Estates Mechanical Assistant

Job overview

This role is Band 2 at 37.5 hours per week.

The primary purpose of this role is to professionally support and undertake Mechanical trades operations and maintenance work across the Trust's sites as directed by line management. This includes activities that may be demanding and/or non-routine, ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards, policies and procedures. Assist with the management and implementation of the planned engineering/building maintenance programmes for the Trust to ensure compliance with key standards, both legislative and performance related (as defined through Service Level Agreement) - also meeting where necessary the requirements of the NHSLA.

Main duties of the job

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• Work in accordance with the requirements of HTM's, HBN's, British Standards, Model Specifications and all Statutory Regulations, Codes of Practice and Trust Policies and Procedures, identifying and proposing changes for own work area to the Mechanical Team Leader
• Carry out flushing of outlets. Change Shower heads. Check temperatures of water systems and other water related services
• Prioritise work requirements on essential facilities which could have a direct detrimental impact on the patient experience e.g. Water systems, Flushing. The role involves prioritising and being able to react to changing workloads
• Liaise with the Estates Helpdesk when receiving emergency works and service complaints

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of maintenance methodologies

Desirable criteria

• Experience in working in a similar role
• Knowledge of HTM's, HBN's and Estates specific legislation
• Experience of working within and developing a 'safe system of work'

Specific Skills

Essential criteria

• Highly organised
• Able to work independently and exercise a high degree of professional judgement
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to make sound judgements with regard to operational safety when in lone worker situation or when put under pressure by the situation or other workers
• Proactive, self-motivated
• Team worker

Desirable criteria

• Ability to carry out electrical inspection and testing
• Ability to carry out repairs to electrical installations
• Committed to improving efficiency and environmental protection.

Physical Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to use small tools and carry out fine adjustments to building services on a regular basis
• Able to carry out routine and emergency maintenance on engineering and building systems on a routine basis

Application Form

Essential criteria

• • Basic knowledge of Health and Safety guidelines
• • Desire to work within an estate's mechanical water systems

Desirable criteria

• • Trained in Health & Safety, i.e. First Aid, NEBOSH, IOSH, etc
• • Full Driving Licence.

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.

Application numbers

Please note that this job advertisement will close automatically once the application limit is reached, regardless of whether this occurs before the advertised closing date.

Documents to download

• JD & PS Mechanical Assistant (PDF, 232.4KB)
• JD & PS Mechanical Assistant (PDF, 232.4KB)