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Job overview

As a Maintenance Assistant you will have, and or become knowledgeable in various Maintenance activities associated  including Planned and reactive maintenance tasks, while working to targets and deadlines. Reporting to the department manager you will need to be proactive and have good communication and customer facing skills, with a can do approach.

The  Assistant will carry out unsupervised un-skilled and semi-skilled works on all MTW Trust systems. They will be expected to assist the Mechanicanical and Electrical Technicians to carry out pre planned maintenance and repair works.

They will also provide assistance in the completion of other  tasks in accordance with the Heath Technical Memorandums.

To work in accordance with all relevant guidance documents such as, but not limited to, Hospital Technical Memorandums, Health & Safety at Work Act, COSHH, and all other statutory instruments and guidance documents.

Main duties of the job

To comply at all times with the Estates related Quality Assurance system procedures. Use all relevant tools and equipment within safety guidelines as necessary for the completion of works. 

Assist with maintenance etc.Building issues,Mechanical issues, unblock sinks, toilets, wastes, drains, traps, as required using appropriate equipment.

Complete allocated reactive and planned work in accordance with Trust and departmental policies and procedures.

Respond to emergency and urgent repair requests in a timely and effective manner, restoring services where possible or making services safe until more extensive or specialist work can be undertaken and completed. Ensuring that all areas in which work is undertaken are kept in a clean and tidy condition, to ensure minimum disruption to the building occupants, and a safe working environment.

Accurate completion and population of all job sheets with relevant information. Carry out any other reasonable tasks as directed or requested by  Technical Officers and Technical Supervisors.

They will be expected to undertake appropriate training including Health and Safety training.

Working for our organisation

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.

The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.

The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country.

We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.

Please contact the Recruiting Manager for an informal discussion should you have any queries relating to the role for which you are applying. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted via an email as soon as possible after the closing date. Should you receive an invitation to attend interview, please confirm or decline your attendance. Interview slots will then be allocated on a first come first serve basis.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, that as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. By applying for this post you are agreeing to Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system and Human Resources personnel.