Job summary
- Main area
- Maintenance Assistant
- Grade
- DSFS Grade B
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 166-DSFS-7437653
- Employer
- Derbyshire Support Facilities Services
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital
- Town
- Chesterfield
- Salary
- £23,875 - £27,926 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Maintenance Assistant
DSFS Grade B
Job overview
DSFS requires a highly motivated Maintenance Assistant who will be based within the estates department at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. The role will support various tradespeople within the workshop and so the post-holder will learn a wide mix of electrical, plumbing and mechanical skills in addition to their core skillset. Typical works would include supporting mechanical staff stripping down calorifiers and boilers, supporting with electrical light testing and helping our backlog maintenance team carry out replacement of fire doors.
The post-holder will be recruited into one of the workshop teams but may be required to work within any of the teams within the workshop depending on the needs of the department. There will be occasional requirements to work outside the normal estates hours (08:00 – 16:00 Monday to Friday) to carry out works which cannot be completed in hours and so a flexible approach to working hours is required.
The role will require occasional travel to our customers based outside of Chesterfield Royal Hospital, such as the community clinics that we manage for Royal Primary Care.
Main duties of the job
Providing help and support to colleagues through general labouring, PPM's and technical duties.
Overtime and flexible working available on agreement with management.
Please see job spec for exact duties.
Working for our organisation
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that’s 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the ‘Chesterfield Royal family’, DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that’s dynamic, flexible, and proactive.
DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone’s abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered
Please see below link for the DSFS website.
DSFS - Derbyshire Support & Facilities Services Limited | DSFS
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Vocational Level 2 qualification (or circa 2 years of experience working on the tools in a relevant role).
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience carrying out work in a construction environment.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of assisting tradespeople to carry out maintenance and installation work.
- Experience of carrying out minor maintenance tasks without supervision.
- Experience of using a variety of hand and power tools accurately and safely.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using Computer Aided Facilities Management software to manage and complete jobs.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to quickly learn new skills.
- Good hand/eye co-ordination
- Able to source information to understand how to correctly install materials and carry out installation work.
- Able to use hand and power tools to complete smaller maintenance tasks independently and to a high standard
- Able to read and understand engineering drawings within area of expertise.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Enthusiastic, highly motivated and able to determine priorities and achieve them using initiative and with minimal external input.
- Able to communicate effectively with customers in other departments and with hospital and RPC colleagues.
- Committed to continuous improvement and learning.
- Able to operate with high integrity in the work environment.
- Flexible and able to adapt to change quickly.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Thomas Lowens
- Job title
- Electrical Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07721719176
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