Artisan Assistant (Civil Electrical or Mechanical)

Artisan Assistant (Civil Electrical or Mechanical)

ROLE PROFILE
Role title: Artisan Assistant (Civil, Electrical or Mechanical)
Division: Hospital Division
Location: Netcare Waterfall City Hospital
Reporting structure: Technical Service Manager
Closing date: 13 September 2022

ROLE SUMMARY

The Technical Assistant is responsible for providing assistance with general maintenance. Furthermore, a stand-by function will be performed in accordance to the Policy.

KEY WORK OUTPUT AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Perform maintenance tasks as stipulated in “Equipment Type Skills Assessment TGL v1.1”.
• Perform tasks under the guidance of an Artisan or registered person including maintenance of equipment,
• Perform supervised maintenance, treating and painting of carports, parking areas, peripheral fencing, and Conduct routine maintenance checks.
• Perform supervised general building, plant and machinery maintenance.
• Perform supervised general cleaning and maintenance of Hospital property.
• Ensure results of all maintenance (reactive and preventive maintenance) are captured accurately on the devices or appliances that requires repairs, modification or installation.roofing structures in general.CMMS. These entries should reflect spares used, labour involved, associated costs, tasks performed / actions taken and persons / suppliers involved – in accordance with Netcare Technical (H.O.) requirements.

• Provide assistance with building and painting.
• Assist with minor structural, civil, electrical or mechanical changes in and around the facility.
• Assist with the moving of doctor’s rooms and associated equipment and furniture.

SKILLS PROFILE

EDUCATION

• Matric or related NQF Level 4 qualification.
• Qualification in Civil, Mechanical Electrical or Plumbing advantageous
• Computer literary advantageous

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 1 year experience in a similar role.
• Competent in operating maintenance tools.

KNOWLEDGE

• Familiar with all relevant Regulatory and Statutory regulations
• Basic knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety Act’s regulations relating to machinery.

NON MANAGERIAL/ SPECIALIST SKILLS

Coaching Others* The capacity to recognise development areas in others and support them to
facilitate personal development through coaching.

Leading and Managing Change* The capacity to implement and support change initiatives and to provide leadership in times of uncertainty.

Performance Development* The ability to evaluate and develop different levels of capacity within a team to achieve set objectives.

Taking Action Capable of recognising the need for action, considering possible risks and taking
responsibility for results.

Decision Making Capable of making decisions timeously and taking responsibility for the consequences.

Managing Self Capacity to plan, organise and control own work environment by setting appropriate priorities and achieving set objectives within a given time frame.

Customer Focus and Service The capacity to identify and respond to the needs of *internal and external Delivery customers.

• Internal and external customers include patients, doctors, colleagues,

suppliers, visitors, vendors and any other person that requires a relationship

Adapting and Responding to Capable of supporting and advocating change initiatives and managing own Change reaction to change.

Continuous Improvement The capacity to improve systems and processes to facilitate continuous improvement.

Personal Work Ethic Capacity to instil an ethic of quality and consistency in self and others.

Building Relationships Capacity to establish constructive and effective relationships.

Communication The capacity to clearly present information, either written or verbal.

Teamwork Capacity to cooperate with others to work towards a common goal.

Technical Knowledge The capacity to perform a technical function to required standards.

LEADERSHIP SKILLS

Visioning The ability to provide direction in terms of action towards certain future outcomes.

Empowering Creating conditions of willingness and participation amongst teams by providing sufficient, encouragement, information, resources and authority to make the necessary decisions to accomplish tasks.

Energising Having the capacity to motivate and mobilise, impart strength, vitality and enthusiasm to teams to actualise the organisation’s vision of the future.

Designing and aligning Ensuring the optimal alignment of employee behaviour with the organisation’s vision and values.

Rewarding and feedback Fostering a performance culture by creating a framework of appropriate incentives and rewards to direct and motivate the achievement of desired performance behaviours and goals.

Team building Creating team players and team effectiveness by using appropriate methods and a flexible interpersonal style to instil a cooperative atmosphere conducive to building a cohesive team.

Outside orientation Awareness of outside constituencies, emphasizing particularly the need to respond to the requirements of customers, suppliers, partners, shareholders and other interest groups, such as local communities affected by the organisation.

Global mind set Possessing a global frame of reference that enables one to scan the external world environment for different perspectives and to adopt successful practices. The capacity to inculcate a global mentality in others by instilling shared values and cross cultural sensitivity.

Tenacity The capacity and courage to persevere with one’s purpose in a persistent and determined manner despite opposition or setbacks, until the desired objective is obtained or it becomes clear that the objective is no longer attainable. Inspiring others, through active example, to have the courage of their convictions.

Emotional intelligence The capacity to foster trust and create an emotionally intelligent workforce whose members know themselves and know how to deal respectfully and understandingly with others. The ability to regulate and manage one’s emotions in a healthy and productive manner.

Life balance Articulating and modelling the importance of the need for life balance for the long term welfare of oneself and one’s employees.

Resilience to stress Appropriately balancing these various pressures to maintain stable performance.

VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS

Netcare Values At Netcare, our core value is care. We care about the dignity of our patients and all members of the Netcare family. We care about the participation of our people and our partners in everything we do. We care about truth in all our actions. We are passionate about quality care and professional excellence.

• Care – The basis of our business. The professional, ethical patient care and
• Truth – The crucial element in building relationships that work. Open
• Dignity – An acknowledgement of the uniqueness of individuals. A
• Compassion – We engage everyone with empathy and respond with acts
• Participation – The willingness and desire to work in productive and

services we offer at every level of the organisation.communication with honesty and integrity is essential.commitment to care with the qualities of respect and understanding.of compassion in all interactions with our patients and their families.creative partnerships with others and the commitment to communicate.

The Netcare Way Netcare is committed to providing quality care. Our basic service standard
holds us accountable for the below seven behaviours which you will be
accountable to uphold:

• I always greet everyone to show my respect.
• I always wear my name badge to show my identity.
• I am always well groomed to show my dignity.
• I always practise proper hand hygiene to show my care.
• I always seek consent to show my compassion.
• I always say thank you to show my appreciation.
• I always embrace diversity to show I am not a racist.

APPLICATION PROCESS

NETCARE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The Company’s approved Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process aligned to the Group’s Employment Equity strategy. Netcare actively supports the recruitment of people with disabilities.

Interested candidates who meet the above criteria are requested to e-mail a detailed CV to
verona.natalie@netcare.co.za

Please note:

• Please note that reference checks for internal applicants will be conducted with the current and past

Netcare direct line managers of the applicant and the relevant Netcare HR Managers. Employees are therefore encouraged to discuss internal job applications with their direct line manager to ensure that the line manager is aware of the application.

• The terms and conditions of employment relating to the function which you have applied for will be based on the job on those that exist in the Division within which you will be employed
• In the event of a candidate having any disability that may impair the individual’s ability to perform . function, the candidate must kindly inform the employer so that an assessment for reasonable accommodation can be made.

• By applying for this position and providing us with your CV and other personal information, you are consenting to the information being used for the specific purpose for which it was provided, which is recruitment purposes and possible appointment purposes (should you be successful). Please note that your information will be processed for recruitment purposes only or for such purposes relating to assessing the establishment of an employment relationship with yourself, and this will be done in accordance with the applicable data protection and privacy legislation. We confirm that such information will not be used for any other purpose without obtaining your prior consent.

• If your application is not successful, we retain your CV and other information provided for a period of 6 months after which it will be destroyed in a secure manner. If you object to your information being used in accordance with the aforementioned clauses, please indicate your objection and we will immediately destroy your personal information in a secure manner.