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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

About
Contact
- Address
- Trust Offices
- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
Facilities Technician
Closed for applications on: 28-Nov-2024 00:02
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 28-Nov-2024 00:02
Key details
Location
- Site
- Pulross Centre
- Address
- Talbot Yard
- Town
- 47A Pulross Rd, London
- Postcode
- SW9 8AE
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Some evenings and weekends might be required)
Salary
- Salary
- £29,485 - £31,088 per annum (incl. of HCAA)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 3)
Specialty
- Main area
- Facilities Management
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
The successful candidate will work as part of our Safe 2 Go Home Service and be responsible for providing an essential and efficient housekeeping, basic maintenance, and transport service to the patient homes whilst meeting the needs and objectives of both the department and the wider Trust.
You will be required to work at various homes across the Greater London. A clean and full UK driving licence is an essential requirement for this post.
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Full UK Manual Drivers Licence is mandatory for this position.
Operational
Conducts a wide range of duties including:
- The de-cluttering of unwanted furniture/equipment/personal patient possessions.
- Observing all departmental procedures, current road laws and legislation and reporting any changes to your driving licence to the SafeToGoHome Project Manager.
- Reporting any incident/accident to the SafeToGoHome Project Manager.
- Vacuums carpets and upholstery; carries out dust control, and mopping.
- Damp dust furniture and all surfaces, including those at a high level; clean internal glass and remove finger marks e.g. on doors and surrounds.
Technical
- Uses materials and equipment correctly, in line with the designated guidelines and
reports any signs of defects. - Competent to safely utilise and operate mechanical and electrical housekeeping equipment, as provided by the department for the fulfilment of their duties.
- Utilises protective equipment and clothing, as provided by the department for the safe completion of their duties.
Communication
- Reports any maintenance faults, damage, theft or health and safety issues in their designated areas of responsibility; to enable these issues to be resolved expediently.
- Reports all accidents and adverse incidents, in accordance with Trust policy and IR1 procedure.
- Cooperates with colleagues and management to assist in an effective and pro-active working environment.
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
qualifications and education
Essential criteria
- General Standard of Education. Relevant experience in a similar industry. Commitment to learn new working methods.
- Knowledge of procedures to NVQ 3 or equivalent, relevant certification or equivalent experience, skills and knowledge.
- Good command of the English language, including oral and written communication skills.
- Clean Full UK driving licence.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of manual handling procedures.
- Knowledge of health and safety procedures
Physical requirements
Essential criteria
- Must be fit and active and able to lift loads in accordance with the Trust’s manual Handling Policy.
Additional information
Essential criteria
- Attention to details.
- Proactive, energetic and enthusiastic.
Previous experience
Essential criteria
- Awareness of confidentiality
- Should have suitable experience to undertake multi tasks
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within the healthcare profession.
Skills, Knowledge and Ability
Essential criteria
- Good knowledge of housekeeping and basic maintenance techniques and procedures.
- Good customer service skills, with the ability to respond sensitively to patient queries; demonstrating empathy and compassion.
- A methodical and accurate approach to work activities and capable of following procedures and systematic processes.
- Ability to manage time, organise and prioritise work; whilst showing initiative when working on their own and as part of a team.
- Ability and willingness to learn new skills and to attend training.
- Good team player with the ability to communicate and engage effectively with all grades of staff/patients, in busy and challenging environments.
- Committed and enthusiastic towards providing high service standards.
- Able to drive and safely handle a vehicle.
- Able to carry out basic measurements for rails and adaptions, change lightbulbs and fit hand rails, key boxes etc. in patients homes.
Desirable criteria
- Use of PDA device for implementing work tasks.
- Knowledge of London Boroughs Southwark and Lambeth.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katia Ribakova
- Job title
- S2GH Project Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02071887188
- Additional information
For further vacancy details, please email Katia Ribakova for a telephone appointment.
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