Shift Maintenance Electrician

We need a great Electrician to join our team to help keep our hospital environment safe, operational and supporting the health and wellbeing of our patients, staff and visitors – day in day out. No mean feat! We really mean it when we say no two days are the same – it’s a blend of planned maintenance coupled with emergency repairs and everything in between.

Most superheroes wear a cape – yet you will be issued with our easily recognisable Hospital uniform and will work as part of a team with five or six colleagues carrying out all manner of planned preventative maintenance, repairs to engineering plant and equipment.

We know you can probably earn more money by being self-employed/contracting – but what we offer you is stability, development, a set working pattern with your health and well-being as a priority without a tax return or customer invoice in sight! Although, better than all of that, is the chance to really give something back to the NHS as we need people like you to join our NHS workforce with the skills, knowledge, experience and attributes you have to help us with patient comfort and safety. You will also work across some of our other hospitals sites too, so whilst primarily based at Royal Preston Hospital you will get out there to other sites at Chorley District Hospital, Preston Business Centre and beyond.

We cannot even begin to tell you what a great place this is to work, with so many interesting and intricate engineering systems that you just won’t find anywhere else – so much different to day to day installation works and working on cold wet construction sites. You will demonstrate a good working knowledge of electrical systems in compliance with all statutory requirements and good practice guidelines – it’s likely you will be able to teach us a thing or two!

Owing to the skills and experience you possess, this is without supervision as we trust you to be in charge of your own work activity. Many of the repairs will need to be attended to urgently and some aspects of the work can be hazardous but this will be a walk in the park for you.

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Duties to include but not be limited to:

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with managers, colleagues, contractors and trust wide service users.
• Liaises with contractors, utility suppliers, professional parties and other service users both during normal working hours and out of hours
• Provide operational advisory support to Trust staff and managers to ensure compliance with all safety standards and procedures.
• Advise the Senior Estates Officer and/or Senior Hospital Staff (Duty Manager on call/Directorate Managers) on maintenance issues as required outside of normal office hours.
• Respond to estates related incidents and liaise with other members of the Trust’s staff who request assistance
• Liaise with Wards and Departments to ensure requested work is specified correctly to meet the users’ needs, provided efficiently and completed within the agreed priority response periods. This applies to all work requests including patient critical engineering plant, equipment and building services.
• Advises the Maintenance Manager / Engineering Estates Officer (Operational) regarding plant or equipment failure and to request in writing the supply of goods and/or services with reference to manufacturer’s manuals etc. Maintain stock levels for spares and equipment
• Carry out panned preventative maintenance inspections and testing to ensure compliance in line with Trust procedure and statutory requirements.
• Refer to and understand Electrical and Engineering/Technical drawings, specifications and technical manuals.
• Assist in commissioning of electrical and mechanical services, plant and equipment.
• Use and be competent in the use of all relevant tools and equipment within safety guidelines as necessary for the completion of works
• Understands the Low Voltage electrical systems within all Trust properties, Test, diagnose and repair faults on these systems, and to deal with new situations as they arise. To pass on knowledge to others.
• Carry out maintenance of complex systems including Boilers, Heating and ventilation systems, building management systems, LV systems, switch rooms, fire alarm systems, securities systems, medical gas alarms systems, catering equipment, lifts, nurse call systems, IPS and UPS systems, plant and equipment contained within mortuary and theatres, and other Trust fixed plant and equipment
• Be prepared to work in hazardous areas, confined spaces and on contaminated equipment taking all safety measures to prevent danger, avoid injury and prevent damage to equipment in accordance with Trust policy and safe working procedures. Ensure that Risk Assessments and the use of operational procedures are actioned and observed by all maintenance staff.
• Through the use of Risk Assessments and Maintenance records ensure that all maintenance and minor works comply fully with statutory and other regulations.
• Be fully conversant with all Trust policies and procedures including: - Fire Safety, Infection Control, Health & Safety at Work Act, COSHH Regulations and Manual Handling guidance and safe systems of work
• Identify and prioritise own work load and that of others when appropriate and actively participate in the operation of the performance management information system, including the completion of all paper work required by the scheme in a timely manner.
• Assist with, and support the Trusts Engineering Officers in project work, new equipment testing and commissioning, specifications, surveys, costing and other similar duties. Undertake inspections for pre-installations and investigate
• Reports all incidents using the DATIX system involving incidents, accidents and near misses related to own area of responsibility
• Required to drive appropriate Trust vehicles for transporting personnel or equipment
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance inspections and commissioning tests in accordance with Trust procedures and schedules