Maintenance Operative (Band 3)

Job Purpose To provide an efficient maintenance service across Trust properties.

Key Working Relationships Internal: Work collaboratively with Estates colleagues, managers, departmental leads, clinical teams and other Trust staff.

External: Maintain effective working relationships with contractors, service providers, other NHS organisations and emergency services.

Working Environment and Risks The role may involve exposure to

Machinery, electrical systems, chemicals and noise

Working at height, on ladders and in confined spaces

Biological hazards, sewage and dirty working areas

Manual handling and lone working

Contact with patients in mental health settings

Plant rooms, ducts and external grounds

Appropriate training, risk assessments, safe systems of work and personal protective equipment must be followed.

Key Responsibilities Water hygiene: Complete flushing, temperature monitoring, sampling, cleaning and record keeping. Report concerns and support system chlorination where trained and authorised.

Plant and services: Carry out routine checks, identify faults, leaks and safety concerns, and report them for repair.

Planned preventive maintenance: Complete allocated PPM inspections and maintenance tasks in line with Trust schedules.

Drainage: Clear minor blockages and maintain drainage systems, arranging and supervising contractors where required.

Air plant and equipment: Undertake basic cleaning and maintenance of ventilation plant, firefighting equipment, patient equipment and medical furniture.

Lighting: Replace lamps and clean and refit diffusers.

Building maintenance: Complete minor repairs to fixtures, fittings, floors, windows, doors, roofs, gutters and downpipes, including painting and decorating.

Plumbing: Undertake minor plumbing repairs, such as replacing toilet seats, re-washering taps and repairing small leaks.

Grounds: Complete basic grounds maintenance and coordinate gardening contractors.

Waste: Support the secure collection and disposal of confidential waste.

Transport: Move equipment and materials manually or using Trust vehicles.

Sterilisers: Transport sterilisers between sites and undertake minor repairs where competent.

Team support: Assist Estates tradespeople and managers with maintenance activities.

Adverse weather: Support snow clearing, flood response and other weather-related duties during and outside normal working hours.

Special Requirements Work additional or flexible hours when required to maintain essential services.

Work temporarily at other Trust locations when operationally required.

Hold a valid UK driving licence .

General Responsibilities Maintain the confidentiality of patient, staff and Trust information.

Comply with data protection, information governance and Caldicott principles.

Follow health and safety procedures and use approved manual-handling practices.

Report accidents, incidents, hazards and near misses promptly.

Support equality, diversity and inclusion.

Declare actual or potential conflicts of interest.

Undertake other reasonable duties appropriate to the role and service needs.

Main improvements Removed repeated wording and unnecessary detail.

Grouped similar maintenance duties together.

Replaced outdated terminology, including Criminal Records Bureau, with wording that can be aligned to the Trusts current recruitment and disclosure statement.

Clarified that technical work should only be completed where the post-holder is trained, competent and authorised