Estates Electrician – Emergency Light Tester

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people. We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries. We welcome and encourage applications from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining a healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as part-time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.

Job overview: Please note that this role is advertised on behalf of Atlas BFW Management Ltd (Atlas), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and as such, successful applicant(s) will be on Atlas Terms and Conditions.

Job summary: Taking responsibility for the day-to-day operational servicing and repairs to meet Trust targets for PPM and reactive work and first-time fixes. Working to ensure breakdowns & planned preventative maintenance work undertaken is compliant with relevant legislation and guidance including NHS Health Technical memorandum’s (HTM’s), Health Building Notes (HBN’s), British Standards, European Standards, whilst developing and managing the departmental risk register. The post holder will provide an effective and efficient maintenance repair service, to a high quality on the full range of building fabric, electrical and mechanical engineering plant and equipment to the Atlas portfolio. The post holder could be expected to participate in the Atlas's on-call rota for out of hours electricians.

Main duties of the job: Some responsibilities include:

• Responsibility for the day-to-day servicing and repair maintenance work ensuring that all work undertaken is compliant with relevant legislation and guidance including NHS Health Technical memorandum’s (HTM’s), Health Building Notes (HBN’s), British Standards, European Standards.
• Support in the development and implementation of the Estates Strategy based upon Trust and Atlas strategic goals.
• The post holder will undertake fault finding and testing of complex LV networks, critical systems and equipment, such as nurse call equipment and fire alarms.
• You will be responsible for undertaking fixed electrical installations testing and general inspections.
• The post holder will undertake fault finding and maintenance of various types of plant and catering equipment such as heated trolleys, dishwashers and AHU’s.
• You will be responsible for carrying various PPM tasks.

Person specification:

• Qualified in line with 17th / 18th Edition Regulations.
• Qualified to City and Guilds 2391-52 combined Testing and Inspection.
• Hold a current and clean driving licence and be willing and able to commute between sites using their own or Trust vehicles.
• Knowledge of BMS, UPS, Fire and other systems.
• Completed a Structured (i.e city & guilds) training programme in Electrical Engineering discipline with a minimum of 5 years post qualification experience (preferably in an NHS / maintenance setting).
• Completed a recognised Apprenticeship in Electrical engineering.
• Ability to interpret detailed reports / instructions and writing reports, collating data and presenting statistically analysed information.
• Experience and knowledge of NHS Estates function and operational.
• Able to delegate and prioritise own workload and staff under direct management.
• Has interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Ability to engage with and manage contractors working on site ensuring Health and Safety and Trust policies are adhered to.
• Able to plan at an operational level.
• Has ability to manage financial and activity budget.
• IT Literate.
• Organisational skills.
• Able to process information to logical order.
• Possesses commitment to work hours required to complete tasks (includes night / weekends as and when required).
• Is punctual, reliable, flexible and self-motivated.
• Is able to work both as a leader and team.
• Is innovative and able to actively progress improvements to the service and ensure a customer service culture.
• Applicant must be able to deal with other technical queries when covering the on-call role in line with the rota.
• Be able to demonstrate continued professional development and learning.
• Is creative and a self-starter.
• Must be honest, trustworthy and capable of work related matters remaining confidential.
• Physically fit, active, and have the ability to pass pre-employment medical screening.
• Capable of working in maintenance and on construction sites.
• Working in confined spaces, cramped conditions, with contaminated equipment and high temperature, hazardous areas.

Any invitation to interview will be sent to the email account stated on your application form. If the role you have applied for requires a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check we will administer this as part of your pre-employment checks. Please note, you will be required to repay the cost on appointment. This will be collected via a salary deduction. You can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months from your salary or as a one-off payment on commencement in post. The level of check required depends on the role that you have been offered. Currently the charges are - Basic DBS check £25.50, Standard DBS check £25.50 and Enhanced DBS check £53.50. You are encouraged where possible, to register for the DBS update service. This is an annual registration fee of £16. By registering for the update service you will not have the additional cost of repeated disclosures. Should you withdraw your application, you may be required to reimburse the cost of the DBS check. DBS checks remain free of charge for volunteer positions. By submitting an application for this vacancy you are confirming your agreement to the above in the event you are successfully appointed.

Please ensure that you read the Person Specification attached below as your application will be judged against this. Please note that every effort will be made to keep the vacancy live until published closing date, though there may be instances where such interest is generated, that for administrative reasons the post may close earlier. Please note that in line with national NHS guidelines this Trust operates a strict non-smoking policy. Members of staff are not permitted to smoke on Trust premises or grounds at any time nor take breaks during working hours for the purposes of smoking. The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.