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Job summary

Main area
Shift Pattern. 2 Days, 2 Nights. 4 Days Off
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift Pattern. 2 Days, 2 Nights. 4 Days Off)
Job ref
359-6228633-T3
Employer
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Maidstone Hospital
Town
Maidstone
Salary
£25,147 - £27,596 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/05/2024 23:59
Interview date
03/06/2024

Employer heading

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust logo

Shift Craftsman Fitter

Band 4

Job overview

To assist in the provision of an efficient, responsive, flexible and effective estates maintenance service to the Maidstone Hospital site as part of the Estates Department team.
Work with minimal supervision, providing maintenance, repair and replacement services as necessary to, mechanical, plumbing, service systems, plant and equipment. Undertake both reactive repairs and planned preventative maintenance (PPM) programme to help prolong the life expectancy of equipment/plant. Recording work carried out via a software package.

Main duties of the job

Complete allocated reactive and planned work in accordance with Trust and departmental policies and procedures.
 Respond to emergency and urgent repair requests in a timely and effective manner, restoring services where possible or making services safe until more extensive or specialist work can be undertaken and completed.
 Record and report any further work required as necessary

Working for our organisation

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.

The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.

The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country.

We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.

Would you like to work flexibly?  In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.

 

Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Standard Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)

At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career.  We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients.  We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities.  We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.

 

Interview Date: 3rd June 2024

Person specification

Knowledge/Experience

Essential criteria
  • Minimum of three years relevant trade experience.
  • Ability to undertake and complete reactive and planned maintenance work on the full range of Hospital building service installations within their competency
  • Ability to read and interpret Operation and Maintenance manuals and associated drawings.
  • Knowledge and experience on working with Steam boilers, Air handling units, Plumbing pipework, Drainage systems etc
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in an Acute Hospital/NHS environment.
  • Mechanically skilled.
  • Understanding of HTM’s, statutory and compliance requirements

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Recognised trade qualifications.
  • Mechanical and fitting experience.
Desirable criteria
  • City Guild or NVQ Equivalent

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to fault-find on building services, plant and equipment within their competency.
  • Maintain accurate and up to date records of repairs and maintenance in line with compliance regulations.
Desirable criteria
  • Use of QDM or similar software packages.
  • Use of QDM or Microsoft Office packages

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Kent and Medway Work Place Wellbeing AwardNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveDisability confident leaderImproving working livesStep into healthArmed Forces Covenant Bronze AwardRoyal College of Anaesthetists Accredited

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jithin Jose
Job title
Mechanical Techicnical officer
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01622 2 24536
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