Job summary
- Main area
- Estates
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 236-NCA-EA136-26
- Employer
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salford Royal Hospital
- Town
- Salford
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Maintenance Fitter
Band 5
Job overview
We are pleased to advertise a full time, Band 5 Maintenance Fitter to work at Salford Royal Hospital which is part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.
You will provide a comprehensive mechanical service to all wards and departments in a multi-disciplined environment, ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards and procedures.
Main duties of the job
As a Maintenance Technician (Mechanical), you will have a mechanical or building services engineering background and will be able to carry out maintenance, repairs and installation with minimum supervision throughout estate. You will be expected to complete first fixes of other trades, for which suitable training for shall be provided to ensure an efficient service is provided to our Trust sites. You will also act as the Trust representative in the absence of the Estates Officer/Supervisor when requested to do so as and when the need arises by line management.
You will be working on the full range of estates building services equipment which require comparison of complex facts requiring analysis to resolve technical issues on multi-faceted equipment/situations many of which have a direct impact on patient safety and the built environment. You will be responsible for calibration, maintenance and fault finding on a wide range of engineering plant and equipment including steam raising plant and associated equipment, steam sterilisers, medical gas systems, nurse call systems, fire detection, building services controls, standby generator plant, heating and ventilation control systems and refrigeration and a range of other mechanical plant and equipment.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- City & Guilds / NVQ 3 in Mechanical Engineering / Fitting or equivalent
- Full UK Driving Licence
Desirable criteria
- Multi-skill qualification i.e., NVQ level 1 or 2 in another trade or a multi-skill qualification
- F-Gas Certificate (2079) Gas Engineering Qualification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Able to fulfill on-call requirements
Desirable criteria
- Ability to use hand held devices and computers
Expeience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Post qualification of experience working as a Mechanical Technician/Fitter.
- Awareness of Health and Safety in a maintenance environment (training will be provided).
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in an Acute Hospital/Healthcare environment.
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
- Dave Emmens
- Job title
- Estates Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 206 4501
- Additional information
Contact times are 0800-1600, Monday to Friday
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