Maintenance Assistant

NHS Jobs; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Maintenance Assistant to join the Engineering Department at the Royal Victoria Infirmary Hospital.

You will assist with a range of PPM tasks, respond to estates emergencies, and support maintenance of building services in a large acute hospital setting. Flexible working and a safety-conscious approach are required. Experience in PAT testing, fire safety, and ventilation is desirable.

Qualifications

• Basic building and engineering knowledge and relevant experience within a maintenance environment
• Knowledge of Health and Safety Legislation.
• Experience with specialist maintenance activities e.g. PAT Testing, Fire Damper testing etc.
• Experience of working in an Acute Hospital environment

Responsibilities

• Work under the direction of a craftsperson and carry out maintenance tasks; respond to Estates emergencies.
• Assist with installation, repair and commissioning of equipment.
• Site & plant room tidiness and safety.
• Driving duties as required.
• Carry out maintenance on a variety of plant and equipment.
• Domestic appliance repairs.
• Bed Maintenance.
• Emergency Light Testing

Skills

Basic building knowledge

PAT testing

Current Driving Licence

Written and verbal communication

Planned preventative maintenance

Job description

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Maintenance Assistant

The closing date is 08 October 2026

The Estates Directorate is seeking to recruit a highly motivated and flexible maintenance assistant to join the Engineering Department based at the Royal Victoria Infirmary Hospital. The role will require the successful applicant to assist with the completion of various engineering maintenance tasks to ensure statutory, mandatory and Trust specific Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) tasks are completed within a timely and efficient manner.

Successful candidate will have a basic knowledge of building and engineering services and relevant experience within a maintenance environment. Experience of Emergency Lighting testing, Electrical systems, Ventilation & Water Systems as well as working in an acute hospital environment is desirable, though not essential.

Main duties of the job

• Typical PPM tasks will include, but are not limited to; Emergency Light testing; PAT testing; ventilation grille cleaning; air handling unit inspections and cleaning, PPMs, fire alarm testing, Bed Maintenance, Fire Damper Testing etc.. Additional role requirements will also include the completion of minor works and day to day reactive maintenance of an Engineering/ Building manner.
• Flexible working is required to meet the Estates support demands of a large Acute Hospital Trust.

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities

• Work under the direction of a craftsperson while working alongsideo Carry out a range of individual and support duties including maintenance and respond to Estates emergencies.o Assist with installation, repair and commissioning of equipment.
• Specific duties for site & plant room tidiness and safety
• Driving duties as required
• Carry out a range of maintenance activities on a variety of plant and equipment
• Domestic appliance repairs
• Bed Maintenance
• Emergency Light Testing

Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Knowledge & Experience

• Basic building and engineering knowledge and relevant experience within a maintenance environment
• Knowledge of Health and Safety Legislation.
• Experience with specialist maintenance activities e.g. PAT Testing, Fire Damper testing etc..
• Experience of working in an Acute Hospital environment

Skills & Abilities

• Be capable of working unsupervised with tools and equipment, on a wide range of technical plant equipment and services
• Both written and verbal communication skills are required.
• Basic keyboard skills
• Work with & without supervision.
• Perform wide range of duties using technical plant and equipment and services.
• Ability to work on planned preventative maintenance programmes.
• Current Driving Licence

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

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust