Job overview
We are recruiting for a Estates Maintenance Worker who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The post holder will be a carpenter with a building background and will carry out, with minimum supervision, building maintenance and installation work on all buildings within East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust estate.
They will also provide technical building/carpentry advice and support for the maintenance of all relevant buildings within the trust.
The post holder will need to be able to travel easily between sites.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The Estates Maintenance Worker will maintain/repair and install door furniture, fixtures and fittings.
Be able to erect studwork partitioning walls, plaster boarding, hang doors, bath panels and boxing in other fittings when required.
Understand, maintain, install and repair simple & complex locks and locking systems, coded door locks and drug cupboard locks.
Manufacture parts and assemblies using lathes and machine tool and be able to undertake minor decoration work.
Understand all relevant statutory building requirements.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
* Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
* Extensive experience working on reactive and planned maintenance carpentry/joinery tasks
Desirable criteria
* Previous hospital experience
Skills
Essential criteria
* Good communication skills
* Has the ability to manage multiple tasks.
* Able to solve problems or pre-empt problems by employing appropriate measures and processes.
* Commitment to, and experience of, multi-professional working arrangements and projects
Desirable criteria
* Flexible and keen to progress and be trained in other skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Able to diagnose and repair faults on all carpentry, door furniture and fittings found around the hospital.
* Exceptional understanding and working knowledge of technical specifications required for carpentry maintenance and repair.
* Exceptional understanding and working knowledge of health and safety standards for carpentry maintenance and repair
* Understanding and appreciation of other craft trades and services within the healthcare premises
Desirable criteria
* Knowledge of fitting all types of locks used in the healthcare building environment.
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
* Completed an Approved Apprenticeship, NVQ Level 2/3 or full City and Guilds Certification in Carpentry and/or Joinery
* Health and Safety Courses