AddressSpire Norwich Hospital have an exciting opportunity to bring on an Engineering Assistant to join their established team on a Bank contract - this essentially is a 0-hour contract which gives you the flexibility to take shifts on when you can which can be to cover sickness / annual leave or should the hospital require additional support. The purpose of this role is to assist the Engineering Manager and work as part of the engineering team to provide a comprehensive and cost efficient service within the hospital.
Responsibilities & Duties:
- To provide an in-house day to day reactive maintenance service.
- To undertake maintenance/testing of equipment, ensuring compliance with current HTM recommendations and legislative guidance.
- Assist in implementation and preventative maintenance programme for all building services, equipment and associated records.
- To identify personal training and development requirements, and to discuss appropriate solutions with their line manager.
- To liaise with external contractors providing specialist services to building/building services/equipment.
- To provide out of hours emergency on-call service.
- To complete weekly records of plant and services to ensure within required parameters.
- To order materials required for maintenance purposes ensuring appropriate levels of back-up stocks, and proper storage and security.
- To deputise in the absence of the Engineering Manager and undertake any other duties as assigned
- To attend 100% mandatory training and relevant ongoing professional development.
What we are looking for:
- Qualified as Mechanical Tradesmen to City & Guilds equivalent
- Post qualification experience
- Although you are not required to work certain shifts, we are looking for someone who can offer flexibility to work multiple days p/week ideally.
- Must have right to work in the UK - This role does not offer visa sponsorship.
Bank Contact Benefits:
- Bank colleagues are paid weekly
- We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
- Access to our Spire Healthcare pension
- Access to Blue Light Card discounts
- Smartspending discounts, Gym Discounts, Wellbeing Centre access via ‘Spire for You'
- Free uniform and DBS
- Full induction, including mandatory training updates
- Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
- Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team
We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.
Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it’s their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications
About Us: At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We’re committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development.
We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care' . Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.
About the Team: Spire Norwich Hospital is part of the UK’s most respected private hospital groups who strive to make a positive difference to patients’ lives through outstanding personalised care. We provide a full range of treatments and offer fast access to expert healthcare, from consultations, diagnosis, procedures, treatments and aftercare.
