Maintenance Assistant

This role focusses on the support of fully qualified and competent tradespersons within the Estates team. Learning on the job from senior members of the team and taking on responsibility (once trained) for non specialist taskings around the buildings and grounds., To provide engineering support to the estates team within their areas of responsibility: buildings and grounds.
The post holder will be required to complete maintenance documentation in detail for all works completed.
Responsible for assisting in the provision of a quality, efficient, responsive, flexible & effective estates service to Whittington Health and properties that the Trust works from, working as part of the Estates Department Team.
Apply Trust/departmental safety policies and procedures system to all aspects of the work.

Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work., 1. To carry out unsupervised (once trained), planned preventative maintenance routines and reactive maintenance works as instructed management that does not justify the attention of a fully-qualified maintenance staff. Provide feedback to line management using various forms of communications.
2. To learn minor works in other trades as required to assist maintenance staff.
3. To carry out some minor painting and redecoration using roller and brush applications.
4. To carry out minor installation work when required.
5. To be aware of new technology and new working practises. Attend training courses as requested to develop core skills and further develop non-core skills.
6. Maintain adequate records on all plant and equipment
7. To comply with Health and Safety Regulations and report any defects through the Trust helpdesk.
8. To perform other routine work requiring basic skills (including labouring) as needed.
9. Co-operate and assist with multi-trade maintenance staff of other trade bias and grades to complete tasks safely and as speedily as possible.
10. To understand and adhere to the Trust Health and Safety Policy, Fire Safety Policy and Departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's).
11. To undertake any training required in order to maintain competency including mandatory training i.e. fire and manual handling.
12. To carry out collection & disposal of refuse from external bins and maintain a clean external environment.
13. Adhere to procedures for sickness reporting, annual leave and paid absence.
14. Maintain personal standards of conduct, discipline, presentation and time keeping.
15. Any other duties which may be required to facilitate the effective running of the Estates Department.
16. To assist in snow clearance and gritting as and when required. This includes topping up slat bins Trust wide.
17. To keep the hospital and Trust properties grounds and gardens swept clean and free of rubbish.
18. To empty various bins at frequent intervals around grounds and gardens on a daily/regular basis.
19. To tackle blockages throughout Trust bathrooms.
20. To cut back shrubbery and hedging as required.
21. To weed paths, steps, roadways and miscellaneous areas as required.
22. To wash down signs and external surfaces as required.
23. Assist in maintenance of drains and soil systems with minimal supervision.
24. To use all relevant tools as instructed by more senior and competent members of the estates team.
25. To be able to work overtime at short notice and if required depending on the needs of the Trust.
26. To maintain plant rooms, boiler rooms and workshop in good condition (sweeping, disposal of rubbish and removal of redundant equipment).
27. Meter readings (after training) on all utilities.
28. Minor electrical and mechanical duties e.g. change tap washer, toilet siphon replacement and changing fuses in portable appliance plugs etc.
29. Replace lamps, fluorescent tubes and starters (not involving disconnection of electrical circuits) and replacing electrical fuses. Disposal of "spent" lamps in a safe, controlled environment (back at the Whittington hospital), complying with Health and Safety Legislation.
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
+ Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
+ Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
+ Participate in required training and supervision.
+ Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Your application form -
1. Provide only business email address for your referees - we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
2. Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.
Our processes -
1. Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
2. If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
3. Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems - occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
4. Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.
Other important information -
+ Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
+ Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
+ In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.
If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided
The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation