Job ref
435-UHMBL061224
Employer
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Lancaster Infirmary
Town
Lancaster
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
03/01/2025 23:59

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Advanced Engineer - Electrical

NHS AfC: Band 5

  • Lancashire and South Cumbria Provider Collaborative (OneLsc)

The five provider NHS trusts in Lancashire and South Cumbria are working together as partners, delivering joint priorities to improve health and healthcare.

Together, we aim to drive up quality by sharing skills and best practice, pooling our resources and standardising the way we work to reduce variation and duplication.

We want to ensure patients have equal access to the same high-quality care wherever they live. We also want our colleagues to have the same high-quality experience wherever they work.

One Lancashire and South Cumbria (One LSC) and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.

 

Job overview

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic person to join the current Estates Maintenance Services team at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. 

You should be experienced, time served, and suitably qualified in electrical installation, maintenance, fault finding, and repairs.

Main duties of the job

Ideally, you will have experience of working within healthcare, or large commercial/public buildings, but this is not essential - as specific training will be given.

Working as part of a team, and individually, you will be required to carry out electrical maintenance and installation work within acute and community NHS properties. This will be on medium voltage main distribution systems, emergency power generation, lighting, door access, air conditioning, data, nurse call systems and other low voltage equipment.

The successful candidate must be able to self motivate, work relatively unsupervised, and be a good communicator on all levels. Flexible working will be required where you will assist other trades and undertake other tasks to maintain the building services.

The successful candidate will be required to join an on-call team to provide an out of hours emergency response - after an initial training period.

This post is based at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary in Lancaster.

Working for our organisation

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, and Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services. 

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses. 

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay. 

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/  

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full apprenticeship or equivalent approved training.
  • NVQ3, BTEC or Equivalent
  • Driving licence (B)
  • CP/AP training in related subjects
Desirable criteria
  • City and Guild qualifications in relevant subjects.
  • A recognised health & safety qualification (IOSH etc)
  • A qualification in access control/lifts/electronics

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of safe systems of work in an electrical setting
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of BMS systems
  • Experience with A/C plant
  • Experience of hospital systems and equipment. policies, and procedures especially HTM's and relevant DOH guidance

Skills, ability & knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing with other members of the department, other (non technical) Trust staff, patients, visitors, public utilities and emergency services as required.
  • Ability to deal with information sensitively and confidentially.
  • Computer literate
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to lead/train others.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardPositive about disabled peopleInvestors in PeopleCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident committedStep into healthHappy to Talk Flexible Working

Applicant requirements

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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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Keith McIntyre
Job title
Engineering Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07811 520 878
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