Job summary
- Main area
- Carpenter & Joiner
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 359-6377694-T3
- Employer
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maidstone Hospital
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 15/07/2024
Employer heading
Carpenter & Joiner
Band 4
Job overview
To 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 post holder shall carry out maintenance, repairs and new works including joinery, locks, furniture, fittings, doors, windows etc.
Undertake both reactive repairs and planned preventative maintenance (PPM) programme to help prolong the life expectancy of equipment/plant. Recording work carried out via a software package.
Main duties of the job
Complete allocated reactive and planned work in accordance with Trust and departmental policies and procedures.
Work with minimal supervision, providing maintenance, repair and replacement services as necessary to the carpentry service.
Respond to emergency and urgent repair requests in a timely and effective manner, restoring services where possible or making services safe until more extensive or specialist work can be undertaken and completed. Record and report any further work required as necessary
Working for our organisation
MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England. We provide 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. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.
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 be sure 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions. |
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Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Standard Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children) |
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At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Interview Date: 15th July 2024 |
Person specification
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the maintenance procedures relating to the complex and specialised engineering services, systems, plant and equipment within a hospital Trust – both Mechanical and Electrical.
- Working knowledge of Health & Safety regulations.
- Recognition and understanding of statutory requirements relating to pressure systems.
- Recognition and understanding of the Electricity at Work Regulations.
- Experience of working within a primary or secondary care environment, Experience of managing a diverse day-to-day workload.
- Proven experience of working in an equivalent role.
- Experience of carrying out unsupervised building fabric maintenance and minor repair work.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ2 or City & Guilds in an engineering discipline – or an equivalent level of experience.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as part of a team or on own initiative on a wide range of applications across the Trust.
- To be able to work under pressure to resolve major disruptions.
- Willingness to assist in training and attend training as required.
- A dedicated and committed member of a diverse team of engineers
- UK current driving licence
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Martin Grant
- Job title
- Building Technical Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01622 224507
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