About this role
Job summary
Are you a hands-on maintenance professional with leadership experience and a passion for creating safe, well-maintained environments? Join our team as a Maintenance Lead and play a key role in ensuring the smooth operation of two specialist healthcare services, making a real difference to the experience of patients, staff and visitors every day. Working closely with the Support Services Manager, you will lead and support a maintenance team across All Saints Hospital, ensuring a high standard of maintenance is delivered. You will oversee day-to-day maintenance activities, prioritise workloads, review work schedules and ensure repairs and maintenance tasks are completed efficiently and effectively.
In this varied and rewarding role, you will support the organisation and completion of planned preventative maintenance (PPM) programmes, ensuring all statutory and compliance requirements are met. You will coordinate contractors on site, providing guidance and local support to ensure works are completed safely, on time and to the required standard. You will also identify, prioritise and respond to faults, damage and maintenance issues, ensuri
Main duties of the job
Join our team as a Maintenance Lead at Elysium Healthcare where you will ensure the smooth operation of two specialist healthcare services every day. Reporting to the Support Services Manager, lead the maintenance team across All Saints Hospital and uphold high maintenance standards. Oversee day-to-day activities, prioritize workloads, and ensure repairs are efficiently completed. Coordinate the completion of planned preventative maintenance programs, ensuring compliance with all statutory requirements. Manage contractor coordination on-site and address faults effectively. Promote a strong health and safety culture, supporting maintenance administrative processes along the way.
About us
Elysium Healthcare, a part of Ramsay Health Care, has over 8,000 employees and operates over 80 services across England and Wales. Specializing in Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, Elysium offers opportunities for personal growth and career advancement. With a global network of services across 10 countries and over 86,000 employees worldwide, Elysium Healthcare is committed to delivering unique care. As a Disability Confident employer, Elysium promotes inclusive recruitment practices. At Elysium, all staff are responsible for safeguarding the welfare of service users, subject to a DBS check.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In this varied and rewarding role, you will support the organisation and completion of planned preventative maintenance (PPM) programmes, ensuring all statutory and compliance requirements are met. You will coordinate contractors on site, providing guidance and local support to ensure works are completed safely, on time and to the required standard. You will also identify, prioritise and respond to faults, damage and maintenance issues, ensuring buildings and facilities remain safe, compliant and fit for purpose.
As Maintenance Lead, you will be responsible for promoting a strong health and safety culture, ensuring all maintenance activities are carried out in line with organisational policies, procedures and statutory regulations. You will also support administrative processes, including purchase orders, invoice approval and budget monitoring, while contributing to Health & Safety, Clinical Governance and Senior Management Team meetings as required.
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- Previous maintenance experience in a hospital or similar environment
- To have a City & Guilds qualification in Electrical, Plumbing or in Building
- To demonstrate good managerial and communication skills
- The ability to adapt – be practical
- To be conscientious and team focused
- Knowledge of statutory legislation e.g. fire, electrical and health & safety
- English language skills – verbal and written to GCSE level D or equivalent numerate GCSE level D
- To demonstrate initiative and assertiveness
- To troubleshoot and resolve problems
What You’ll Get
At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:
- Annual base salary of £28,040
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window
- Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
- Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
- Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
- Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
- Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
- Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support
- 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
- Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
- Pension contribution, to help secure your future
- Free meals and onsite free parking
Where you will be working
Location: All Saints Hospital, Grange Avenue, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL8 4EF
You will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team at All Saints Hospital, providing care for people who are D/deaf or have complex communication needs. It is a culturally sensitive service which has been created to provide support and rehabilitation with care and intervention from both deaf and hearing members of staff.
All Saints Hospital which is a specialist Mental Health service which has self-contained flats for men over 18 years old, which helps them move along their care pathway to more independent living.
About us
Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Previous maintenance experience in a hospital or similar environment. City & Guilds qualification in Electrical, Plumbing or Building. Good managerial and communication skills. Knowledge of statutory legislation, including fire, electrical, and health & safety. English language skills equivalent to GCSE level D.
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
Elysium Healthcare
Address
Elysium Healthcare
Oldham
OL8 4EF
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.elysiumhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)