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Maintenance Assistant

Location: Woodland Hospital, Kettering

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Full-time

Salary: Depending on experience + Benefits

Summary:

Woodland and Glendon Wood Hospitals are one of Northamptonshire’s leading private hospitals with an excellent reputation for delivering high quality healthcare for self-pay/insured and NHS patients.

The role:

We have a great opportunity for a Maintenance Assistant to join our team. You will report into the Maintenance Manager. You will join a small team of engineers supporting the delivery of engineering and maintenance services for the hospital and its sister site Glendon Wood Hospital.

Duties will include:

• Assist the engineering team with pre planned maintenance checks of the hospital to ensure smooth running of the hospital. Training will be provided onsite and you will be expected to carry out some task on your own.
• Help ensure that PPM records and action plans are kept up to date reporting any irregular findings to the manager.
• Carry out reactive maintenance works and assist engineers where necessary.
• General DIY tasks including painting, assembling furniture, room use changes and assisting engineers with plumbing, electrical and other vital tasks.
• Assist with carrying out compliance testing.
• Be part of an on-call service to ensure hospital facilities are maintained.

• Work collaboratively with Engineer colleagues across other hospitals.

Skills and Attributes:

• Basis tradesman/DIY skills ideally in electrical, plumbing and/or heating services.
• Basic computer skills especially MS Office Word & Excel. (desirable)
• Ideally facilities maintenance experience
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment and independently as required
• Flexibility and adaptability to meet the changing needs of the business, including on call cover
• Routine minor painting and decorating skills.
• Some knowledge of IT cabling/socket installation and fault finding. (desirable)

Benefits:

• 25 Days Leave + Bank Holidays
• Buy & Sell Flexi Leave Options
• Private Pension where Ramsay will match up to 5% after a qualifying period
• Enhanced Competitive Parental Leave Policies
• Private Medical Cover with option to add partner & dependants
• Life Assurance (Death in Service) x3 base salary
• Free Training and Development via the Ramsay Academy
• Free Parking on site (where possible)
• Subsidised staff restaurant (where possible)
• Concerts for Carers
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle2Work scheme available, in partnership with Halfords
• The Blue Light Card Scheme

About Us:

Ramsay Health Care UK is a well-established global hospital group with over 50 years’ experience. We are a global provider operating in 8 countries, with 88,000 staff who treat 8 million patients each year. It is well respected within the healthcare industry and is one of the leading providers of independent hospital services in England. We are well known for our strong, long-standing relationship with the NHS.

We love people with a positive, “can do” attitude who want to make a difference in their work. "Our employees are Ramsay." The skills and commitment of our employees forms the basis for our success.

We are able to support training and development to our employees, to deliver a high standard of clinical care whilst ensuring patient safety, dignity and confidentiality. We are a progressive and caring facility and support the Ramsay vision “People caring for People”.

We know our people are our greatest asset, our business is growing and we would like you to join us. 

“The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that people – staff and doctors – are Ramsay Health Care’s most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success. 

We are proud of our ‘Speak Up for Safety’ programme and ensure that the patient is at the heart of everything we do. Join us and have more ‘Time to Care’. 

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to an Enhanced DBS check. 

We value your application and welcome any questions you may have prior to applying. Please be advised that we reserve the right to close our advertisements prior to the announced closing date to ensure a quality recruitment process.

We care. It’s more than what we do, it’s who we are. Everything we do is about striving to deliver the best care. And it's a belief that's as true today as it was when we welcomed our first patients in 1964. “The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that our people are our most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.
 

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks.

We are proud to support the UK’s Armed Forces and Reservists and have already achieved the Silver Award as part of the MOD’s Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. The scheme recognises employers who actively support Defence while encouraging other organisations to adopt the same behaviours in their workplace. As a company we are committed to supporting the wider Armed Forces community and this includes our staff as well as our patients.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults, children and young people at risk. We expect all employees to share this commitment and behave in a way that supports it. All successful candidates will be provided with safeguarding training appropriate to their role.