Building Fabrication Craftsperson | Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking a Building Fabrication Craftsperson to provide essential maintenance across multiple hospital sites. Candidates should possess a strong background in carpentry, building fabric maintenance, and related skills. Responsibilities include undertaking a variety of repairs, compliance maintenance, and utilizing woodworking machinery. This position offers an opportunity to contribute significantly to the care environment, requiring both skill and commitment from applicants. Join us to make a positive impact in healthcare services.

Qualifications

• Strong trade background in carpentry and building fabric maintenance.
• Proven post-qualification experience in a complex building services environment.
• Willingness to participate in emergency on-call rota for out-of-hours cover.

Responsibilities

• Undertake a wide range of painting and decorating tasks.
• Carry out statutory and planned maintenance for compliance.
• Use woodworking machinery for the manufacture and repair of building elements.
• Install stud partitioning and ceilings.
• Deliver safe and effective repairs to building fabric.

Skills

Carpentry

Building fabric maintenance

Painting and decorating

Problem solving

Teamwork

Education

Recognised carpentry/building services apprenticeship or equivalent

Tools

Woodworking machinery

Hand tools

Job description

The Estates Hard FM Team plays a vital role in ensuring our hospitals remain safe, compliant, and fit for purpose. We are responsible for the delivery of day‑to‑day repairs, planned preventative maintenance (PPM), and operational testing across a wide range of building services and equipment throughout the Trust.

We are seeking a highly motivated and versatile Building Fabrication Craftsperson to join our multi‑skilled Estates team at Mile End Hospital and Royal London Hospital Retained Estate, providing essential operational maintenance services across the Trust’s hospitals and associated sites.

What we’re looking for

• A flexible and proactive team player with a strong trade background in carpentry and building fabric maintenance, complemented by experience in painting, decorating, and plastering.
• Ability to work across multiple sites, demonstrating problem‑solving skills, initiative, and a commitment to maintaining high‑quality standards.
• Willingness to participate in the Estates emergency on‑call rota, which includes out‑of‑hours cover across all Barts Health NHS Trust sites.

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled tradesperson who takes pride in their work and wishes to make a meaningful contribution to the upkeep and improvement of healthcare environments.

This is a varied and rewarding role requiring a strong background in building trades, ideally supported by a recognised carpentry/building services apprenticeship (or equivalent), along with proven post‑qualification experience in a complex building services environment.

Key responsibilities

• Undertake a wide range of painting and decorating tasks, including internal and external painting, wallpaper hanging, plastering, patch repairs, surface preparation, and finishing to a high standard.
• Carry out statutory and planned maintenance to ensure compliance with HTMs, HBNs, Health & Safety regulations, ACOPs, and Trust policies.
• Skillful use of woodworking machinery and hand tools for the manufacture and repair of windows, doors, and access frames.
• Install stud partitioning, ceilings, and other building fabric structures.
• Maintain and repair building elements and associated equipment using timber, laminates, plastics, composites, and other suitable materials.
• Deliver safe, immediate, and effective repairs to the building fabric with minimal supervision, while adhering to statutory obligations and operational specifications.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world‑class clinical reputation.

Our vision is to be a high‑performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm‑free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

This advert closes on Wednesday 14 Jan 2026