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Building Craftsperson | Northumbria Healthcare - NHFM (Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management)

Job details
Posting date: 03 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £25,147 - £27,596 per annum
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 03 May 2024
Location: North Shields, NE29 8NH
Company: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6188108/319-6188108HD

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Summary


The appointed individual will support the site operational Building management staff with the day to day operational building maintenance. This will include effectively diagnosing and repair faults in building structure, fabric and finishes to deal with new situations as they arise and to pass on knowledge to others. To set out new work or set up new production appropriate to his/her trade using relevant instruments without supervision. To manufacture, assemble, erect and install new work.



The post holder will be based at North Tyneside General Hospital

The post-holder will be an integral part of a strong site based locality team structure. As an experienced individual who will be the first line Building services crafts person for all day to day breakdowns, repairs and planned preventative maintenance works and small capital projects. You will have a good understanding of the requirements and regulations to undertake the maintenance and installation of fire doors and fire compartments principally undertaken by yourself as a directly employed craftsmen and sub-contractors. You will be versatile and able to handle conflicting priorities within this dynamic hospital environment, possessing great interpersonal skills that will allow you to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical customers. You will already have significant building services experience and have the ability to work under pressure.

NHFM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Established in 2012, NHFM provide specialist project management services for large and small capital developments, estates maintenance and a full range of facilities services. Carrying out facilities management for a state-of-the-art specialist emergency care hospital - The Northumbria, three general hospitals - North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham hospitals - and a number of smaller community hospitals and clinic sites, we cover one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country.

Come and work for us and we can offer you:
• Competitive rates of pay
• Enhanced rates of pay for working evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays
• Favourable employment terms and conditions – we mirror NHS Agenda for Change terms and conditions (https://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook) which includes up to 33 days annual leave + bank holidays per year, generous maternity and paternity leave provisions, occupational sick pay, and much more
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Career development opportunities
• Fantastic staff benefits including car lease, home electronics, cycle to work and childcare schemes, priority access to vaccinations, physiotherapy, counselling, stopping smoking services, among many more
• A great employee experience - we score very highly on our employee satisfaction metrics

To carry out planned and unplanned maintenance duties on Trust and NHFM premises as directed by the operations and project officers, supervisor and chargehand.

Undertake new and minor works/upgrades as and when required.

To maintain properly and effectively, to a high standard, all building structures, fabric and finishes and internal/external furnishings within Trust and NHFM properties and associated buildings, as directed.

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 promoteownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.


This advert closes on Sunday 28 Apr 2024

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