Bank Mult-skilled Maintenance Craftsperson

Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management (NHFM) provides specialist project management, estates maintenance and a full range of facilities services. Please note that NHFML is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The successful applicant will be an employee of the subsidiary and not the NHS. Please note the terms and conditions are closely aligned to that of the NHS.
We require reliable, enthusiastic and motivated Multi-Skilled Maintenance Craftspeople to join our bank to work within our hospital and community sites, with shifts available n Berwick, Alnwick, Ashington, Blyth, Cramlington, North Tyneside and Hexham - you can chose shifts at sites that suit you. In return you will can offer you:
Flexible hours; choose when and where you want to work
Competitive pay rates; including enhanced pay for unsociable hours
Paid annual leave
Pension scheme
A fast-track recruitment process if you move to a substantive role
Opportunities to work in different wards and departments, including community, dental and specialist services
Access to Services, such as those provided by our Staff Wellbeing Team
Ability to book your shifts from home using our online portal
Option to block-book shifts in a set period
SMS notifications of shift availability
Access to staff newsletters and bulletins
Eligible for various local and national discounts which are available to NHS staff
Free uniform, where applicable
- To provide a multi-skilled Mechanical & Electrical service provision for the Estates Department to all Client departments and Directorates
- 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 Operations and Project Officers and Supervisor.
- 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.

Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management (NHFM) covers a large geographical area, providing safe and high-quality care in both hospital and community settings. As such we need to be able to respond quickly to meet demands caused by an increase in patient activity, staff holidays or illness. This is where our staff bank plays a vital role, providing service support 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year.
Please note that it is a requirement of NHFML that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certificate if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.
- Essential to have served a recognised EITB qualification/apprenticeship, and would be desirable to have previous relevant experience of working within an Estates Healthcare environment having demonstrated total commitment to versatility and flexibility.
- Must hold/working towards a BTEC Higher National Certificate, or have an equivalent level of knowledge and experience. In addition, must also hold a BTEC/City & Guilds or equivalent in an engineering discipline.
- Experience of working on a broad range of complex life critical systems undertaking maintenance and testing of healthcare plant and equipment to all relevant standards.
- To ensure routine planned preventative maintenance (PPM) of plant and equipment is carried out to the required levels and all associated paperwork kept up to date, including ordering spare parts as required.
- To activate changeover of plant and or its safe isolation in the event of a malfunction or breakdown where instructed.
- Computer literacy and working knowledge of ESTATES Building Management System (BMS), computer I.T. skills. Data input, and computerised testing and validation equipment.
- Knowledge of procedures/ability to assemble, install and commission new work and diagnose and rectify faults on items of engineering plant, alarm systems, complex equipment and participate in design where required.
- Have experience of working on domestic heating, hot water, LPHW heating and domestic, steam systems and associated steam raising plant.
- Have some experience of 400V emergency standby alternator sets.
- To be in attendance and carry out preparation work to facilitate inspections carried out by the Trust’s pressure vessel insurers.
- To be able to work on all types of refrigeration & air-conditioning plant.
- Experience in hydraulic and pneumatic control systems.
- To interpret and work from instructions, drawings and specifications appropriate to the trade, without supervision.
- Hold, or be prepared to accept with relevant training, Competent Person (CP) responsibilities in such areas as Medical Gas Pi