Job summary
- Main area
- Tradesperson - electrical
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent: to be part of on call roster
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (on call)
- Job ref
- 292-7201553-E&F
- Employer
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
- Town
- Harlow
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum, plus 5% high cost area supplement
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Estates Tradesperson - Electrical
NHS AfC: Band 4
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
Our values
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients’ experiences, is:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.
Job overview
- To undertake duties/tasks in building services engineering including installation, maintenance, calibration, testing and repair on the full range of Electrical engineering and building Estates and Hospital equipment/services. Demonstrates problem solving skills and fault diagnosis. Undertakes work in accordance to statutory, mandatory and HTM requirements and acts as a “competent person” where required
Main duties of the job
Carry out Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and breakdown maintenance to all aspects of electrical plant, distribution and equipment including work of a technical and/or non-routine nature. Perform duties covering the testing and fault finding on a wide range of electrical engineering plant and equipment, including but not restricted to; electrical distribution, lighting, fire detection, building control & automation, standby generators, laundry equipment, nurse call systems, data communications, steam raising plant and associated equipment, kitchen equipment and theatre ventilation services.
Working for our organisation
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and person specification. This is available to download at anytime.
Person specification
education
Essential criteria
- HNC or NVQ III Technician’s Certificate or equivalent qualification through apprenticeship in relevant topic
- 17th edition electrical certificate or competent person for L.V.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to Multi-task across electrical, mechanical and Building Services
- Experience of working in an industrial environment. Electrical / Services Systems Maintenance
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a pressurised environment
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to prioritise and identify urgent actions
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working within the NHS or Health Sector preferably in Acute Hospital environment
- Working knowledge of Building Management Systems
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tracey Burgess
- Job title
- Governance and Compliance Manager EFM
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01279827363
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