Estates Mechanical Assistant

3 months ago


Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

This role is Band 2 at 37.5 hours per week.

Number of Vacancies
- 01

The primary purpose of this role is to professionally support and undertake Mechanical trades operations and maintenance work across the Trust’s sites as directed by line management. This includes activities that may be demanding and/or non-routine, ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards, policies and procedures. Assist with the management and implementation of the planned engineering/building maintenance programmes for the Trust to ensure compliance with key standards, both legislative and performance related (as defined through Service Level Agreement) - also meeting where necessary the requirements of the NHSLA.

EF15QP

Work in accordance with the requirements of HTM’s, HBN’s, British Standards, Model Specifications and all Statutory Regulations, Codes of Practice and Trust Policies and Procedures, identifying and proposing changes for own work area to the Mechanical Team Leader

Prioritise work requirements on essential facilities which could have a direct detrimental impact on the patient experience e.g. nurse call handsets, patient toilets/wash facilities and patient beds. The role involves prioritising and being able to react to changing workloads

Contribute to the development, implementation and review of the Trust’s Estates plans and work closely with the other Estates Managers/team Leaders in the development of works programmes

Assist with the set up and Implementation/management of the Estates safe systems of work (e.g. Permit to Work, isolation procedures) under the guidance of AP’s to ensure that all safe systems of work are carried out correctly

Plan maintenance works, including liaison with users and contractors

Supervise maintenance assistants and operational estates contractors, allocating tasks/re-prioritising where necessary, and ensuring the quality of specification and workmanship

Liaise with the Estates Helpdesk when receiving emergency works and service complaints

Act on own initiative and advise senior staff of implications of technical issues when attending site on call out

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of role and responsibilities.

This role is full time - 37.5 hours per week.

You will be given all the support you need to steer the department to be an always improving team that is delivering, performing and operating a safe and compliant estate and environment.

**In return for your hard work & commitment we will offer you**:
A competitive salary of £22,383 pa pro rata;
Access to an industry leading pension scheme where your employer pays in 20.3%

A raft of local and national discounts across travel, shopping, insurance, holidays and many more

An environment that challenges you but supports your efforts and development



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