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Job summary

Main area
Electrician
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent: On Call 1 in 5 weeks
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift Pattern)
Job ref
361-7223611
Employer
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
ENH NSH Trust - Lister Hospital
Town
Stevenage
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/06/2025 23:59

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East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust logo

Electrician Technician - Estates Maintenance

NHS AfC: Band 5

Job overview

We are recruiting for an Electrician Technician who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Our Values are Include, Respect, and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be diagnosing and repairing faults on Healthcare Building Services which include the following:

Hot water boilers, sterilizers, washer disinfectors, electrical distribution services, motors, heating and ventilating plant and controls, fire, nurse call and panic/intruder alarms, heating and ventilating plant and controls and carry out planned preventive maintenance tasks on the said equipment.

Candidate will be responsible for ordering engineering spares, materials and equipment needed to undertake the works.

You will understand the working layout and operation of healthcare Building Services including engineering, plumbing and electrical systems on all the Trust's properties and instruct others on maintenance and inspection. 

You should be able to travel between various hospital sites. A mileage allowance will be paid for this facility if own vehicle is used.

The successful candidate will also deal with new situations as they arise and pass on knowledge to others. 

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

 We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II(New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre(MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients.  We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision.  If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees.  Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential criteria
  • Approved Apprenticeship, NVQ Level 3, or City Guilds Technicians Certificate, BTEC ONC or equivalent in relevant topics
  • Current IEE 18th Edition
  • HV & LV Competent Persons course
Desirable criteria
  • Health and Safety qualification/ certification. E.g. (Risk assessment training)
  • Portable appliance testing City & Guilds 237
  • First Aid Training

Previous Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience working on breakdowns and PPM on technical, electrical plant found in a hospital environment.
  • Previous experience in the Healthcare environment
  • Knowledge of HTM 06.02 (D)
  • Experience of working within a team and own initiative
  • Experience of working in a demanding environment with many, sometimes conflicting priorities.

Skills

Essential criteria
  • A positive and initiative-taking attitude to manage a high volume of work and ability to problem solve.
  • High degree of accuracy and diligence.
  • Ability to deliver quality work in a challenging environment with conflicting priorities.
  • Flexible and keen to progress and be trained in other skills.
  • Has the ability to manage multiple tasks
  • Commitment to, and experience of, multi-professional working arrangements and projects.
Desirable criteria
  • Excellent planning and organisational skills.
  • Computer literate to include Word / Excel / Outlook / Power Point
  • Able to solve problems or pre-empt problems by employing appropriate measures and processes.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Exceptional understanding of electrical maintenance and repair.
  • Exceptional understanding and working knowledge of technical specifications. required for electrical maintenance and repair
  • Exceptional understanding and working knowledge of health and safety standards for electrical maintenance and repair.

Other Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
  • Role model our Trust values every day
  • Initiative-taking
  • Collaborator
  • Ability to thrive under pressure.
  • Creativity, innovation, and flair.
  • Adaptable, flexible, and innovative approach to work.
  • An initiative-taker who knows when to lead and when to let others lead

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardNHS Employers Diversity and Inclusion PartnersVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDisability confident employerStep into healthHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

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
Ceri Harris
Job title
Business Systems Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Philip Lonsdale

[email protected]

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