Building Craftsperson

The Post is working for Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management Ltd.

The successful post holder will be involved in the day to day operation and maintenance of all Building fabric within the Trust and non-Trust properties, including some installation work. They will be required to participate in the Estates on-call rota and undertake essential out of hours on-call duties, as directed.

The successful applicant will already have significant experience in Building Services, be versatile, able to handle conflicting priorities and have the ability to work under pressure. They will be computer literate, have good knowledge and ability, with good verbal and written communication skills. They will also possess good interpersonal skills, allowing them to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical personnel, within and beyond the organisation.

Do you want to work for an innovative organisation? As organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management (NHFM).

NHFM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Established in 2012 and provides specialist project management services for large and small capital developments, estates maintenance and a full range of facilities services. The successful applicant will be an employee of the subsidiary organisation and not Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

To provide a skilled Joinery provision for the Estates Department to all Client Departments and Business Units.

Ability to organise and prioritise own workload, where required, and work unsupervised.

Must demonstrate total commitment, versatility and flexibility whilst undertaking all tasks and delegated work as instructed by Estates Officers Supervisors.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.