Job overview

Previous applicants need not apply

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are seeking to recruit a skilled Maintenance Assistant to join our estates department.  

The post holder will be a skilled operative and have previous experience in an engineering or building discipline and will have the skills and knowledge to work as part of the estates team to deliver a comprehensive estates maintenance service, ensuring compliance with Trust standards, procedures and legislation across the estate portfolio

This is an exciting time to join the estates team, with new systems being implemented, there is real opportunity to help shape our service delivery, in-line with Trust values, to provide an outstanding healthcare environment for our patients. 

You will join and dynamic multidiscipline team, operating in a busy, fast-paced environment that provides a diverse workload, you will have the support and opportunities through training to develop new skills to enhance your personal development. 

NB. If you are an overseas national who would require a Certificate of Sponsorship from the Trust to ensure your Right to Work in the UK, this role is not eligible for Sponsorship.

Main duties of the job

To undertake routine and statutory maintenance tasks to building systems, water compliance, building fabric maintenance, medical gases, engineering plant and general maintenance. 

The role supports multi-skilled trades on a range of maintenance works and is expected to carry out a limited range of unsupervised skilled tasks and utilise the Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) system and other specialist software to ensure a joined up quality service is delivered.  

Working for our organisation

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff.  We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system.  Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.