Multiskilled Craftsperson in Alnwick

An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Multiskilled Craftsperson to work at Alnwick Infirmary. The successful candidate will work alongside the current multi-skilled team to maintain Alnwick Infirmary, the new and current Berwick Infirmary, and Rothbury Community Hospital sites. The post is 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, and will also take part in the emergency on-call rota.

The successful post holder will be involved in the day-to-day operation and maintenance of all Building/Engineering, life and business-critical services, plant and equipment within all Trust and non-Trust properties within their remit, including some installation work. They will be required to participate in the Estates on-call rota and undertake essential out-of-hours on-call duties, as directed.

Responsibilities include:

• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload, where required, and work unsupervised.
• Demonstrate total commitment, versatility, and flexibility whilst undertaking all tasks and delegated work as instructed by Estates Officers and Supervisors.
• Role model compassionate and inclusive leadership to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal, and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce, as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates.

Qualifications:

• Significant M&E Building Services experience.
• Versatile, able to handle conflicting priorities, and work under pressure.
• Computer literate with good technical knowledge and ability.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical personnel.

Benefits include:

• Competitive rates of pay.
• Enhanced rates of pay for working evenings, nights, weekends, and bank holidays.
• Favourable employment terms and conditions mirroring NHS Agenda for Change terms and conditions.
• Up to 33 days annual leave + bank holidays per year.
• Generous maternity and paternity leave provisions.
• Occupational sick pay.
• NHS Pension Scheme.
• Career development opportunities.
• Fantastic staff benefits including car lease, home electronics, cycle to work, and priority access to vaccinations, physiotherapy, counselling, among many more.
• A great employee experience with high employee satisfaction metrics.

We work closely with Kids First Nurseries that are based within our trust grounds at Wansbeck, North Tyneside, and Hexham hospitals to care for our Trust family’s children, offering care for children from 6 weeks old up to 4 years. Flexible working offers choice in where, when, and how we work, ensuring patients remain at the heart of all we do.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend an interview, please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team.