Maintenance Plumber

So much more than just fixing a leaky tap

We need a great Plumber based at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital to join our friendly and helpful Estates Team to keep our hospital environment safe, operational and supporting the health and wellbeing of our patients, staff and visitors - day in day out. No mean feat We really mean it when we say no two days are the same - it’s a blend of planned maintenance coupled with emergency repairs and everything in between.

So, What’s in it for Me?

Well apart from the satisfaction of helping the community maintain their health and wellbeing at their local hospital and from further afield, as we have specialist units on site.

THE BOTTOM LINE This is currently set at Band 4 which is now £25,147 to £29,596 pa, plus our Trust has an additional £3,492 RRP pa paymentandtogether with a 1 in 4 on-call rotaandpotentialovertime this can add up to a whole lot more. Just to add you have probably one of the best conditions packages and one of the best pension schemes to boot and if you are already working for the NHS for 2 years + it is likely you will begin on the top rate right from the start.

Occasionally You will also work across some of our other hospitals sites too, so whilst primarily based at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital you will get out there to other sites at Royal Preston Hospital, Preston Business Centre and beyond.

Most superheroes wear a cape - yet you will be issued with our easily recognisable Hospital uniform and will work as part of a team with five or six colleagues carrying out all manner of planned preventative maintenance, repairs to engineering plant and equipment. Owing to the skills and experience you possess; this is without supervision as we trust you to be in charge of your own work activity. Many of the repairs will need to be attended to urgently and some aspects of the work can be hazardous, but this will be a walk in the park for you.

We offer you is stability, a recognised career development if you wish, a set working pattern within sociable hours without a tax return or customer invoice in sight Although, better than all of that, is the chance to really give something back to the NHS as we need people like you to join our NHS workforce with the skills, knowledge, experience and attributes you have to help us with patient comfort and safety.
- 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 whilst on call.
- Provide operational advisory support to Trust staff and managers to ensure compliance with all safety standards and procedures.
- Advise the Senior Estates Officer and/or Senior Hospital Staff (Duty Manager on call/Directorate Managers) on maintenance issues as required outside of normal office hours.
- 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.
- 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.
- Assist in commissioning of mechanical services, plant and equipment.
- Understand the workings of mechanical and plumbing systems within all Trust properties. Test, diagnose and repair faults on these systems, and to deal with new situations as they arise. To pass on knowledge to others.
- Carry out maintenance of complex systems including Boilers, Heating and DHW systems, pressurised systems, water systems, tanks, rain water systems, lead flashings, drains, sewers, air conditioning systems, building management systems, catering equipment, heat exchangers, plant and equipment contained within the mortuary and theatres and other hospital fixed plant and equipment
- Be prepared to work in hazardous areas, confined spaces and on contaminated equipment 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.
- Be fully conversant with all Trust policies and procedures including: - Fire Safety, Infection Control, Health & Safety at Work Act, COSHH Regulations and Manual Handling guidance and safe systems of work
- Identify and prioritise own work load and that of others when appropriate and actively participate in the operation of the performance management info