Job Overview
ESTH Trust are looking for Band 5 Estates Mechanical Technicians to work in Property services at a Band hours a week on a BANK basis.
This role will be required to work trust-wide across Epsom, ST Helier Hospitals, Sutton Healthcare and Surrey Downs.
The duties include highly complex fault finding and maintenance on all aspects of engineering plant and equipment throughout the Trust.
The duties must be carried out within stringent timescales and within statutory guidelines.
The post holder must participate in the out of hours call system
The post holder will have day to day contact with the internal and external stakeholders regarding sensitive, complex and confidential issues.
They will present verbal, written and numerical issues, explaining complexities, to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
To provide stakeholders updates and potential disruptions, to organise planned shutdowns.
If you are interested and available please apply today.
Main duties of the job
To conduct PPM and reactive tasks
To fault find on complex mechanical systems
To help and escort of contractors
To manage personal jobs on the CAFM via PDA
To be part of the on-call rota
To support in mechanical system shut downs and isolations
Working for our organisation
The Trust's Mission Is 'to Put The Patient First And Deliver Great Care To Every Patient, Every Day'. Our Priorities Are To Create a "one Team, One Trust" Culture And Focus On The Delivery Of The Following Five Objectives To Ensure We Provide High Quality, Compassionate Care To All Of Our Patients
Delivering safe and effective care across our sites
Creating a positive experience that meets the expectations of our patients, their families and carers
Providing responsive care that delivers the right treatment, in the right place at the right time
Being financially sustainable
Working in partnership with our patients, commissioners, other health and care providers, local authorities, the voluntary sector, the NHS TDA, NHS England and Monitor in the interests of our patients and a sustainable local health and social care economy.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Technical
To carry out planned preventative maintenance of Calorifiers, Heat Exchangers, and pumpsets.
To identify and rectify faults of high/medium/low pressurised Heating and Domestic Hot Water Systems including boiler resets.
To fault find on complex Air Handling Units and Refrigeration Plant, and to carry out regular, Planned Preventative Maintenance when required.
To find and rectify faults on Medical Gas equipment, i.e. changing of O-rings/washers, and to work on 'live' systems when supervised.
To operate Building Management Systems and to interrogate programmes and change parameters when required.
To carryout tap and TMV maintenance when required, cleaning, disinfections and temperature setting.
Install of plumbing goods, toilets, sinks, macerators, point of use water heaters.
Leadership or managerial
To mentor junior members and apprentices
To host contractors, internal and external stakeholders
Information and reporting
Responsible as part of the local team for the information upkeep of the CAFM
To investigate incidents and report back into the management structure.
To produce engineering reports where requested, for safety groups and trust committees as example
Technology or system support
Be conversant with the CAFM via handheld PDA system
Be conversant with BMS and Bold systems
Communications and Engagement
Provide and receive complex information to managers and end users
Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information
Communicates technical project related information with other professionals, both internal and external personnel, including senior managers, directors, to ensure that work undertaken conforms to all statutory and HTM requirements.
To work effectively with relative services within the trusts to ensure that due process and governance is followed in the delivery of additional works
General Responsibilities
To take part on the estates callout roster
To support the department and organisation by carrying out any other duties that reasonably fit within the broad scope of a job of this grade and type of work.
Assist visitors, patients and staff during incidental contact
When required assist in grievances and disciplinary issues
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
C&G, NVQ or similar in a mechanical discipline
Desirable criteria
CPD in line management
HNC/HND in an engineering discipline
Competent person in specialist subject such as safe water
Time served apprenticeship
Experience
Essential criteria
Experience of working with advanced plumbing and/or mechanical systems.
Fault finding on mechanical with skills to isolate, keep running and fully repair.
Experience of delivering safe water services tasks, temperature monitoring, cleaning and chlorination of taps/TMV's and falt finding on systems.
Desirable criteria
To have experience in working within healthcare premises
Working with a PDA installed with CAFM, MICAD and Zetasafe .
Knowledge
Essential Criteria
To have sound knowledge of mechanical systems.
In depth knowledge of the HaSaWA and other relevant acts, standards and guidance notes
To have an understanding of permit to work systems, risk assessments and good working practices.
Desirable criteria
To have a sound knowledge in HTM, and HBNs
To have a basic understanding of asset management (PPM and reactive tasks, SFG 20)
Skills
Essential criteria
To have the ability to read and understand technical drawings and specifications
:You have knowledge & awareness of diversity and human rights as appropriate to your role
You are able to communicate effectively to ensure high standards of care, treatment, service or support as appropriate to your role,
Able to provide a customer focussed service
Strong team and personal organisational and time management skills to manage competing priorities and deadlines, to act from individuals to large groups
To be able to work effectively in a fast paced environment ensuring all paperwork, drawings and reports are correct.
Desirable criteria
To be qualified and certificated in IOSH Management;
Ability to analyses complex problems and to develop and workable solutions to address them.
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
Other requirements
Has a good understanding of policies and procedures governing their area of work.
Self-motivated and proactive with a can-do attitude and track record delivery
Able to work autonomously
Able to demonstrate that you are honest, reliable and trustworthy
Treat patients, visitors, colleagues with respect
Ability to travel between Trust sites
Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the team, the service and the Trust
To have excellent interpersonal and presentation skills;
To be able to work on own initiative and without direct supervision;
To be able to take a lead role in meetings with contractors and Trust staff.
Work in unpleasant conditions for example undercroft, and sewage lines