Job overview
1. The duties include highly complex fault finding and maintenance on all aspects of engineering plant and equipment throughout the Trust.
2. The duties must be carried out within stringent timescales and within statutory guidelines.
3. The post holder must participate in the Trust wide out of hours call system.
4. The post holder must work as part of a multi-disciplinary professional team, providing technical expertise within the Trust’s buildings and associated plant.
Main duties of the job
5. To undertake multi-skilled workmanship in Electrical Engineering disciplines.
6. To liaise with Contractors, Clinical Staff and other Professional Personnel on maintenance issues.
7. To maintain a very high standard of professional workmanship when dealing with complex technical matters.
8. To provide technical support and information to work colleagues and contractors.
9. To organise and carry out engineering shutdowns of utility services, when required.
10. To be responsible for maintaining Health and Safety within the Trust premises. To comply at all times with ‘CDM’ and Health and Safety Regulations.
11. To operate Building Management Systems and to interrogate programmes and change parameters when required.
12. To carry out regular testing of the Trust’s back-up facilities, including Back-Up Generators and Uninterrupted Power Supplies Systems.
13. To identify and rectify faults on Low Voltage Distribution Systems within strict timescales.
14. To fault find on complex Air Handling Units and Refrigeration Plant, and to carry out regular, Planned Preventative Maintenance when required.
15. To find and rectify faults on all Fire and Nurse Call Systems unsupervised, upgrading existing systems when necessary. To provide appropriate training to staff when required.
16. To find and rectify faults on Medical Gas equipment, i.e. changing of O-rings/washers, and to work on ‘live’ systems when supervised.
17. Any other duties within the scope of the post as may be required from time to time.
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualification & Training
Essential criteria
18. 18th Edition City and Guilds IEE Regulations Certificate
19. Diploma in Electrical Engineering
Desirable criteria
20. Building Management Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
21. To have completed a full recognised apprenticeship
22. Significant experience in the Electrical Engineering environment
Desirable criteria
23. To have experience of working in Healthcare premises
24. To be accustomed to working on Planned Preventative Schemes
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Closing date
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Shortlisting
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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
NameChris NorthcottJob titleElectrical ChargehandEmail addressTelephone number07876289914