Job vacancy: Plumber-Fitter, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Beckenham

Job summary

Main area: Estates
Grade: AFC Band 4
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 334-NCL-6725846-TA-A

Employer: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Bethlem Royal Hospital
Town: Beckenham
Salary: £31,081 - £33,665 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/12/2024 23:59

Plumber-Fitter

AFC Band 4

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 and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already 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 recognises 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This job is for a Fitter-Plumber who has a good general knowledge of domestic and commercial buildings. In your duties as 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 working within a team.

You will need to knowledge of building structures and fabric as well as fire compartmentalisation 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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

NVQ-3 or equivalent relevant qualification
Health and Safety qualification in one of the following: • Safe use of ladders, • Mobile Elevated Working Platform trained (MEWP) • Safe use and assembly of mobile scaffold towers (PASMA) • COSHH • Manual Handling
Current clean driving licence or training towards obtaining a driving licence

Desirable criteria

Legionella awareness -Legionella training. -Water Regulations -Asbestos Awareness -Fire Safety Awareness

Experience

Essential criteria

To have experience in plumbing, heating and ventilation within a hospital or similar environment
Experience of working within a commercial or Estates maintenance environment
Competent in the installation of pump valves and associated pipework

Desirable criteria

Experience of working in a mental healthcare environment.
NHS (healthcare) experience in a similar role

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Knowledge of domestic and commercial heating, boilers and associated components
Competent in the installation of copper, plastic and iron pipework, Pipe fabrication, welding / soldering and other pipe works
Knowledge of associated trades
Good communication skills
To have basic computer skills

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of compliance demands in healthcare

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome 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 and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note:

That all applications for this post will need to be made online
That you 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
That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
That 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
That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
That 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’