Role Summary
The post holder will originate from a Mechanical Services background with training and experience relative to working on all types and age of general buildings. Have the ability to be customer facing and be able to project the aims and services provided by the Maintenance Team in a diplomatic and sensitive manner.
To be able to offer solutions, effect routine repairs reactively to plumbing systems and heating system pipework and radiators, macerator units and their drainage systems (training provided) and to carry out PPM’s, such as:
• General Plumbing Services
• All types of local heating and storage vessels
• All types and grades of drainage equipment
• Plumbing control equipment, blending valves, isolation valves etc...
• Heating thermostatic valves and heating equipment
• Macerator repair and maintenance (training provided)
• (There is no requirement for unsupervised works on Boiler plant, heat Exchanger plant or BMS control systems and actuators.)
As a part of the Maintenance Team, the post holder will support the provision of a high quality, flexible, proactive customer orientated service. The post holder will ensure that the work they carry out is done effectively to ensure that patients, staff and visitors are provided with a clean, safe and pleasant environment suitable for the Trust and service provided.
The post holder will be expected to work on a wide range of Mechanical systems and equipment; this will also include some non-mechanical. Skilled fault finding is required, often in circumstances where a limited amount of initial information is provided.
About the Role
We will work with you to help you be the best version of you at work.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you're starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, physiotherapy, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.
About Us
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More detail about the role
We are looking for a Skilled Tradesperson (Plumber) to join our team based at North Devon District Hospital with a salary of £21,730 - £23,177 LRRP £1900 plus potential for overtime.
The successful candidate will work with the team to provide an efficient maintenance service carrying out day to day mechanical work in planned preventative maintenance, repair, alteration and new works of the mechanical systems and fixtures maintained by the Maintenance Department.
The post holder as part of their duties must provide the trust with suitable assurance, which is to be communicated by regular and professional feedback of all issues to the works supervisor.
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday 5 x 7.5 hour days
Interview Date: TBC
For further information please contact Andrew Marsh on 07788361706 or andrew.marsh6@nhs.net
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Benefits
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
It’s never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you'll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
