Estates Mechanical Operative

Main area Estates Grade NHS AfC:
Band 3 Contract Permanent:
Band 3 plus RRP, Overtime & On-call allowance available. 37.5 hours per week. Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job
-CORP-8168902-B3

Site John Radcliffe Hospital Town Headington, Oxford Salary £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 05/11/2026 23:59

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital
, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this
Delivering Compassionate Excellence
and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Many of our recruitment programmes use
Value Based Interviewing
to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit

This role is Band 3 plus RRP, Overtime & On-call allowance available. 37.5 hours per week.

The primary purpose of this role is to professionally support and undertake Mechanical trades operations and maintenance work across the Trust’s sites as directed by line management. This includes activities that may be demanding and/or non-routine, ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards, policies and procedures. Assist with the management and implementation of the planned engineering/building maintenance programmes for the Trust to ensure compliance with key standards, both legislative and performance related (as defined through Service Level Agreement) – also meeting where necessary the requirements of the NHSLA.

EF15QP

• To work in accordance with the requirements of HTM’s, HBN’s, Model Specifications, relevant Statutory Regulations, Codes of Practice, British Standards and Trust Policies and Procedures.
• Actively participate in the operation of the Trusts labour control scheme by working within the scheme including completion of all paperwork required of the scheme (including completion of all job dockets and time sheets).
• Carry out Planned Preventative Maintenance, to include Heating and Ventilation system, Medical Gas PPM's and maintenance
• Ability to prioritise changing workloads and to act pro-actively to address work requests in conjunction with Estates Operations Manager/Mechanical Team Leader.
• Ability to understand maintenance policies.
• To assist other trades as required.
• Ability to work in unpleasant situations or environments.
• Ability to concentrate for several long periods to carry out required tasks and address any paperwork required for task.
• May occasionally be required to assist works in areas of uncontrolled hazardous i.e., steam leak, bodily fluids and raw sewage.
• Ability to carry out works in areas requiring emotional sensitivity e.g., mortuary, children’s ward, general wards and ITU.
• Undertake any other duties appropriate to the grade.
• Ability to process own timesheets and job dockets
• At all times to carry Trust communication device (two-way radio, mobile phones) to facilitate immediate response to emergencies.

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