A permanent vacancy has arisen within the Estates & Facilities Directorate for a Trainee Estates Officer to join the Barts Heath NHS Trust. The job is based at Whipps Cross Hospital but may be required to work at other hospitals and health care premises within Barts Health NHS Trust.
Duties cover the full range of Estates engineering services including planned and breakdown maintenance, servicing, and repair of buildings and fixtures work across the hospital estate.
Key Responsibilities of the post will include developing the hospital’s digital estates information systems and providing specialist support of the hospital’s critical security infrastructure systems. The post is designed to develop an ambitious engineering graduate into a potential NHS Estates senior leader of the future whilst building key skills and experience improving the estates systems at the hospital.
The basic working week is 37.5 hours, Monday-Friday 08:30 to 16:30. You must, however, have the ability and willingness to work flexible hours including overtime and call outs as workload demands, for which additional payment is made. The position is also eligible for the NHS pension scheme along with access to a wide range of staff benefits, and in addition to public bank holidays annual leave of 27 days on appointment rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years.
The post‑holder will be employed on a wide range of Estates operational services to provide specialist engineering support to the hospital’s Estates maintenance team and gain the necessary knowledge, skills and experience to develop into a future NHS Estates senior leader.
Key Responsibilities
* Ensure all Health and Safety Control, Asbestos, COSHH and permit-to-work systems are adhered to at all times; report any non‑safe practices or faulty equipment that could affect safety.
* Follow departmental and the Trust's operating policies and procedures when undertaking this role.
* Work on own initiative unsupervised within the standard operating procedures and prioritise the work schedule.
* Maintain good working relationships and communicate effectively, especially on routine technical information with recipients who may not be specialists.
* Hold AP accreditations and perform Authorised Person (AP) duties for which appropriately trained, qualified and appointed.
* Participate in the Estates On Call rotas covering various Trust sites as directed.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country and a leading healthcare provider. The trust is entering an exciting new era on its improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world‑class clinical reputation.
Our vision is to be a high‑performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. We value inclusion and a supportive working environment.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: David Jones
Job title: Estates Operations Manager
Email address: d.jones51@nhs.net
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