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Job summary

Main area
Engineering
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
196-ESS1558-S
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Minnie Kidd House
Town
London
Salary
£31,944 - £34,937 p.a inc HCA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/06/2025 23:59

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Maintenance Craftsperson - Electrical

NHS AfC: Band 4

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. 

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.



Job overview

The post holder will provide an electrical multi-skilled service to the Community Engineering Department and other Trust directorates. You will be responsible for the effective maintenance of the Trust's technical infrastructure. 

Through personal leadership, commitment, and practice, the post holder will secure the highest professional standards of engineering standards throughout the Trust. The post holder will be expected to work closely with the Engineering Teams, Capital Development, and Environment Teams. 

Main duties of the job

  • Carry out the responsibilities of a competent person for: 
    • Low Voltage Electricity
    • Ventilation Systems
    • Confined Spaces
  • When working on call, have delegated responsibility for all Trust engineering assets. 
  • Work with complex workings of all mechanical/electrical building services, plant, and equipment located in NHS buildings. 
  • Responsible for calibrating and maintaining highly specialist equipment associated with standby emergency generators and other computerised building control systems. 

 

Working for our organisation

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities. 

Person specification

Qualification and Education

Essential criteria
  • Recognised full apprenticeship in relevant trade / NVQ level 3 / BTEC national certificate or equivalent training.
  • Substantial experience working within this & other trades.
  • Certified person (CP) in their current trade or associated trade.
  • Asbestos awareness training.
Desirable criteria
  • Authorised person (AP) in their current trade or associated trade.
  • Cross over training to another connected trade.
  • Further experience in specific areas of trade.

Previous Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working on a broad range of plant and services. Including air, water, gas, steam and oil, sump pumps, pumps, AC, AHU’s, Heating and cooling systems, LV, Lighting & Emergency Lighting systems, BMS
  • PPM works.
  • Has the skills to work in a highly pressurised situation such as Power failure / gas failure / mechanical or service failure.
  • Able to work unsupervised and take the lead within their own discipline on break downs and service shut downs.
  • Experience of identifying problems and resolving them or notifying the correct end user of the problem.
  • Able to communicate technical information to specialist and non-specialists.
  • Ability to organise work / materials and staffing with the correct skill set for jobs.
  • Has the knowledge to obtain or write isolations within a hospital environment.
Desirable criteria
  • Able to manage a team and motivate them.
  • Experience of managing Key Performance Indicators.
  • Has good experience in health and safety and the ability to lead on this.
  • Has worked in a Hospital / health care environment before.
  • Has experience of working in environments such as confined spaces / at height / extreme temperature.
  • Experience of operating a computer building management system.

Knowledge, Skills and Ability

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of other trades and ability to work together.
  • Excellent oral and communication skills.
  • Good numerical and critical reasoning skills.
  • Excellent organisational skills with the ability to respond to multiple priorities.
  • Work well under pressure.
  • Be able to work in a team.
  • Proactive, versatile and problem solving.
  • Experience of operating a computer building management system.
  • UK Driving License for a manual vehicle
Desirable criteria
  • Good understanding of health and safety law.
  • Experience with Microsoft Word / excel and Power point.
  • Ability to pass on skills and train others as required.
  • Ability to evaluate the needs of others under their control and other colleagues.
  • Some management skills.

Physical Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Heavy Lifting
  • Bending and crawling
  • Working at heights
  • Walking
  • Working from ladders

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people 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
Ray Young
Job title
Team Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07917883244
Additional information

For further information please email Ray Young  or by telephone 

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