Maintenance Assistant (Water Safety)

Transformationunitgm; Warrington; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is searching for a Maintenance Assistant to ensure water safety compliance and assist in general maintenance duties within their estates department. Applicants must have relevant qualifications and experience in building or engineering disciplines. The role offers a full-time position with opportunities for skill development and advancement in a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Qualifications in estates disciplines, such as NVQ/City & Guilds.
• Health and Safety training.

Responsibilities

• Undertake routine and statutory maintenance tasks related to water safety.
• Assist higher skilled grades on new work and repairs.
• Utilize Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) system.

Skills

Good communication

IT skills

Willing to participate in CPD

Willing to participate on a weekend rota

Education

NVQ / City & Guilds or equivalent qualification in estates disciplines

Job description

Main area Maintenance Assistant Grade NHS AfC Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (08:00 - 16:00, Monday to Friday) Job ref 370-ANC3EST-1692

Employer Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Warrington Hospital Town Warrington Salary £24,625 - £25,674 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 22/06/2025 23:59

NHS AfC Band 3

Job overview

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are seeking to recruit a skilled Maintenance Assistant (Water Safety) to join our estates department.

The post holder will be a skilled operative and have previous experience in an engineering or building discipline and will have the skills and knowledge to work as part of the estates team to deliver a comprehensive estates maintenance service, ensuring compliance with Trust standards, procedures and legislation across the estate portfolio.

You will join and dynamic multidiscipline team, operating in a busy, fast-paced environment that provides a diverse workload, you will have the support and opportunities through training to develop new skills to enhance your personal development.

Main duties of the job

The primary focus of this role is to undertake routine and statutory maintenance tasks in relation to water safety.

The role supports multi-skilled trades on a range of maintenance works and is expected to carry out a limited range of unsupervised skilled tasks and utilise the Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) system and other specialist software to ensure a joined up quality service is delivered. The role may also involve works on building systems, building fabric maintenance, medical gases, engineering plant and general maintenance.

Working for our organisation

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Carry out routine and statutory maintenance tasks to, Water Hygiene Compliance, engineering plant, building systems, medical gases and Gardening services. Assist higher skilled grades on new work and repairs.
Carry out a limited range of unsupervised skilled tasks.

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Person specification

Qualifications

• NVQ / City & Guilds or equivalent qualification in one or more estates disciplines
• Health and Safety training

Experience

• Previous work experience in a building or engineering discipline
• Previous experience working within a healthcare environment

Skills, Knowledge and Competencies

• Good communication and IT skills
• Willing to participate in CPD
• Willing to participate on a weekend rota

WHH hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website .Please review your eligibility and the eligibility of the role before submitting your application.

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.