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Maintenance Assistant | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Job details
Posting date: 23 August 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £24,071 - £25,674 per annum
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 22 September 2024
Location: Davyhulme, Manchester, M41 5SL
Company: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6455948/349-COR-6455948

Summary


An opportunity has arisen within the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join the WTWA Estates department as a Band 3 Maintenance Assistant.

You will be based at Trafford Hospital and you will be required to oversee repairs as well as undertake planned and unplanned maintenance. The role also involves the installation of all plant and equipment associated with the hospital premises.

The aim of the department is to develop a fully flexible workforce and as such you will be expected to undertake tasks of other trades where reasonable and safe for you to do so.

To be considered for shortlisting you must have experience of working in a similar role across various building/mechanical trades. Additionally a full driving licence is required.

Essential Criteria for This Role

Qualifications:

GCSEs (Grades A*-C) or NVQ Level 2
Additional qualification and endorsements


Knowledge/Experience:

Electrical and Mechanical systems

Safe and appropriate use of hand tools

Basic decorating skills

General building fabric repairs
Health and Safety
Fire Safety


Skills and Abilities:

Good verbal communication skills and positive attitude, physical fitness & manual handling ability, driving licence.
Willing and able to continue personal development including undertaking mandatory and job specific training as required.


Personal Attributes:

Self-motivation and act on own initiative
Ability to build good working relationships
Able to work with high degree of flexibility and adaptability
Team player
Honesty
Problem solving approach

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.



We’re looking forward to hearing from you!




This advert closes on Sunday 8 Sep 2024

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