Accommodation Services - Maintenance Craftsman

The Trust has a longstanding history of providing residential accommodation for staff on a short and medium term basis close to the delivery of acute services and this is a key enabler in recruiting, retaining and supporting staff and students; as such the provision of this service is viewed as core business.

This is a eighteen month fixed term post and we are looking for a Maintenance Craftsman to play a key role in achieving priority refurbishments and upgrades in the Keyworker Accommodation on the Scunthorpe Hospital site. The majority of the works to be carried out are of a plumbing/joinery bias. The individual will support Accommodation Maintenance Team in the delivery of maintenance programmes that will contribute to the Trusts objectives been carried out in a safe, cost effective, efficient manner and compliant with legislation, Health Technical Memorandums (HTM) and good practice.

Please note that interviews will be held on 13 June 2023

• To support the Accommodation Teams at the two main accommodation sites within the hospital grounds with the delivery of maintenance services in a safe, cost effective, efficient manner and compliant with legislation and good practice.
• To undertake building maintenance refurbishments and repairs ensuring compliance with Trust Policies standards and procedures.
• To ensure that building compliance is maintained at all times.
• To display a high standard of customer care at all times, providing a helpful and friendly service
• To support the Accommodation Team in the delivery of a maintenance programme that will contribute to the running of the accommodation service in a safe, cost effective, efficient manner and compliant with legislation and good practice.
• To ensure that maintenance repairs are conducted in a timely manner in order to avoid putting rooms out of service.

We’re a large organisation with three hospitals located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole. We also provide community services in North Lincolnshire. Our 6,500 members of staff care for and support a population of more than 400,000 people.

We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt ‘best practice’ so we can deliver excellent care to our patients. We ask staff to live our values; kindness, courage and respect.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/

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We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.