Estates Maintenance Assistant - Winchester, United Kingdom - Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
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Winchester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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As a Maintenance Assistant, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of the facilities at Southern Health Foundation Trust.

You will work alongside a team of experienced colleagues, carrying out a range of maintenance tasks to the highest standards.


We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated member of staff to provide a maintenance service, ensuring a warm, clean and secure environment for all site users.

We are looking for someone that can be flexible and proactive, have good communication skills and an understanding of health and safety requirements.

You will help to create the safe and attractive surroundings that enable us to give our service users and staff the quality, care and support they deserve.

The role of Maintenance Assistant offers plenty of variety as you'll undertake a range of tasks to make sure our building and grounds are at their best all day, every day.


Main duties of the job
Carry out varied PPM maintenance tasks and cleaning duties on plant, equipment and services

Assist other trades staff with installation work or maintenance work and act as a safety man. This also involves use of hand tools and other equipment.


Carry out meter readings and surveys on oil, gas, electric and water mains services etc, completing logbooks and paperwork correctly and reporting any faults to the Supervisor/Chargehand.

Lead with any manual duties to assist the maintenance operations.

Repair/maintain physical assets in health service properties.

Adhere to Estates Departments Health & Safety Policy and adopt safe working procedures.


Work independently without direct supervision managing own work identifying any deficiencies in equipment and tools used and report them to the Supervisor.

Contribute to the provision of advice to department users of Estates Services, on the operation and maintenance of plant and equipment

Carry, when required, Trust mobile phones to facilitate immediate response on emergency calls.


Must be prepared to work a reasonable amount of overtime to undertake emergency repair work and planned maintenance work including bank holidays and weekends if required.


Carry out minor routine planned, corrective and breakdown maintenance tasks without direct supervision on building elements and fabric, including doors, furniture, fixtures and fittings.

To operate hand held computerised P.D.A's for work allocation/actions.


About us


Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.


As a Trust, our footprint spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, wholeheartedly committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities.


  • We function as a unified team, placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.
  • Our 7,000+ workforce is skilled and diverse, with a deep commitment to ongoing staff development. We offer customised training, leadership pathways, and a plethora of career opportunities.
  • We respect and listen to your thoughts, ideas, and concerns via wellestablished network of staff groups to increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.


Building on all this, we are currently working closely with other local NHS Trusts to integrate all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services across Hampshire and Isle of Wight.

Our new organisation is set to launch in April 2024 and will incorporate Southern Health, Solent, Isle of Wight and Sussex Partnership Trusts.


While the new Trust will be substantially bigger, it will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, streamlining services and making healthcare across the county more accessible.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.


Responsibilities:

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the NHS Jobs website, job reference number 348-FM-3798


Essential Qualifications

  • Be able to demonstrate previous professional experience in a trade or maintenance role, demonstrate a base level of knowledge of general maintenance and manual working with tools.
  • Computer literate able to operate a computer.
  • Driving License.

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Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Salary:
£22,816.00-£24,336.00 per year


Benefits:


  • Bereavement leave
  • Company pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Sick pay

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday
  • Overtime

Work Location:
In person
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