Scott Campbell is a multi-skilled electrical craftsperson working within the Estates and Facilities team. He is directly responsible for maintaining various items of mechanical and electrical building services plant and equipment and he demonstrates an impressive level of knowledge, which he loves to share with his colleagues. He has a City & Guilds qualification in Electrical Installations and an NVQ in Carpentry & Joinery, but is attending a local college to gain further qualifications in carpentry and joinery which he is completing in his own time and expense.
Scott joined the Trust two years ago as an electrical improver after successfully completing a four-year apprenticeship at an Electrical Contracting Company. Through a succession planning project of the estates team, Scott has been recognised as a potential Estates Officer/Manager. He was delighted with the suggestion, and with the help of the Trust’s Learning and Development team, Scott enrolled on an AM2 course to gain additional knowledge within this trade. He achieved this qualification in September 2021, in itself no mean feat as the pandemic meant most of his learning was online, including visiting virtual libraries, and finding time to carry out and record the practical tasks that are required for this qualification was also difficult.
Scott is currently gaining on-site estates management experience by assisting the estate management in various projects so that he can put his new learning skills into action.
At one of the Trust’s bedded community hospitals the estates team has been tasked with reviewing the Electrical Low Voltage (LV) infrastructure due to its age and lack of future expansion. Scott is working alongside the Electrical Engineering team and throughout this project has learnt the importance of meeting established project deadlines and milestones to ensure patient care is always a top priority. He has been involved in many projects and design meetings, dealing with suppliers and the end users, that is, the Trust’s clinical teams.
Despite the overwhelming amount of work that everyone has done during the last two years, Scott consistently finds ways to help other trades staff within the team. His willingness to assist others and his commitment to further education training is unequalled. He is quick to respond to requests for additional information by other team members and is thorough in ensuring all loose ends are completed.
One example of this is when, during a routine onload generator test at a bedded suite that Scott was conducting, the main Air Circuit Breaker failed to bring on the generator supply, leaving the entire hospital site with no power. Scott and the estates team worked to bring the mains electricity back on to the site, but Scott was diligent in pursuing why the circuit breaker had failed to switch over the supply. Liaising with the HV-LV contractors on the reasons for the blackout, it was discovered that a faulty replay in the switch gear was to blame. Scott has subsequently re-written the black-start procedures in a new document that was submitted to the Estates Management team for approval and distribution throughout the engineering teams.
Although Scott does not have the official designation of 'supervisor’ or ‘manager’ in his job title, he has proven himself to be the ‘go-to’ guy for all other training staff and he also volunteers to mentor new starters. Head of Estates, Philip Budd, Comments: “Not once since I’ve been at the Trust have I heard one negative comment about him.”
Scott Campbell was shortlisted for one of HEFMA’s 2022 Awards.
