Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Engineering - FH
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2024-38-02-DR
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Freeman Hospital
- Town
- 317 01 Freeman Hospital
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/10/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 10/10/2024
Employer heading
Specialist Craftsperson (Mechanical)
Band 5
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has a fantastic opportunity for aspiring, customer focused, mechanical maintenance professionals to be based at the Freeman Hospital. Working within a small multi-disciplinary team, the chosen applicant will help maintain the building services infrastructure at one of the Top 10 Hospital Trusts in the U.K.
On offer is:
- An attractive salary of up to £36,483 (dependant on previous experience) with enhancements available for shift working.
- Inclusion in one of the most generous pension schemes in the country with employer contributions of 9.3%.
- Clear career progression routes.
- Regular professional training with access to development training.
- A regular, consistent, working pattern
- Interview Date: 10 October 2024
- 37 hours 30 minutes/week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Main duties of the job
To install, maintain, service and repair the full range of estates specialist equipment, plant and infrastructure.
Provide technical advice to other estates maintenance staff and contractors to ensure compliance with safety standards and procedures.
Undertake condition surveys, evaluates inspection reports
Act in the role of Competent Person/Responsible Person, as defined by Health Technical Memorandum, for at least two of the following areas:
- Water Safety
- Pressure Systems
- Medical Gasses.
- Specialist Ventilation
- Decontamination.
- Confined Spaces
- Undertakes condition surveys, evaluates inspection reports.
Candidates must have completed a recognised mechanical or electrical engineering apprenticeship, be self-motivated with a desire to develop new skills and flexible to meet the demands of a large acute hospital.
Working for our organisation
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job Purpose
To install, maintain, service and repair the full range of estates specialist equipment, plant and infrastructure.
- Provides technical advice to other estates maintenance staff and contractors to ensure compliance with safety standards and procedures.
- Act in the role of Competent Person/Responsible Person, as defined by Health Technical Memorandum, for at least two of the following areas:
o Water Safety
o Lifting Equipment
o Pressure Systems
o Medical Gasses.
o Specialist Ventilation o Decontamination.
o Confined Spaces
- Undertakes condition surveys, evaluates inspection reports.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BTEC, HNC/HND or Approved Apprenticeship, City and Guilds or NVQ 3 Technicians Certificate or equivalent qualificationsin relevant topics plus significant technical experience
- Comprehensive post apprenticeship experience in hospital maintenance environment.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Expertise and an understanding of complex mechanical healthcare related infrastructure.
- Have a working knowledge of the following: o Ventilation and cooling systems. o Steam generation and distribution. o MTHW & LTHW generation and distribution. o DHW & DCW generation and distribution. o BMS control systems. o Pneumatic systems.
- An understanding of key legislation relating to the maintenance of healthcare facilities.
- Experience of working in an industrial environment.
- Experience in Electrical and/or Mechanical services systems maintenance
Desirable criteria
- Mechanical testing and inspection
- Hospital experience
- Working with natural gas systems
- Working knowledge of Building Management Systems.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of effective communication and clear writing skills
- Evidence on the ability to use tools and test equipment
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of specialist skills i.e Pipe welding, steriliser maintenance
- Evidence of the ability to evaluate and solve problems in situ
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
- Will Marsh
- Job title
- Specialist Engineering Manager (Mechanical)
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2826819
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