Shift Multi-Skilled Craftsperson

Essentia provide effective management and co-ordination of all non-clinical support services which are vital to the Trust functioning effectively, efficiently and economically to safely meet its overall objectives and continuing success.

The Building Maintenance & Improvement Department which covers all traditional 'Estates functions' is primarily responsible for providing professional, effective and efficient customer focused reactive and planned maintenance services to the Trusts buildings.

The Department is also responsible for minor improvements, refurbishment works, also replacement programmes, delegated capital projects and provides similar services to other third party organisations through Service Level Agreements. The Department works very closely with the Capital Projects, Engineering and Operation's teams together with the end-user for successful delivery of all of these services

The Building Maintenance Team have exciting opportunities for Shift Multi Skilled Craftsperson's to play a key role in the Building Maintenance Service within St Thomas's Hospital, ensuring they meet the required standards in relation to quality of service. You will have an NVQ Level 2 in a Building Maintenance field or equivalent. The successful candidates will be a self starters with proven skills.

Strong communication, interpersonal and facilitation skills are essential for this role, with the successful candidates operating across organisational boundaries.The posts are part of the Essentia Building Maintenance Team and report to the Building Maintenance Team Manager.

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.