Job summary
- Main area
- Estates and Facilities
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (A mixture of 12 hours and 7.5 hr shifts, Days, afternoons and Nights - Full time - 37.5 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 040-EA086-0926
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Grange University Hospital
- Town
- Cwmbran
- Salary
- £26,813 - £27,890 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Maintenance Assistant - Grange University Hospital
Band 3
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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
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Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
The salary scale for a Band 3 has been adjusted as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2026/2027 and will be implemented in August 2026 backdated to 01 April 2026 where applicable.
Job overview
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is recruiting a Maintenance Assistant (Band 3) to join our Estates teams at Grange University Hospital, Cwmbran.
This hands‑on role helps ensure our buildings, equipment and environments remain safe, compliant and welcoming for patients, visitors and staff.
This post requires multi‑trade experience and involves completing planned and reactive maintenance, statutory checks and minor repairs.
Main duties of the job
As a Maintenance Assistant, you will undertake a wide range of maintenance work across mechanical, electrical, plumbing and building fabric areas. You will:
- Complete reactive and planned maintenance
- Undertake statutory compliance tasks (e.g., water testing, boiler checks, safety systems)
- Diagnose faults and carry out minor repairs
- Use electronic systems to manage and update work orders
- Support apprentices and junior staff
- Work independently across multiple sites
- Participate in on‑call rotas where required
This role suits someone with proven multi‑trade experience who can work flexibly, respond to urgent requests and maintain high safety standards.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Basic education to GCSE/’O’ Level in Maths and English or post-Secondary Education training in relevant field.
- Knowledge of a range of procedures for Building and repair of Mechanical / Electrical equipment / Boiler Equipment.
- An equivalent vocational qualification at Level 3 or equivalent demonstrable level of knowledge and Experience i.e. shows ability to carry out more complex tasks, often with some autonomy and decision-making.
- Knowledge of Health & Safety at Work Act.
Desirable criteria
- Served a recognised apprenticeship in a trade or building multi-trades operations
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working within multi trades.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working on a wide range of mechanical, electrical and building services, plant and equipment maintenance environment e.g. work at heights, PAT testing, Boiler plant maintenance, water testing or macerators.
- Previous experience of working in an acute hospital environment or similar demanding role.
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills both written and verbal with ability to communicate at all levels to demonstrate tact and diplomacy.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Work unsupervised and be flexible to meet the needs of the service across sites within area of expertise.
- Ability to prioritise, plan and work to agreed deadlines, demonstrate organisation skills.
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh.
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel within geographical area and have relevant driving licence to drive health board vehicles.
- Able to work flexibly and at times work outside normal hours.
- Participate in On-Call rota for area of expertise if/ as required to ensure services are constant.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ian Crook
- Job title
- Estates Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01633 493892
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