Electrician
Job Description
Job summary
A permanent vacancy has arisen within the Estates & Facilities Directorate for an experienced Electrical Craft Person to join the Barts Heath Trust. The job is based at Whipps Cross Hospital but the role may require working at other sites within the Barts Health Trust.
Duties cover a range of building electrical work including planned and breakdown maintenance, servicing, specialist testing, fault finding and repair of equipment and installation work.
Key Responsibilities of the post will include undertaking a range of repairs and core craft electrical and general engineering duties and associated works for the Trust. To maintain engineering services and equipment at the hospital whilst at all times observing all relevant Health and Safety guidelines and Regulations.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be employed on a wide range of fault-finding and maintenance duties. They will be responsible for maintaining all Building Fabric, Mechanical & Electrical building services and equipment within the Trust properties.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised electrical apprenticeship or Level 3 electrical qualification, such as City & Guilds 236, NVQ Level 3, BTEC, ONC or equivalent.
- Current BS 7671 Requirements for Electrical Installations certification, or latest recognised edition required for LV Competent Person duties.
- Evidence of health and safety training or knowledge relevant to electrical maintenance, including permit-to-work, asbestos awareness and COSHH.
Desirable
- City & Guilds 2391, or equivalent Level 3 qualification in Inspection and Testing of Electrical Installations
- Training in healthcare estates, HTM guidance, generators, fire alarm interfaces, BMS, access control or ventilation plant.
Experience
Essential
- Experience maintaining LV electrical installations and associated building services plant, such as generators, control panels, lighting, power distribution, motors, pumps, ventilation or HVAC-related electrical systems
- Experience completing maintenance records, job reports, test certificates or CAFM/helpdesk updates accurately
Desirable
- Experience in an NHS, healthcare, laboratory, critical infrastructure, education, large commercial, industrial or other live operational estate
- Experience working in clinical environments or on specialist healthcare plant/equipment.
- Experience of lone working, shift working or participation in an out-of-hours/on-call maintenance rota.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of safe working on ELV/LV electrical systems, including isolation, testing, fault diagnosis and working under permit-to-work arrangements within personal competence.
- Able to interpret electrical drawings, specifications, maintenance instructions and manufacturers' guidance.
- Understanding of statutory safety requirements relevant to estates maintenance, including Health and Safety legislation, COSHH, asbestos controls, HTM requirements and infection prevention controls
- Basic mechanical/plumbing awareness to support minor multi-skilled tasks within competence, such as belts, filters, basic leaks and making safe.
Desirable
- Working knowledge of NHS HTMs and HBNs relevant to healthcare engineering.
- Knowledge of CAFM systems, BMS monitoring, standby generation, fire alarm interfaces, access control or door entry systems
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Able to prioritise allocated reactive and planned maintenance tasks to meet service needs and agreed response times.
- Able to communicate routine technical information clearly to managers, estates colleagues, contractors and clinical/non-clinical service users.
- Able to work safely without constant supervision within standard operating procedures, and escalate risks, defects or work outside competence.
- Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary Estates team and support maintenance assistants, apprentices or colleagues through task-specific guidance.
- Able to use basic IT systems, mobile devices, email, CAFM/helpdesk systems or electronic records to receive, update and close work orders.
Desirable
- Evidence of adapting to new technology, mobile work management, BMS systems or multi-skilled working practices
Role requirements
Essential
- Able to participate in the Estates on-call rota and work rostered core or shift patterns as required by the service
- Able to travel between Barts Health NHS Trust sites when required for service delivery.
- Able to undertake the physical requirements of the role with appropriate equipment, training and reasonable adjustments, including manual handling, ladders, plant rooms, restricted spaces and working at height.
- Able to undertake the physical requirements of the role with appropriate equipment, training and reasonable adjustments, including manual handling, ladders, plant rooms, restricted spaces and working at height.
Desirable
- Full UK driving licence or ability to travel efficiently between Trust sites by other means.
- Previous completion of NHS mandatory training or equivalent training in safeguarding, infection prevention, equality and diversity or fire safety
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Barts Health NHS Trust
Address
Whipps Cross University Hospital
London
E11 1NR
United Kingdom
