261876 (PP) Maintenance Plumber

NHS Lothian; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Lothian is seeking a skilled plumber to provide essential plumbing services across NHS Scotland facilities, delivering planned maintenance, repair and installations to ensure patient safety and high standards of care. The role requires PVG scheme membership and compliance with legal work requirements in the UK.

You will work within NHS Scotland Boards, supporting safe, reliable plant, equipment and service infrastructure while upholding statutory regulations and corporate policies.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering planned maintenance, repair and installations for plumbing systems in healthcare facilities.
• PVG Scheme membership/record required prior to appointment.

Responsibilities

• Provide plumbing services to NHS Lothian facilities to meet board requirements and ensure patient safety and well-being.
• Deliver planned maintenance, repair and installations in accordance with relevant standards (SHTM 04 01 Parts A–G).

Job description

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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To provide plumbing services to meet the needs of the board healthcare facilities and ensure the safety and well-being of patients, by delivering a planned maintenance, repair and installations service which represents quality and value for money at all times.

To provide a safe maintenance service to all plant, equipment and service infrastructure within the board’s hospitals and premises ensuring delivery of all works to relevant legislation standards incorporating SHTM 04 01 Parts A. B, C, D, E, F and G.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact Malcolm Herpich on 0131-536-4415 or at [e-mail]