Job summary
- Main area
- Estates Maintenance Assistant
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 150-GM1726-COR
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Brighton General Hospital
- Town
- Brighton
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Estates Maintenance Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
Are you hands-on, practical, and passionate about keeping buildings running smoothly? Join our friendly and hardworking Estates team at Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust as a Maintenance Assistant.
This is your opportunity to make a real difference in patient care—behind the scenes! You’ll play a vital role in maintaining the safety and functionality of our NHS sites, ensuring they remain comfortable and operational for both patients and staff. Whether you're experienced in building maintenance or looking to grow your skills in a supportive environment, we’d love to hear from you.
Our sites span across Sussex, and we offer flexibility in your base location—this role can be based at one of several sites within the county.
Main duties of the job
As a Maintenance Assistant, you'll support the day-to-day upkeep of our buildings, covering basic electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and general fabric maintenance tasks across various healthcare sites. Your responsibilities will include:
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Responding to maintenance requests and carrying out routine repairs.
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Supporting planned preventative maintenance schedules.
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Assisting skilled trades staff where needed.
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Ensuring all work is completed safely and in line with Trust policies.
This is a great opportunity to work in a varied and active role, develop your skills, and be part of a supportive team.
Working for our organisation
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?
• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive overview of the role, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Please note: Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules, this role is unlikely to be eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.
Person specification
Qualifications and/or professional registration
Essential criteria
- GCSE pass in Maths and English or equivalent qualification or level of attainment can be demonstrated.
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent vocational qualification.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of basic engineering plant and equipment maintenance including lighting and power systems, portable appliances, domestic appliances, firefighting systems and other associated building services plant and equipment. Basic Carpentry skills are also required.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in a similar role.
- Experience of using computers.
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- To effect basic repairs to mechanical and electrical plant and equipment.
- Skilled in the basic use of hand and powered tools.
- Full UK Driving Licence.
- Must possess good time management skills.
- Use of planned maintenance systems and record keeping
- An understanding in relation to service delivery and relationships with colleagues.
Desirable criteria
- Written and verbal communication skills enabling recording of plant data and records.
- Able to interpret and work from instructions.
- Awareness of the Health and Safety at Work Act, Electricity at Work Act, Legionella Control
- Awareness of other trade duties
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Access to own vehicle for work purposes.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jennifer Dunphy
- Job title
- Associate Director of Estates
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07484 902435
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
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Glynde Building
Brighton General Hospital
Brighton
East Sussex
BN2 3EW
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