Maintenance Assistant

NHS; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in Basingstoke is seeking a Maintenance Assistant to perform various building maintenance tasks. The role involves carrying out planned and reactive works while maintaining a supportive environment for staff and patients. The ideal candidate should possess practical experience in building maintenance, good communication skills, and a valid driving license. The position offers training opportunities for career progression within the Estates department.

Qualifications

• Practical experience in building maintenance.
• Two years site experience, preferably in a hospital environment.
• Health and Safety Awareness Training required.

Responsibilities

• Perform planned and reactive building works.
• Assist with mechanical and electrical building services.
• Complete planned maintenance dockets and defect dockets.

Skills

Good Communication Skills

Ability to work without supervision

Working to Deadlines

Adaptable to Change

Tools

Cherry Picker Training

Fork Lift Training

Job description

Maintenance Assistant

The closing date is 04 January 2026

The Estates Department is looking for a Maintenance Assistant with a background preferably gained in a mechanical/electrical maintenance, building services or healthcare environment to join the Maintenance Team.

This will be a development role enabling the successful applicant to undertake suitable training and giving them the opportunity to progress further within the Estates department.

Main duties of the job

Carrying out planned and reactive building works to ensure a welcoming environment for staff and visitors is a key element of this post. This will include the repairing, maintenance and improvement of the building and its facilities.

The successful applicant will be required to undertake maintenance within the hospital environment, completing planned maintenance dockets, defect dockets, and completing Estates elements of the NHS National Cleaning Standards. The successful applicant may also be required to assist with other building related tasks as well as mechanical and electrical building services in plant rooms and ward areas.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Job responsibilities

The successful applicant will require good communication skills. An empathetic approach to staff and patients, be adaptable, willing to learn new skills and be able to work independently as well as part of the team. The applicant must have the physical ability and agility to carry out manual handling.

A current valid full driving license would be an advantage.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person Specification

Training

• Health and Safety Awareness Training
• Water Hygiene Awareness Training
• Cherry Picker Training
• Scaffold Training
• Fork Lift Training

Experience

• Practical experience in building maintenance
• Two years site experience
• Experience Working in an Acute Hospital

Skills & Ability

• Good Communication Skills
• Ability to work without supervision
• Working to Deadlines
• Adaptable to Change

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital

Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital