Maintenance Assistant

To assist with the provision of an efficient and cost-effective maintenance and repair service to all properties owned or leased by the Trust.

To undertake such tasks outside of core skills (within the competence of the post holder) to meet service needs as required.

To assist other trades and contractors, in accordance with service need.

To ensure that work is undertaken at all times in accordance with health and Safety requirements to ensure the environment remains safe for patients, staff, contractors and visitors to the Trust.

To show commitment to and participate in quality improvement activities.

To promote at all times a positive image of people with mental health conditions and/or learning disabilities.

To promote at all times a positive image of the Estates Department and the wider Trust., The Estates Department is responsible for the repair, maintenance and management of all Building Services within the Trust.

An opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic, self-motivated Maintenance Assistants (Engineering) with a background preferably gained in a building services environment.

The successful candidate will assist the estates team in providing a comprehensive engineering maintenance service to include all aspects of planned and routine maintenance, installation and repair/replacement work on a wide range of building structures. The successful candidates will ideally have previous experience in and understanding of plumbing, mechanical or electrical disciplines in a building services environment.

The successful candidate will be expected to work under the Trust values and behaviours at all times and will need to be flexible and have the ability to work independently as well as part of a wider team with good organisational skills to be able to prioritise competing demands.

You will be joining a very busy, motivated and multiskilled estates team based at Cross Lane Hospital.

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.