Electrician Technician - Estates Maintenance | East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Stevenage is seeking an Electrician Technician to maintain and install equipment across various sites. The role includes technical support for building services and requires an electrical background. Responsibilities involve maintenance tasks and diagnostics on healthcare equipment. The position also includes an on-call rota and requires travel between hospital sites. This role supports a commitment to delivering high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience in electrical maintenance and installation work.
• Ability to travel between various hospital sites.
• Understanding of healthcare services and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Conduct maintenance and installation work on various healthcare systems.
• Provide technical advice for equipment and utility services.
• Carry out planned preventive maintenance tasks.

Skills

Electrical background

Maintenance experience

Diagnostic skills

Ability to work independently

Knowledge of healthcare building services

Job description

Overview

We are recruiting for an Electrician Technician who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Key Responsibilities

We are looking for a technician with an electrical background who will conduct, with minimum supervision, maintenance and installation work on all facilities, plant, and equipment throughout East and North Herts NHS Teaching Trust.

They will provide reliable technical engineering advice and support for the maintenance of equipment, fabric, and utility services for the trust.

This role will involve an On Call rota of 1 in 5 weeks.

The post holder will diagnose and repair faults on Healthcare Building Services, including:

• Hot water boilers
• Sterilizers
• Washer disinfectors
• Electrical distribution services
• Motors
• Heating and ventilating plant and controls
• Fire, nurse call and panic/intruder alarms

Carry out planned preventive maintenance tasks on said equipment.

Ordering engineering spares, materials and equipment needed to undertake the works.

Understand the working layout and operation of healthcare Building Services including engineering, plumbing and electrical systems on all the Trust's properties and instruct others on maintenance and inspection.

The post holder should be able to travel between various hospital sites. A mileage allowance will be paid for use of an own vehicle.

Deal with new situations as they arise and pass on knowledge to others.

Hospital Sites

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

About the Trust

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

Working Hours & Flexible Working

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Application

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

This advert closes on Wednesday 3 Dec 2025