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Job summary

Main area
Estates
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
346-EF-059-24-D
Employer
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Lanchester Road Hospital
Town
Durham
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/01/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust logo

Maintenance Assistant (Building)

NHS AfC: Band 3

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job overview

The maintenance assistant is a member of the Estates team providing a comprehensive building maintenance service to Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust.Ìý The main duties will be as appropriate to their core specialist skills, but he/she will be required to participate with other trades following such training as required to ensure maximum flexibility of labour.Ìý Such flexibility of duties may require him/her to work with building tradesmen and outside contractors on particular tasks or projects.

At all times he/she will be expected to undertake their duties with the minimum of supervision.

Main duties of the job

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, self-motivated Maintenance Assistant (Building) Ìýwith a background preferably gained in a building services environment.

The successful candidates will assist the Estates team in providing a comprehensive maintenance service to include all aspects of planned and routine maintenance, installation and repair/replacement work on a wide range of building structures.Ìý

The successful candidate will be expected to work under the Trust values and behaviours at all times and will need to be flexible and have the ability to work independently as well as part of a wider team with good organisational skills to be able to prioritise competing demands.

You may be required to work from other Trust sites for periods of time as the service dictates.

Working for our organisation

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Good standard of general Education
  • Basic Engineering Qualification through Experience or Training
Desirable criteria
  • Craft NVQ in a related engineering subject
  • Multi-skilled engineering training

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Able to work on own initiative
  • Able to work under pressure
  • Willing to undertake further job related training
Desirable criteria
  • Self aware and commited to personal development
  • Commited to promoting a positive image of the Estates Department

written and interview

Essential criteria
  • years experience
Desirable criteria
  • Trade qualification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Broad experiance of general engineering maintenance and/or building services
  • Experience in assisitng tradesmen and carring out minor maintenance tasks
  • Basic working knowledge of building services and engineering system with the NHS
  • Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation
  • Able to use a range of hand and power tools
  • Capable of receiving and acting on verbal instruction
  • Able to problem solve
  • Can work in confined spaces
  • Abler to manage own time/workload effectively
Desirable criteria
  • Basic IT skills

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
Michael Clark
Job title
Building Supervisor
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07970 190297
Additional information

Michael Clark

[email protected]

07970 190297