Maintenance Technician Band 5

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (ULTH) are seeking a highly motivated Estates Mechanically Bias Technician who will be based in the Estates department at Grantham Hospital. The post holder is required to play a proactive part within the Estates Technical team to meet Trust objectives in a safe, cost effective, efficient manner in compliance with legislation and good practice.

There is no better time to join the team at ULHT, we are developing our operational estates team in order to support the Trust on its continuous development plan, our aims and ambitions are set high and we want you to be part of the developing journey with us. Have you got the ambition to make your hospital a better place for the community? Have you got the passion about engineering? Are you wanting to learn new skills and become a true rounded engineer with skills in which some areas are only specialist in the Healthcare, if this sounds like a challenge you are looking for then apply today.

We offer job security, stability, development, a strong team focused environment where you will feel a sense of belonging. Although, better than all of that, is the chance to really give something back to the NHS with the skills, knowledge, experience and attributes you have to help us achieve outstanding care personally delivered.

If this sounds like a challenge you would like to undertake, apply today.

As an Maintenance Technician you will report directly to the Estates management team and provide effective technical support for Estates & Capital Services. You will be encouraged to be proactive in team working, you will be supported as a team member and you will encourage team working, by providing the varied skills that support the department’s philosophy and flexible working.

You will be expected to have a sound knowledge with the applicable skills in an engineering related discipline. Training and development will be available to ensure your skills become transferable and developed upon for your personal progression and support the Trust needs.

• To plan, organise operational maintenance for the estates maintenance team under the guidance of the Estates Officers.
• To be appointed as Authorised or Competent Person as required by the organisation.
• To support the delivery of the specific Estates Services across a designated site(s) that will contribute and support the Trust’s objectives.
• To provide and nurture a patient-centred environment via the provision of Estates Services whilst recognising their contribution to the overall patient experience.
• To provide both technical and non-technical advice to both clinical and non-clinical professionals.
• To support the delivery of technical policy and procedures and implementation of documentation to the maintenance team and ensure compliance is achieved in various specialist disciplines.

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Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nick Harrison Job title: Estates Operations Manager Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 07785358955