Senior Electrician

Job summary

Are you an experienced Electrician looking for a rewarding role where your expertise helps support vital healthcare services across a large and diverse NHS estate?

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Senior Electrician to join our Estates & Facilities Team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in maintaining, improving and developing electrical infrastructure across Trust sites, ensuring safe, reliable and compliant services for patients, staff and visitors.

As a recognised Electrician you will lead on electrical maintenance activities, support small projects, provide technical expertise and contribute to the ongoing resilience and development of our estate.

Working Pattern

• Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 16:00
• 1 week in 6 on-call rota, providing 24/7 emergency support as part of the Estates team

Main duties of the job

• Act as the Trust's Electrical Authorised Person for low voltage electrical systems.

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance across a wide range of electrical systems.

• Assess the condition of existing electrical infrastructure and make recommendations for upgrades and improvements.

• Deliver small electrical installation projects from planning through to completion.

• Diagnose and repair faults on complex building services systems.

• Issue permits to work and ensure compliance with relevant HTM guidance and statutory regulations.

• Provide technical guidance and support to colleagues and contractors.

• Participate in the Trust's out-of-hours emergency on-call service.

About us

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the "candidate guide to making an application" and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

o Excellent opportunities for career progressiono Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and developmento 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous serviceo NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailerso Competitive pension schemeo Lease car schemeo Cycle to work schemeo Employee Assistance Programmeo Mental Health First Aiderso Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)o Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Job responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• . Course 232 in Electrical and Electronic Craft Studies, Part 2 (232-2). . Or, . Course 236 in Electrical Installation Work, Part 2 (236-2). . Or, . An equivalent qualification such as NVQ Level 3 in a relevant Electrical Engineering. . Or, . BTEC/ONC in Electrical Engineering . Knowledge of national Electricity at Work Regulations 1989.

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience of electrical installation work.
• Experience in the analysis of method statements
• Highly developed trade skills to ensure high quality electrical installations and repairs
• Experience of planning and organising complex electrical activities which may involve electrical shutdown and interruption to services.

Knowledge

Essential

• Significant practical and theoretical building structure and fabric knowledge including asbestos awareness