Maintenance Assistant

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Abergavenny; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS organization in Abergavenny is seeking a Maintenance Assistant for Nevill Hall Hospital. This role requires a motivated individual to handle planned maintenance and repairs, ensuring a safe environment for patients and staff. Applicants should have relevant qualifications such as NVQ Level 3 and experience in building services. The position offers a dynamic workplace committed to staff development and welfare. Join us to make a difference in the community.

Benefits

Paid mandatory training

Professional career pathways

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience of general building services.
• Appropriate work experience within building services engineering.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the fabric of the hospital is maintained as a safe environment.
• Undertake supervised and unsupervised maintenance and repair work.

Skills

Customer care awareness

Team contribution

Ability to undertake other duties

Education

NVQ Level 3 or relevant recognised competency

Trained in Health & Safety Awareness

First Aid

Asbestos Awareness

Manual Handling

P.A.T. Testing Qualification or willing to undertake

Job description

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments or support needed. If you need any documents in a larger font or a different format (such as braille) please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3 or email [e-mail].

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are shortlisted for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.

Job Overview

Maintenance Assistant - Nevill Hall Hospital

We are looking for a highly motivated, appropriately skilled, reliable and enthusiastic Maintenance Assistant that is able to work well under pressure to carry out planned maintenance and day to day repairs within a hospital environment. The postholder will assist higher skilled trades when required and work as part of a team on co-ordinated projects.

Main duties of the job

To ensure the fabric of the hospital is maintained as a safe environment for patients, public and staff. Undertake supervised and unsupervised maintenance and repair work in order to continually develop skills and knowledge.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria

• NVQ Level 3 or relevant recognised competency at this level
• Trained in Health & Safety Awareness
• First Aid
• Asbestos Awareness
• Manual Handling
• P.A.T. Testing Qualification or willing to undertake

Desirable criteria

• Personal Safety
• Confined spaces

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria

• Customer care awareness
• Able to contribute in a team environment
• Ability to undertake other duties within areas of competence – check against core competencies in PADR

Desirable criteria

• Ability to speak Welsh

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of general building services
• Appropriate work experience within the field of building services engineering

Desirable criteria

• Hospital experience in a works environment

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Self motivated
• Customer focused
• Good communicator
• Flexible approach to the work

Desirable criteria

• Ability to travel within a geographical area to meet the requirements of the post