Estates Maintenance Assistant - (Grade B)

Estates Maintenance Assistant - (Grade B)

AGH Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and provides Estates, Facilities and procurement services for the Trust.

We are looking for an Estates Maintenance Assistant to join our team. We are seeking highly motivated and professional individuals capable of working well within our current Estates team.

Main duties of the job

To undertake, without supervision, a variety of tasks which would include:

• Lighting checks
• Replacement of lighting tubes or bulbs
• Fixing of notice boards, clocks, notices, etc.
• Replacement of damaged ceiling tiles
• Cleaning extract fans and ventilation grilles
• Replacement/re-fixing of toilet seats
• Replacement/re-fixing of hand/safety rails
• Inspection and first aid repairs to flooring
• Re-washering hot and cold water taps
• Temperature checks of water services
• Care of curtain tracks, blinds, etc.

About us

AGH Solutions was born out of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, a hospital and community services trust based outside Keighley, West Yorkshire. We are privileged to operate in a beautiful part of the country. The clinical services we support reach far up into the Yorkshire Dales, across the Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven patch. We are also lucky to have excellent transport links to Leeds, Bradford, Manchester and beyond. Leeds city centre is 25 minutes by train from Keighley.

We provide a wide range of services, from traditional facilities management and estate maintenance to sterile services, wheelchair engineering, and procurement. Our vision is to bring you a flexible, responsive, high-quality, value for money service. Our NHS heritage means we work to the values and ethics of the NHS and those of Airedale NHSFT specifically.

Job responsibilities

We are seeking an individual with the experience and qualifications stated in the essential criteria within the person specification.

This position is not currently eligible for a certificate of sponsorship in line with Home Office guidance as it does not appear on the skilled worker visa occupation list.

If you currently hold a different type of visa allowing you to work in the UK, we would welcome an application from you. If your visa expires or there is a change in status during your employment, the Trust will be required to review your employment which may result in the termination of your employment to comply with the relevant immigration legislation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Good standard of secondary education to GCSE level or better in Maths, English, and Craft Studies.
• Computer user and application skills.
• Able to demonstrate a flexible approach to problem solving and broad knowledge of the work requirements and patterns of other trades.
• Able to use own initiative in relation to problem solving to resolve situations to a satisfactory conclusion.
• Ability to work as an individual with a minimum of supervision or as part of a team.
• Has had some formal H&S training.
• Has some form of formal qualification in a building service discipline.

Experience

• To have recent relevant experience of working within a maintenance function aimed at ensuring the quality and standard of the built environment.
• Able to substantiate at interview knowledge and experience in relation to the routine maintenance of building services and other relevant experience claimed within the application form.
• Previous experience of working in a hospital, healthcare, or care home 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.