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Maintenance Assistant

Main location: Cherwell Hospital, Banbury

Additional location: Blakelands Hospital, Milton Keynes

Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week

Shift Patterns: Flexible for 7am-3pm or 8am-4pm

The role:

We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated Maintenance Assistant to join the team at Cherwell Hospital in Banbury. You will play a vital role in creating a safe, well-maintained environment for all patients and staff.

You will assist with maintaining ageing of building, general maintenance around site. You’ll be working alongside the hospital engineer to maintain, repair and service all hospital equipment and facilities to a high standard.

You’ll be valued for your skills/expertise and if you’re eager to learn, we can support you through our Ramsay Academy for progression/development within this role.

There will be occasional shifts at Blakelands Hospital in Milton Keynes, and we are flexible with shift patterns in accordance with the business needs of the service.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responding to departmental maintenance requests in all areas of the hospital in a timely manner

• Managing maintenance folder to log, plan and complete job requests in a timely manner

• Proactively identify areas and items in need of repair in a timely manner  

• Basic plumbing tasks: repair baths, showers, sinks and toilets, fix minor leaks and unblock sinks, fixing radiators

• Basic carpentry jobs including replacing door locks, hanging shelves and pictures. 

• Changing light bulbs and minor electrical work 

• Basic decorating jobs: touching up paintwork, filing wall defects 

• Moving of furniture and equipment 

Required Skills & Experience:

• Clean, valid driving license

• General maintenance knowledge and experience

• Good understanding of Health and Safety procedures and best practice

• Good fault-finding skills

• Ability to work as part of a team and independently

• Good communication skills

Why join us?

At Ramsay Health Care UK, our people are at the heart of our success. Our benefits are designed to support your wellbeing, work-life balance and career development, because we’re people caring for people:

Health, Wellbeing & Financial Security

• Private Medical Cover, with the option to add your partner and dependants

• Discounted Bupa Dental Insurance

• Life Assurance (Death in Service) x3 your base salary

• Private Pension, with Ramsay matching up to 5% after a qualifying period

• Employee Assistance Programme

Work–Life Balance

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell additional days

• Flexible shift patterns, where possible

• Family friendly policies including enhanced parental leave

• Volunteer leave to support causes that matter to you

Career Development & Recognition

• Training and Development via the Ramsay Academy to support your career development

• Colleague recognition programme to celebrate our people

Lifestyle & Everyday Perks

• Access to our benefits platform, offering a wide range of discounts

• Cycle2Work scheme

• Subsidised staff restaurant, where possible

About Us:

Ramsay Health Care UK is a well-established global hospital group with over 60 years’ experience. We are a global provider operating in 11 countries with 77,000 staff who treat 8 million patients each year. It is well respected within the healthcare industry and is one of the leading providers of independent hospital services in England. We are well known for our strong, long-standing relationship with the NHS.

We love people with a positive, “can do” attitude who want to make a difference in their work. Our employees are Ramsay. The skills and commitment of our employees forms the basis for our success.

We know our people are our greatest asset, our business is growing and we would like you to join us. “The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that people – staff and doctors – are Ramsay Health Care’s most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success. 

We are proud of our ‘Speak Up for Safety’ programme and ensure that the patient is at the heart of everything we do. Join us and have more ‘Time to Care’. 

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

We value your application and welcome any questions you may have prior to applying.

Please be advised that we reserve the right to close our advertisements prior to the announced closing date to ensure a quality recruitment process.

We care. It’s more than what we do, it’s who we are. Everything we do is about striving to deliver the best care. And it's a belief that's as true today as it was when we welcomed our first patients in 1964. “The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that our people are our most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.
 

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks.

We are proud to support the UK’s Armed Forces and Reservists and have already achieved the Silver Award as part of the MOD’s Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. The scheme recognises employers who actively support Defence while encouraging other organisations to adopt the same behaviours in their workplace. As a company we are committed to supporting the wider Armed Forces community and this includes our staff as well as our patients.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults, children and young people at risk. We expect all employees to share this commitment and behave in a way that supports it. All successful candidates will be provided with safeguarding training appropriate to their role.