Estate Officer; Operations

Position: Estate Officer (Operations)

Job Overview

Responsible for engineering maintenance section for the trust, including management of staff

Act as Authorised Person/ Responsible Officer in relation to specific maintenance responsibilities e.g. medical gases, sterilisation equipment

Maintains, operates and reviews pre planned maintenance programme/ and reactive and out of hours maintenance; review and revises procedures, working practices

The work does involve lone working which requires candidates to be able to identify various alarms and working in restricted places, it is therefore essential that candidates read the Job Description and are able to undertake all tasks required.

Users of the service should receive a high level of Customer Service in a polite efficient manner by staff with a high standard of personal presentation and hygiene.

Occasionally the post holder will be required to access unpleasant working areas such as confined spaces, drainage systems and plant rooms and may be exposed to sewage, fumes, dust and dirt.

Main Duties

• Work closely with the Estate Manager, Estate officers, Estate team leader and clinical managers for example ward managers, matrons, other heads of departments.
• Working in agreement and co-operating with other departments to ensure maintenance and repairs are completed, in and around the other service users inc patients.
• Providing engineering information at meetings for departmental updates relating to complex engineering information, including pricing and timescales of work.
• Provide and receive complex information, negotiating skills.
• Exchanges maintenance, technical project-related information with specialists, non-specialists; negotiates with contractors or suppliers.
• Analyse, Plan, and organise complex activities, taking into consideration the health and safety aspects, departmental demands due to labour and costs.
• Plans and prioritises maintenance projects, including liaison with users, contractors, specialist agencies, project management.
• To undertake all line‑management responsibilities and duties for all specialist Engineering Section staff including e‑rostering, training, KSF Appraisals of all staff and ensure that they all receive an agreed PDP and objectives.
• Will have key relationship skills to motivate the team and be empathic in situations that may arise on site or within the team.

Working for our organisation

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Skills and Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

• Your Leadership Impact
• Leading your Team to Success
• Leading Into the Future
• Service Improvement for Beginners
• Developing your Service Improvement Skills
• Lean Practitioner

The Leadership And Improvement Programme Aims To

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviours
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
• Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in‑house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Person Specification Qualifications & Training Essential criteria

• Degree or equivalent in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering discipline with post‑graduate training and experience equivalent to Batchelors level.
• Numeracy and Literacy Level 2 or Maths & English (English Language or English Literature) GCSE A-C/4-9 or Maths & English O Level/GCE A-C or Maths & English CSE Grade 1 Or NARIC/ENIC which compares the qualification to UK GCSE.

Desirable criteria

• Member of a relevant professional institute
• Competent Person for various estates engineering disciplines.

Experience Essential criteria

• In depth knowledge…