Maintenance Assistant

Gmmh; Prestwich; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave + bank holidays (

Job summary

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust is seeking a Maintenance Assistant based at Prestwich. The role involves reactive, planned and emergency maintenance across the Trust’s estate, including Manchester, Bolton, Cumbria, Salford and Trafford.

It is a full-time, permanent post with 37.5 hours weekly. You will work using iPad/iPhone to plan tasks, coordinate contractors, and ensure maintenance services meet quality and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in hospital environment.
• Multi-trade knowledge.
• Good Maths and English.
• Experience in working in Mental Health environment.
• Building Trade Knowledge / Experience.
• Willing to join the on-call rota.
• Able to work in a team.

Responsibilities

• Based at the Prestwich site with time supporting GMMH buildings on site and locations within Manchester, Bolton, Cumbria, Salford and Trafford.
• Plan daily tasks using iPad/iPhone electronic system across the Trust’s estate.
• Provide proactive, flexible multi-skilled maintenance (planned, reactive, emergency) within legislation and safety standards.
• Co-ordinate and monitor work of contractors for maintenance, cleaning and waste management.

Skills

Multi-trade knowledge

Good Maths

Good English

Experience in hospital environment

Experience in mental health enviroment

Team player

Willing to join on-call rota

Tools

iPad / iPhone

Job description

Main area Mental Health Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Happy to discuss flexible working) Job ref 437-8180367-A

Site Prestwich Hospital Town Prestwich Salary £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 27/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

To work within the maintenance team providing reactive, planned and emergency maintenance using skills in carrying out a wide and varied spectrum of tasks efficiently, to the required quality standard and within your own competence and safety limits.

Please note - This role is not eligible for sponsorship unless you meet criteria by temporary exemption from current changes to immigration rules put in force on 22/07/2025. Separate provisions are applied to workers who have been sponsored and held continuously Skilled Worker visa since prior to 04/04/2024.

Main duties of the job

• The position of maintenance assistant will be based at the Prestwich site with a percentage of the time spent supporting GMMH buildings on the site and locations within Manchester, Bolton, Cumbria, Salford and Trafford. This may change depending on the needs of the service.
• Work will be notified via an electronic medium iPad or iPhone and the successful candidate will plan their daily tasks throughoutthe Trust’s estate.
• Providing a proactive and flexible multi skilled planned, reactive and emergency maintenance service at the various locations as part of the Estates Team. Supporting the location managers in the day to day provision of a maintenance service, ensuring that it fulfils its function effectively, economically and efficiently within legislation and guidance standards.
• Co-ordinating and monitor the work of contractors appointed to undertake maintenance, cleaning and waste management.

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attached detailed Job description and Person specification

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Experince in working in a Hospital enviroment
• Multi Trade knowledge
• Good Maths and English
• Experience in working in an Mental Health Enviroment
• Building Trade Knowledge / Experience

Knowledge

• Multi Trade knowledge
• experience with Hospital Maintenance

Communications

• Able to communicate

Team Work

• Able to work within a team
• Willing to Join the on-call rota
• Able to work on own initiative

Important Information about working for GMMH:
All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications

A candidate may utilise the help of AI when writing job application.The assessment of an application is made on its entirety and most times AI-generated content does not fully grasp the context and requirements of the job one applies for thus producing inaccurate and misleading information, especially in the supporting statement section of an application that can lack real life examples of one’s achievements, success and challenges.

We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship.

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

The Home Office introduces new changes from 22/07/2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it.

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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