Senior Plumber Posted - Band 6 Secondment

We are seeking a skilled and motivated
Plumber to join our Estates Team on a fixed-term or secondment basis
.

This is a chance to become part of a dedicated team that plays a crucial role in maintaining safe, efficient, and compliant healthcare environments across Oxford Health.

As a vital member of a multi-skilled, multi-disciplinary Estates Team
, you will be responsible for delivering a high-quality plumbing service across a diverse property portfolio. You will undertake both planned preventative maintenance and reactive repairs, ensuring all work is completed safely, efficiently, and in full compliance with relevant legislation, regulations, and Trust standards.

Work pattern:
Full time with one week in six on call

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake a range of reactive plumbing repairs across the Trust
• This role plays a key role in maintaining and improving our facilities across the Trust.
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) to ensure the reliability and safety of systems
• Complete small works projects to a high standard
• Ensure all tasks are delivered in line with statutory regulations, policies, and best practice
• Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary estates team

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity  will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

• HND in Mechanical Engineering; or equivalent experience or City and Guilds Level 3 in Plumbing with extensive and relevant equivalent experience & followed an apprenticeship

• Previous experience working for NHS

• Significant relevant experience working within an estates maintenance team or as a site/self-employed plumber

• experience with plant rooms
• Substantial and significant practical and theoretical mechanical knowledge of plumbing systems
• Has a good knowledge of IT systems, CAFM workforce systems
• Extremely detailed knowledge of HTM/HBN requirements in relation to estate management

• experience with both domestic and commercial plumbing

Senior Plumber (PDF, 399.1KB)

Guidance Notes for Candidates Applying for a job at OHFT (PDF, 424.6KB)