About this role
Job summary
We are recruiting for Multi Skilled Plumber to join our team.
You will carry out and/or oversee the repair/maintenance/installation of complex plant and equipment across all Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (HIOWH) properties.
This will involve a multi-skilled approach as well as the full range of duties associated with the postholders primary trade as a Plumber or Mechanical Engineer. This will include planned preventative maintenance, and reactive repair works across varying systems, potentially acting as an Authorised Person (AP) in one of either Water, Medical Gasses, Mechanical Pressure System, HVAC or Decontamination.
This will include the issuing of permits to work, carrying out system shutdowns in a compliant and recorded manner to assist with Maintenance works or larger Capital Project works.
Main duties of the job
Ensure that Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and associated work is implemented efficiently to specified requirements and aid with improving these requirements on a continuous basis. To undertake the servicing of plumbing and mechanical plant as per the PPM schedule and works issued by your Estates Officer.
To carry out reactive repairs to plumbing, heating and ventilation systems to include:
General fault finding and rectification following reported breakdowns
The repair/replacement/installation of general plumbing fixtures such as taps, WC's, basins, supply services and waste pipework, valves and associated fittings
Drainage
Commercial Heating Systems
Commercial Boilers
Vented and unvented hot and cold water and heating systems
AHU's (Air Handling Units)
Fan motors (supply and extract)
Smoke/Fire Dampers
Booster Pumps
Medical Gasses
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Job description Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Recognised and registered apprenticeship, or an NVQ/City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma in Plumbing, Plumbing and Heating, Ventilation or a Mechanical Engineering discipline A sound understanding of the basic principles of water, heating and ventilation systems Able to fault-find, diagnose and rectify plumbing/mechanical faults Driving license
Desirable
Recognised and registered apprenticeship, or an NVQ/City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Plumbing, Plumbing and Heating, Ventilation or a Mechanical Engineering discipline WRAS certification/qualification Un-vented certification/qualification Computer literate with experience using a PDA device/CAFM system Authorised Person status in an appropriate mechanical discipline
Experience Essential
Experience in Plumbing and Heating or mechanical services Good communication skills Demonstrate the ability to understand and follow detailed technical instructions
Desirable
Demonstrate a proactive approach to problem solving Previous experience working in a healthcare setting Understanding of anti-ligature requirements
Additional Criteria Essential
Maintain a healthy, safe, and secure working environment.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Gosport War Memorial Hospital
Bury Road
Gosport
Hampshire
PO12 3PW
Employer's website https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)