Maintenance Craftsperson (Joinery)

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Joiner to support the Estates and Facilities Directorate at the Royal Victoria Infirmary. The role covers joinery programmes, minor works and day-to-day reactive maintenance to ensure wards and departments provide a safe, high-quality environment for patients and staff.

You will interpret drawings, work to specifications, and liaise with clinical teams to maintain patient safety and infection control.

Qualifications

• Must have completed a relevant craft apprenticeship in joinery to City & Guilds/NVQ level 3.
• Post-apprenticeship joinery experience.
• Good communication and organisational skills for patient area works.

Responsibilities

• Interpret drawings, instructions and specifications for joinery tasks.
• Diagnose faults and carry out necessary repair work.
• Coordinate with clinical teams to protect patient safety and infection control.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Education

City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3 in Joinery

Job description

The Estates and Facilities Directorate is seeking to recruit a highly motivated Joiner at the Royal Victoria Infirmary. To carry out joinery programmes, minor works and day to day reactive maintenance. The joinery programme is critical to achieving a suitable patient environment for all Wards and Departments to deliver the highest level of care.

• Interview Date Friday 20 November 2026
• 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
• The successful candidate will be accountable directly to the joinery Supervisor and overall to the Estates Building Officer. The post holder will be expected to perform a wide range of duties covering all aspects of joinery maintenance applicable to the trade.

You will be required to interpret work from drawings, instructions and specifications; diagnose faults and carry out necessary repair work. In conjunction with the Joinery Supervisor you will liaise with clinical teams when carrying out work in patient areas to ensure patient safety and Infection Control is not compromised so good communication and organizational skills are paramount to being a success in this role. It is essential you have an understanding of other craftsmen's work in relation to their own discipline to provide a coherent service when carrying out both maintenance and minor work schemes. You will have served a relevant and recognized craft apprenticeship in joinery to City and Guilds /NVQ level 3 and have relevant post-apprenticeship experience.

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.

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