Maintenance Assistant - Royal Gwent Hospital inNewport inNewport PUBLISHED 23 NOV 2024

Experience of IT packages and applications, including Microsoft Office.
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.


Please check your email account regularly
. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.


Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process



Job Overview


We are looking for a highly motivated, appropriately skilled, reliable and enthusiastic maintenance assistant that is able to work well under pressure to carry out planned maintenance and day to day repairs within a hospital environment.

The postholder will assist higher skilled trades when required and work as part of a team on co-ordinated projects.

Main duties of the job

To ensure the fabric of the hospital is maintained as a safe environment for patients, public and staff.

To assist higher skilled grades when required as part of a team on co-ordinated projects on behalf of the Health Board.

To provide and receive routine information to co-ordinate services and systems such as the help-line.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opened in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.


Qualifications And Or Knowledge


Essential criteria

  • Good standard of education to GSCE or equivalent
  • Appropriate work experience
  • Knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems and tools; gained through training and induction, part qualification or equivalent

Desirable criteria

  • Fork lift qualification

Skills & Attributes

Essential criteria

  • Customer care awareness
  • Able to contribute in a team environment
  • Able to provide assistance during the undertaking of water safety risk assessments, audits, and developing action plans

Desirable criteria

  • Ability to undertake other duties within areas of competence


Experience


Essential criteria

  • Experience of IT packages and applications, including Microsoft Office

Desirable criteria

  • Hospital experience in a works environment


Other


Essential criteria

  • Self motivated
  • Customer focused
  • Ability to travel between sites

Desirable criteria

  • Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly
. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process


Job Overview

We are looking for a highly motivated, appropriately skilled, reliable and enthusiastic maintenance assistant that is able to work well under pressure to carry out planned maintenance and day to day repairs within a hospital environment.

The postholder will assist higher skilled trades when required and work as part of a team on co-ordinated projects.

Main duties of the job

To ensure the fabric of the hospital is maintained as a safe environment for patients, public and staff.

To assist higher skilled grades when required as part of a team on co-ordinated projects on behalf of the Health Board.

To provide and receive routine information to co-ordinate services and systems such as the help-line.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opened in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Qualifications And Or Knowledge

Essential criteria

  • Good standard of education to GSCE or equivalent
  • Appropriate work experience
  • Knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems and tools; gained through training and induction, part qualification or equivalent

Desirable criteria

  • Fork lift qualification

Skills & Attributes

Essential criteria

  • Customer care awareness
  • Able to contribute in a team environment
  • Able to provide assistance during the undertaking of water safety risk assessments, audits, and developing action plans

Desirable criteria

  • Ability to undertake other duties within areas of competence


Experience

Essential criteria

  • Experience of IT packages and applications, including Microsoft Office

Desirable criteria

  • Hospital experience in a works environment


Other

Essential criteria

  • Self motivated
  • Customer focused
  • Ability to travel between sites

Desirable criteria

  • Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards


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