Joiner

Job summary

The Estates Department are looking to enhance their maintenance team and would like to add a Joiner to their team of staff.

You will work with as an integrated member of the Estates team across a multi-discipline of trades.

As a multi-skilled craftsperson, you will have either a joinery/carpentry or building related background and will be able to carry out maintenance, repairs and installation on a full range of estates structural and fabric components/elements with minimum supervision throughout the Trust. You will be expected to complete first fixes of other trades, for which suitable training for shall be provided to ensure an efficient service is provided to our Trust sites.

Main duties of the job

You will provide a comprehensive building fabric maintenance services to all wards and departments in a multi-disciplined environment, ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards and procedures.

The post holder’s responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Perform a wide range of work on other estates trades as appropriate to their range of work e.g. multi-skilling.
• The hours of work are 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday.
• Some sites operate a shift system which is typically a two-weekly rota:
• Week 1: 07:00-15:00 hour
• Week 2: 09:00-17:00 hours
• The post holder will be expected to partake in the emergency on-call team to ensure emergency repairs are completed outside of normal working hours.
• Call out and manage contractors out of hours.
• Undertake regular out of hours on-call duties as part of the on-call team to ensure that emergency repairs occurring outside of normal working hours are attended, including emergency recall to work.
• From time to time you will be expected to work overtime to carry out emergency repairs as required.
• The post holder will be expected and be able to drive Trust vehicles as and when required.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values – care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.