Maintenance Operative (Band 3)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

To provide an efficient maintenance service across Trust properties.

Key Working Relationships

Internal: Work collaboratively with Estates colleagues, managers, departmental leads, clinical teams and other Trust staff.

External: Maintain effective working relationships with contractors, service providers, other NHS organisations and emergency services.

Working Environment and Risks

The role may involve exposure to:

• Machinery, electrical systems, chemicals and noise
• Working at height, on ladders and in confined spaces
• Biological hazards, sewage and dirty working areas
• Manual handling and lone working
• Contact with patients in mental health settings
• Plant rooms, ducts and external grounds

Appropriate training, risk assessments, safe systems of work and personal protective equipment must be followed.

Key Responsibilities

• Water hygiene: Complete flushing, temperature monitoring, sampling, cleaning and record keeping. Report concerns and support system chlorination where trained and authorised.
• Plant and services: Carry out routine checks, identify faults, leaks and safety concerns, and report them for repair.
• Planned preventive maintenance: Complete allocated PPM inspections and maintenance tasks in line with Trust schedules.
• Drainage: Clear minor blockages and maintain drainage systems, arranging and supervising contractors where required.
• Air plant and equipment: Undertake basic cleaning and maintenance of ventilation plant, firefighting equipment, patient equipment and medical furniture.
• Lighting: Replace lamps and clean and refit diffusers.
• Building maintenance: Complete minor repairs to fixtures, fittings, floors, windows, doors, roofs, gutters and downpipes, including painting and decorating.
• Plumbing: Undertake minor plumbing repairs, such as replacing toilet seats, re-washering taps and repairing small leaks.
• Grounds: Complete basic grounds maintenance and coordinate gardening contractors.
• Waste: Support the secure collection and disposal of confidential waste.
• Transport: Move equipment and materials manually or using Trust vehicles.
• Sterilisers: Transport sterilisers between sites and undertake minor repairs where competent.
• Team support: Assist Estates tradespeople and managers with maintenance activities.
• Adverse weather: Support snow clearing, flood response and other weather-related duties during and outside normal working hours.

Special Requirements

• Work additional or flexible hours when required to maintain essential services.
• Work temporarily at other Trust locations when operationally required.
• Hold a valid UK driving licence.

General Responsibilities

• Maintain the confidentiality of patient, staff and Trust information.
• Comply with data protection, information governance and Caldicott principles.
• Follow health and safety procedures and use approved manual-handling practices.
• Report accidents, incidents, hazards and near misses promptly.
• Support equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Declare actual or potential conflicts of interest.
• Undertake other reasonable duties appropriate to the role and service needs.

Main improvements

• Removed repeated wording and unnecessary detail.
• Grouped similar maintenance duties together.
• Replaced outdated terminology, including Criminal Records Bureau, with wording that can be aligned to the Trusts current recruitment and disclosure statement.
• Clarified that technical work should only be completed where the post-holder is trained, competent and authorised

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE in Maths and English at level 3 or 4 (grade D or above) orfunctional skills level 2
• City & Guilds or NVQ Level 2 in a construction related discipline.

Desirable

• IPAF, PASMA, Abrasive wheels, Asbestos awareness etc.
• Specific Healthcare training and qualifications

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of working unsupervised in repair and maintenance activities
• Understand and demonstrate basic competency and safe working practices (electrical, plumbing/mechanical and building)

Desirable

• Completion of a registered apprenticeship or structured training program in Building or Construction for a minimum of 3 years
• Awareness of Health & Safety Legislation and safe systems of work (Permits).
• Demonstrable proficiency in use of basic computer software and hand held devices.
• Repair and maintenance in a healthcare environment
• Experience of testing fire alarms and/or safety and stand by systems/equipment
• Experience of water hygiene testing regimes

Skills/Personal qualities

Essential

• Provide and receive routine and complex information and be able to communicate issues to others, both verbal and via email
• Problem solving
• Highly developed physical skills; able to demonstrate the effective and safe use of a range of trade associated tools and equipment including fine tools/ materials to repair delicate equipment
• Ability to carry out point of work and task lite risk assessment(s) according to training and experience prior to commencing work and continue to risk assess whilst work is undertaken
• Self motivated
• Ability to plan and organise own work load and able to prioritise
• The ability to work autonomously and as a team player as appropriate, demonstrating an understanding of relationship between own work and that of other craftsmen
• Able to work within a high pressure and emotive environment and to tight deadlines

Trust Behaviours & Other requirements

Essential

• Be compassionate, empathetic and caring to everyone
• Enable yourself and others to act with confidence and authority in order to achieve the best outcome for everyone
• Work with others. Be inclusive by understanding and valuing others to achieve the best results for everyone and everything we do
• Act with transparency and honesty; respect and value others to do the right thing at the right time for everyone
• It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner or able to travel to and from various Trust Locations as required to commence/complete their working from. A Leased Trust vehicle will be provided for work related duties during the normal working day and when on-call.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details

Employer name

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Edward Street Hospital

Edward Street

West Bromwich

B708NL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk/