Job overview

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to recruit an Estates Maintenance Carpenter to join the Estates Maintenance team at Hillingdon Hospital on a 6-month fixed-term contract.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a large and complex acute hospital environment, supporting the delivery of safe, compliant and effective healthcare facilities through the provision of high-quality building fabric maintenance services.

The successful candidate will undertake a wide range of carpentry, joinery and general building fabric maintenance activities across clinical and non-clinical areas, helping to ensure the hospital estate remains operational, safe and fit for purpose. Working as part of a multidisciplinary Estates Maintenance workforce, the post holder will support reactive maintenance, planned preventative maintenance (PPM), backlog maintenance and minor works activities across the Hillingdon Hospital site.

This fixed-term position has been created to support service delivery during a period of workforce transition and operational demand. Whilst initially offered as a 6-month fixed-term contract, there may be the opportunity for the contract to be extended or become permanent, subject to organisational requirements, funding and future establishment changes.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake reactive and planned carpentry, joinery and building fabric maintenance works across Hillingdon Hospital.
• Carry out repairs and maintenance to doors, fire doors, locks, ironmongery, partitions, ceilings, flooring, fixtures, fittings and associated building fabric assets.
• Respond to maintenance requests generated through the Estates Helpdesk and CAFM system within agreed response times.
• Diagnose building fabric defects and undertake appropriate repairs to maintain a safe and compliant environment.
• Support planned preventative maintenance (PPM) programmes and backlog maintenance reduction initiatives.
• Assist with minor works, refurbishment projects, office moves and accommodation alterations.
• Undertake fire door maintenance and associated repairs to support Trust fire safety compliance.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, work orders and job completion information using Trust CAFM systems.
• Liaise professionally with clinical staff, patients, contractors and colleagues to deliver a customer-focused maintenance service.
• Work collaboratively with mechanical, electrical and other Estates Maintenance colleagues as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of Estates Maintenance services and the overall resilience of the Trust estate.

Working for our organisation

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,
community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals
provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.

 Please note :  Once a sufficient number of applications have been received the vacancy may be closed prior to the published closing down date.