Maintenance Operative - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Verified Company

Liverpool, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Building Maintenance Operative

We need a building/grounds maintenance operative to join our team to help keep our hospital environment safe, operational and supporting the health and wellbeing of our patients, staff and visitors - day in day out, it's a blend of planned maintenance coupled with emergency repairs and everything in between.

The Maintenance department is looking to recruit a maintenance operative to take on the role of a builder.

The role will undertake planned and reactive maintenance of essential building and grounds infrastructure across the diverse building services of the Trust estate.

You will need to have the ability to analyse faults and undertake rectifications to ensure continuity of service.

We are seeking a highly motivated and professional individual who has the ability to prioritise workloads, identify potential improvement to operational system and management processes in order to increase departmental efficiencies.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team that is working closely to ensure statutory compliance is maintained across all the Trusts sites.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

Develop and maintain effective working relationships with managers, colleagues, contractors and trust wide service users.
Liaises with contractors, utility suppliers, professional parties and other service users both during normal working hours and out of hours.
Advises the Senior Estates Officer and/or Senior Hospital Staff (Duty Manager on call/Directorate Managers) on maintenance issues as required.
Respond to estates related incidents and liaise with other members of the Trust's staff who request assistance
Liaise with Wards and Departments to ensure requested work is specified correctly to meet the users' needs, provided efficiently and completed within the agreed priority response periods. This applies to all work requests including patient critical engineering plant, equipment and building services.
Advises the Maintenance Manager / Engineering Estates Officer (Operational) regarding building element failure.
Maintain stock levels for spares and equipment
Carry out panned preventative maintenance inspections and testing to ensure compliance in line with Trust procedure and statutory requirements.
Refer to and understand Engineering/Technical drawings, specifications and technical manuals.
Carry out Estates surveys to ensure compliance with required regulations and guidance.
Be prepared to work in hazardous areas such as working at height taking all safety measures to prevent danger, avoid injury and prevent damage to equipment in accordance with Trust policy and safe working procedures.
Ensure that Risk Assessments and the use of operational procedures are actioned and observed by all maintenance staff.
Identify and prioritise own work load and that of others when appropriate and actively participate in the operation of the performance management information system, including the completion of all paper work required by the scheme in a timely manner.
Ensure the security of all plant, equipment and buildings under the jurisdiction of the Maintenance Department. Make sure that any work areas are secure when working.
Ensure that plant rooms are locked at all times
Assist with, and support the Trusts Engineering Officers in project work, new equipment testing and commissioning, specifications, surveys, costing and other similar duties. Undertake inspections for preinstallations and investigate services which may be required for new equipment and carry out minor installation improvement works

Keep plans, electronic and hard copy records, spread sheet statistical data and ensure such records etc. are correct, updated and revised as necessary.