Job overview
Please note, previous applicants need not apply.
The Estates Department is looking for a Building Craftsperson (carpentry bias) with a background preferably gained in a building services or healthcare environment.
Works will also include minor painting tasks, lock maintenance and drainage clearance and inspections.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant's primary duties will be to mostly undertake building and minor improvement tasks across the Trust's properties and for its contracted customers, ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards and procedures.
The applicant must have the physical ability and agility to carry out manual handling.
Additional training will be provided for a successful applicant where they do not fully meet the person specification.
Must have a current full UK driving license.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person specification
Training
Essential criteria
1. A minimum qualification level of NVQ level 3
2. Health & Safety awareness training
Desirable criteria
3. Access equipment qualifications
4. Asbestos awareness training
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
5. Completion of a structured training programme in a suitable trade related field.
6. Knowledge of specialist drainage clearing equipment, door maintenance, carpentry, wood working machines, building fabric, operation of site gritting equipment
Desirable criteria
7. Experience of working in an acute hospital environment
Skills & Ability
Essential criteria
8. Good communication skills
9. Ability to work at times without supervision
Desirable criteria
10. Adaptable to change