Maintenance Craftsperson (Carpenter/Joiner) in South Shields

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a successful candidate to join CHoICE Facilities Services in the position of Maintenance Craftsperson (Joiner). Providing services on behalf of South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust, CHoICE is an independent wholly owned subsidiary company which provides all hard and soft facility services at South Tyneside Hospital and associated sites.

The successful applicant will join a team of existing Building Maintenance staff directly employed to form part of the Estates Hard FM services within CHoICE. The Team provides planned/reactive building maintenance activities as well as undertaking minor building related installations and building related minor works services.

The base salary range for this role is £29,322.00 - £32,170.00 and is based on current employees. However, as the role will require flexibility with regard to overtime, either as a result of emergencies or during planned occurrences to meet the needs of the service CFS provides, additional monetary rewards will be generated as part of this role.

Main duties of the job include:

• A detailed understanding of construction processes in relation to joinery and other related building works in accordance with relevant statutory and mandatory legislation and best practice guidance.
• Evidence of the completion/obtainment of recognised relevant joinery apprenticeship.
• Maintenance experience within a healthcare environment or similar (not essential).
• Receiving identified workloads on a handheld device from the Hard FM Help Desk and organising and prioritising these daily activities.
• Providing support and guidance where necessary to ensure CHoICE can fulfil its statutory and mandatory obligations.
• Having a flexible and positive approach to all activities and the ability to deal with new scenarios/tasks as they arise.
• Excellent communication skills and liaising directly with clinical and non-clinical staff and service users.

About us: City Hospitals Independent Commercial Enterprises Ltd (CHoICE) is a wholly owned subsidiary company of South Tyneside & Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust (STSFT). We provide a full range of Facilities Management, Procurement and Outpatient Pharmacy services. We employ staff in a wide range of functions, ranging from cleaners, porters, engineers, procurement and pharmacists. Commitment, Care and Compassion are core values of our Team, contributing to the overall hospital environment, providing safe, secure and comfortable facilities for access by patients, staff and visitors.

Job responsibilities include:

• Undertaking maintenance and installation work/activities appropriate to the core specialist skills across the whole range of building related services.
• Participating in the current CFS shift pattern/system, current on-call rota and undertaking overtime when the service needs dictate.

Qualifications required:

• Basic numeracy & literacy skills to level 1 or equivalent.
• Basic IT skills.
• BTEC/ONC, City & Guilds or NVQ level 3 in relevant building discipline.
• Completion of recognised and accredited apprenticeship in a relevant building discipline.
• Advanced craft certificate or NVQ level 4.
• Relevant qualification in the maintenance of fire doors.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Able to use initiative when undertaking a range of problem-solving scenarios.
• Ability to adapt to the changing demands of the role including emergency situations.
• Able to prioritise workload ensuring high quality patient care and SLA targets are achieved.
• Self-motivated with a desire to improve current practices.
• Knowledge of HBMs and planned preventative maintenance systems.

Physical skills:

• Able to travel and work at all Trust sites.
• Able to undertake moderate physical activities for long periods throughout a typical working day.
• Requirement for highly developed physical dexterity for hand and eye coordination and manipulation of fine tools.

Experience:

• Knowledge and experience of engineering and building systems typically found within a large NHS Acute Trust.
• Detailed knowledge and experience of joinery related & building requirements and regulations typically found within large NHS Acute Trust.
• Previous experience of working within a similar maintenance environment.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 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.