Job summary
- Main area
- Reactive Maintenance
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (4 week rota to include 1 weekend per month)
- Job ref
- 151-LC293
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley Park Hospital
- Town
- Camberley
- Salary
- £25,883 - £26,958 per annum including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Maintenance Assistant
Band 3
Job overview
Estates Maintenance Assistant – Join Our Team at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust!
🔧 Are you practical, hands-on, and eager to support the vital work of the NHS?
⏳ Rotating Shifts (including late shifts & weekends)
🔧 Play a Key Role in Maintaining Our Hospitals – Join Our Estates Team!
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a proactive and hardworking Estates Maintenance Assistant to support the smooth operation of our hospital facilities. This role is essential in ensuring a safe, efficient, and well-maintained environment for patients, staff, and visitors.
Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.
Main duties of the job
What You’ll Do:
✔️ Carry out semi-skilled maintenance tasks across hospital sites
✔️ Conduct plant room checks and monitor essential systems
✔️ Assist technicians and engineers with maintenance and repair work
✔️ Ensure compliance with safety and operational standards
What We’re Looking For:
🔹 Basic knowledge of maintenance tasks (electrical, plumbing, mechanical, or building services)
🔹 Ability to work as part of a team and follow instructions
🔹 Good problem-solving skills and attention to detail
🔹 Willingness to learn and develop within an NHS Estates team
Working for our organisation
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
✔️ Drainage Services & Maintenance Checks – Maintain all drainage systems and carry out planned maintenance tasks
✔️ Semi-Skilled Maintenance – Assist with general upkeep and minor repairs
✔️ Support Technicians – Work alongside skilled professionals to complete essential maintenance tasks
✔️ Shift Work & Flexibility – Participate in a rotating shift system, including late shifts & weekends
✔️ Workplace Housekeeping – Ensure cleanliness and organization in workshops, stores, and working areas
✔️ Job Docket Completion – Accurately record and complete maintenance jobs in a timely manner
✔️ Team Support & KPIs – Help meet team targets, including the number of jobs completed per day
✔️ Health & Safety Commitment – Promote and maintain safe working practices for yourself and others
✔️ Customer Care & Trust Values – Provide excellent service and uphold the trust’s values in every aspect of your work
✔️ Flexibility – Adapt to overtime and changing work hours as needed
📄 Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
Person specification
Qualifications and experience
Essential criteria
- Previous building maintenance experience
- IT Competent
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of drainage systems
- Basic Plumbing knowledge
- First aid training
- Level 2 trade qualification
NHS experience
Desirable criteria
- To have previous NHS experience
- To have previous experience working in a healthcare environment
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- Level 2 literacy and numeracy
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
- nicholas sharp
- Job title
- senior operations manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07769186620
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