Job summary
- Main area
- Mechanical Fitting
- Grade
- NHS AfC: 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Full Time 37.5 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 435-UHMBK071224
- Employer
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Westmorland General Hospital
- Town
- kendal
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Advanced Engineer - Mechanical
NHS AfC: 5
- Lancashire and South Cumbria Provider Collaborative (OneLsc)
The five provider NHS trusts in Lancashire and South Cumbria are working together as partners, delivering joint priorities to improve health and healthcare.
Together, we aim to drive up quality by sharing skills and best practice, pooling our resources and standardising the way we work to reduce variation and duplication.
We want to ensure patients have equal access to the same high-quality care wherever they live. We also want our colleagues to have the same high-quality experience wherever they work.
One Lancashire and South Cumbria (One LSC) and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
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Job overview
The Estates department at Westmorland General Hospital is a group of highly skilled electrical and mechanical engineers, creative building craftpersons, and dedicated support staff.
We are looking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic person to join us.
You should be experienced, time served and suitably qualified in mechanical fitting or plumbing and fault finding.
Main duties of the job
A mechanical fitting/manufacturing/plumbing background, particularly within healthcare, would beÌý advantageous but not essential - as specific training will be provided.Ìý
This is a highly rewarding role. Working under the Mechanical Team Leader, the successful candidate will embark on a challenging adventure, safely, efficiently, and with patient and staff safety at the heart of their focus.
Working as part of a team, and individually, you will be required to carry out mechanical maintenance work within acute and community NHS properties. This will be on heating and pressure systems, ventilation, air conditioning, plumbing, medical gases, and other healthcare related mechanical services.
The successful candidate must be able to self-motivate, work relatively unsupervised, and be a good communicator on all levels. Flexible working will be required where you will assist other trades and undertake other tasks to maintain the building services.
The successful candidate will be required to join an on-call team to provide an out of hours emergency response - after an initial training period.Ìý
This post is based at Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal
Working for our organisation
We operate from three main hospitals - Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI) as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, and Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.Ìý
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.Ìý
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies,ÌýdayÌýcase and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.Ìý
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our websiteÌýÌýÌý
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full apprenticeship or equivalent approved training.
- NVQ3, BTEC or Equivalent
- Driving licence (B)
- AP/CP training in related subjects
Desirable criteria
- City and Guild qualifications in relevant subjects.
- Certificate in Ventilation Safety (CP – HTM03)
- Certificate in Hot & Cold Water Systems (BS2/H)
- Certificate in Disinfection of Water Supplies (WN18)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge/experience of steam plant and other pressure systems
- Experience of safe systems of work in a mechanical setting
- Experience of mechanical manufacturing processes
Desirable criteria
- Experience of BMS systems
- Experience with A/C plant
- Knowledge/experience of MGPS
- Experience of hospital systems and equipment, policies and procedures especially HTM’s and relevant DOH guidance.
Skills, ability & knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing with other members of the department, other (non technical) Trust staff, patients, visitors, public utilities and emergency services as required.
- Ability to deal with information sensitively and confidentially.
- Computer literate
Desirable criteria
- Ability to lead/train others.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to comply with the Trust’s policies.
- Ability to travel between the Trust sites as required.
- To demonstrate flexibility in approach to work patterns.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lee Chelton
- Job title
- Engineering Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01539715520
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