Facilities Technician | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

The successful candidate will work as part of our Safe 2 Go Home Service and be responsible for providing an essential and efficient housekeeping, basic maintenance, and transport service to the patient homes whilst meeting the needs and objectives of both the department and the wider Trust. You will be required to work at various homes across the Greater London. A clean and full UK driving licence is an essential requirement for this post. Full UK Manual Drivers Licence is mandatory for this position. Operational Conducts a wide range of duties including:

• The de-cluttering of unwanted furniture/equipment/personal patient possessions.
• Observing all departmental procedures, current road laws and legislation and reporting any changes to your driving licence to the SafeToGoHome Project Manager.
• Reporting any incident/accident to the SafeToGoHome Project Manager.
• Vacuums carpets and upholstery; carries out dust control, and mopping.
• Damp dust furniture and all surfaces, including those at a high level; clean internal glass and remove finger marks e.g. on doors and surrounds.
Technical
• Uses materials and equipment correctly, in line with the designated guidelines and
reports any signs of defects.
• Competent to safely utilise and operate mechanical and electrical housekeeping equipment, as provided by the department for the fulfilment of their duties.
• Utilises protective equipment and clothing, as provided by the department for the safe completion of their duties.
Communication
• Reports any maintenance faults, damage, theft or health and safety issues in their designated areas of responsibility; to enable these issues to be resolved expediently.
• Reports all accidents and adverse incidents, in accordance with Trust policy and IR1 procedure.
• Cooperates with colleagues and management to assist in an effective and pro-active working environment.
  
  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.