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Job summary

Main area
Electrical
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Night time on call)
Job ref
197-RF5510
Employer
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
University
Town
Lewisham
Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 per annum plus HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/07/2024 23:59

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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust logo

Electrical Technician

Band 5

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over  staying comfortable; Listening  over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Job overview

To provide a Technical service in the Estates department to include the maintenance, operation and installation of a range of building services plant, equipment and services.

Main duties of the job

1.              To understand and have a full working knowledge of electrical and electronic systems on Trust plant and equipment. 

2.              To service, test, diagnose, repair and calibrate advanced electrical and electronic management and control systems including fire alarms, security systems, building management systems (i.e. trend) and nurse call.

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

  1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
  2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
  3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
  4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
  5. Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1.              To carry out supervisory duties in support of the Estates Officer in the management of the maintenance team.

2.              To learn new skills and techniques (given appropriate training) as necessary. 

3.              To fully understand the relationship of a craft persons work with his/her own work. 

11.           To produce and input works dockets using the Planet Maintenance system. To raise and distribute work dockets as required for maintenance activities using the Planet Maintenance Management system.  To prioritise work dockets and manage the workload using the Planet Maintenance Management system. To record work completed and time taken for each work docket on paper or on electronic devices (PDA).

To assist the Line Manager with completion of statutory insurance work and inspections.

 To have a working knowledge of the current edition of the IEE regulations.

To undertake emergency release of trapped lift passengers as required (after suitable training).

To carry and respond to electronic communication system (portable Radios) in line with the policy and procedure for said system.

Typical equipment you will be required to maintain/repair will include power supplies, lighting, emergency lighting, fire alarm systems, public address systems, portable equipment, motors, control panels, automatic control systems, heating systems, steam generation plant, air conditioning, ice storage, catering equipment, lifts, electric vehicles, building management systems, CCTV, security systems inc. personal attack, door access and burglar alarms, and the vacuum transfer system.

To diagnose and repair faults on the above plant and equipment in response to emergency calls.  To assist engineers in carrying out fault diagnosis and subsequently to carry out repairs or modifications.

 To modify existing plant, equipment, controls and distribution systems. This to include, if necessary, testing of the system and completion of documentation.

To install temporary installations when appropriate and safe to do so.

To manufacture or modify equipment and parts as required from drawings and sketches using tools and equipment as appropriate.

To undertake testing as part of any planned maintenance and following minor installations or modifications.

To prepare or assist in the preparation of plant for statutory inspections.

To supervise the work of craftsman and assistants.

To carry out basic servicing tasks in whichever field the post holder is not craft-qualified, commensurate with training and safety requirements.

To participate in the “on-call” rota and be prepared to cover others for sickness, leave or other absence.

To be available to work overtime, sometimes at short notice (if available to do so, to meet the needs of the Trust, particularly for shutdowns and servicing of key clinical areas.

To use and have an understanding of complex control systems (i.e. BMS, boiler controls, AHV controls) and carry out first line fault finding and diagnosis on them.

To supervise and assist contractors in carrying out surveys and works as required, including assisting with access to areas (plant rooms, roofs, ductways etc.) and works to plant.

To ensure that all policies and procedures laid down by the Trust are strictly complied with.

To carry out his/her duties in line with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy.

To carry out works in all areas of the Trusts buildings (i.e. wards, clinics, plantrooms, corridors, roofs etc. to carry out works in areas of extreme temperatures i.e. boiler rooms and underground ductways.

The post holder will be required to be flexible according to the needs and resources of the Department and may be requested to undertake other duties as appropriate to the grade of the post.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria
  • Apprenticeship
  • City & Guilds part 2 & 3
  • Electrical installations + 17th Edition.
Desirable criteria
  • City & Guilds 2391 and Competencies in: • Planned Preventative Maintenance • Diagnostic skills • Control systems • BMS • Heating & Ventilation

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant Skilled Experience
Desirable criteria
  • Significant Hospital Experience
  • Health & Safety

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • City & Guilds part 2 & 3 Electrical installations + 17th Edition
Desirable criteria
  • ONC (Ordinary National Certificate)

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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
Matt Chivers
Job title
Senior Operations Manager (Estates)
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07748 988482
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