Shift Team Leader (Electrical)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will act as team leader for the team responsible for the maintenance and repair of complex electrical installation, providing technical and managerial guidance, support, and advice ensuring compliance with relevant safety legislation, Trust safety standards, policies and procedures.
The post holder will also provide Authorised Person duties in line the Health Technical Memorandum appropriate to the role.
Administer and be responsible for good timekeeping and staff discipline.
Maintain accurate records of staff annual leave and sickness, ensuring that adequate staffing levels are maintained. Complete an accurate weekly time sheet and ensure that it is correctly authorised and processed in a timely manner.
Plan, prioritise and schedule the work, and issue it to the team working with the HFM Control Room to ensure best use of resources.
Safely and efficiently contain and resolve a wide variety of fault situations in complex and essential services, many of which will be unpredicted and will require sound technical and analytical skills and judgement in potentially stressful situations.
Through \’toolbox\’ talks, group sessions and one to one instruction as appropriate, cascade to your team the training and information received, i.e. health and safety, water safety precautions, statutory guidance and technical procedures. Canvas the ideas and concerns of team members to inform and aid safe and efficient management and feed into departmental committees / senior estates management as appropriate.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria

• Qualified to HNC Level or City & Guilds Part 2 in Electrical and Electronic Craft Studies in Electrical Installation Work or Electronic Servicing with suitable experience.
• Served recognised EITB Apprenticeship or equivalent form of structured training that is accepted by the profession.
• ILM Team Leader Award or equivalent level of experience working in a supervisory role.

Desirable criteria

• Trained to undertake Authorised Person duties.

Experience
Essential criteria

• Extensive experience in the installation and maintenance of electrical plant and equipment together with a comprehensive level of theoretical and practical knowledge across specialist hospital building services

Desirable criteria

• Competence in the operation and maintenance of a major access control or similar type of system would be an advantage.
• Experience of supervisory maintenance work in a large acute hospital setting.

Communication & Relationship skills
Essential criteria

• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff, suppliers and contractors using persuasive or negotiating skills and be able to communicate complex information to maintenance staff.
• Ability to explain technical maintenance issues to non-technical staff, contractors and suppliers with particular empathy and understanding.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.
Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
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If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

For more details visit; School leaving age – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are \’at risk\’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
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Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service – I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month\’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download

• Elect TL JD (PDF, 736.3KB)
• Elect TL PS (PDF, 528.6KB)
• Mindful Employer (PDF, 242.5KB)
• Equality and Diversity (PDF, 122.3KB)
• Equal Opportunities (PDF, 57.4KB)
• Disability Confidence Scheme (PDF, 51.0KB)
• Rehabilitation of Ex Offenders (PDF, 106.0KB)