Maintenance Craftsperson Plumber Band 4

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Boston; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust invites applications for an Estates Craftsperson (Mechanical/Plumbing Bias) based at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston. The Band 4 role is full-time with on-site duties, on-call, and occasional overtime, supporting a safe, compliant Estates team.

The post requires City & Guilds/NVQ3 in a plumbing-related discipline, an apprenticeship, and hospital engineering training. The Trust embraces a patient-centred, professional environment.

Qualifications

• Appropriate City and Guilds Qualification, NVQ3 or equivalent in an Engineering/ Plumbing related discipline
• Served an apprenticeship or other recognised training
• Anglian Water Approved Plumber, Air Conditioning or chilled water systems training and experience
• Additional Hospital Engineering related certified training

Responsibilities

• Maintain maintenance activities records with evidence-based sign-off
• Support multi-disciplinary working and team collaboration
• Encourage team working and high professional standards
• Act as a role model and ensure safe, compliant task delivery
• Plan and manage own work within defined timescales
• Drive and supervise contractors where required

Skills

City and Guilds/NVQ3 in Plumbing

Apprenticeship

Anglian Water Approved Plumber

Hospital Engineering training

Education

City & Guilds/NVQ3 in Engineering/Plumbing

Job description

Main area Estates Grade Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The role includes on-call duties, occasional overtime and a return to work commitment for unplanned works) Job ref 357-PR-595-26

Employer United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Pilgrim Hospital Town Boston Salary £28,392 - £31,157 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 21/09/2026 23:59

Maintenance Craftsperson Plumber Band 4

Band 4

Job overview

Your Hospitals Need You! Not all superheroes wear capes, some are even Hospital Engineers.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) are seeking a highly motivated Estates Craftsperson (Mechanical/ Plumbing Bias) who will be based at Pilgrim Hospital. The post holder is required to play a proactive part within the Estates team to meet Trust objectives in a safe, cost effective, efficient manner in compliance with legislation and good practice.

Main duties of the job

• Ensure that maintenance activities are effectively recorded, signed and dated appropriately and evidence based.
• Support and encourage multi-disciplinary working.
• Encourage team working in all aspects of team focused department performance.
• Provide a role model for others to emulate, working alongside colleagues and exhibiting high standards of professional behaviour.
• Challenge traditional practice, seeking improved methods of task delivery which improve quality, safety and working practices.
• Carry out duties in a safe, clean and effective way in accordance with Trust Policies, Procedures, Legislative guidance, and best industry practice.
• Support the development of team roles through mentoring and shadowing, allowing the teams to learn from your skills.
• Maintain accurate records for reactive and planned activities.
• Work on own initiative, to act independently and seek advice as necessary within the parameters of the expected work activities able to plan, organise and manage own work activities.
• Comply with relevant policies, guidance and statutory regulations.
• Able to work to agreed timescales
• Able to drive and have a Valid full UK driving License or applicable UK approved Driving License.

Working for our organisation

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24 hour major accident and emergency service.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24 hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

What should you do next?

Person specification

Qualifications (Academic, Professional & Vocational)

• Appropriate City and Guilds Qualification, NVQ3 or equivalent in an Engineering/ Plumbing related discipline
• Served an apprenticeship or other recognised training.
• Focused training such as Anglian Water Approved Plumber, Air Conditioning or chilled water systems training and experience.
• Additional Hospital Engineering related certified training

Previous Experience (Nature & Level)

• Experience in the maintenance of mechanical and electrical plant and services and fault finding within a similar organisation or similar size and complexity organisation.
• Experience of working in a similar organisation or similar size and complexity organisation.
• Appreciation of other maintenance services
• Experience of maintenance in a hospital environment. In particular: -

Evidence of Particular: - Knowledge - Skills - Aptitudes

• Good understanding of electrical regulations, and associated safety procedures
• Able to diagnose faults in complicated engineering and building plant and equipment.
• Able to work safely and have a sound knowledge of Health and Safety legislation in the built environment.
• Demonstrable problem-solving skills.
• Work co-operatively with colleagues.
• Ability to work with minimum of guidance.
• Good manual dexterity Logical and systematic approach to work tasks.
• Exchanges maintenance, technical project-related information with specialists, non-specialists; negotiates with contractors or suppliers.
• Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda.
• Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework: Patient Centred Safety Compassion Respect and Excellence
• Be able to work within a pressured environment.
• Evidence of self-advancement.
• Able to act efficiently taking a 'hands on' role in an emergency.
• Work on own initiative.
• Management of contractors
• Experience of working in a large organisation.
• Experienced in working with safe systems of work process and permits to work.
• Good understanding of electrical regulations, and associated safety procedures
• Able to diagnose faults in complicated engineering and building plant and equipment
• Able to work safely and have a sound knowledge of Health and Safety legislation in the built environment
• Demonstrable problem-solving skills
• Work co-operatively with colleagues
• Ability to work with minimum of guidance
• Good manual dexterity Logical and systematic approach to work tasks
• Exchanges maintenance, technical project-related information with specialists, non-specialists; negotiates with contractors or suppliers
• Be able to work within a pressured environment
• Evidence of self-advancement
• Able to act efficiently taking a 'hands on' role in an emergency
• Imaginative outlook
• Work on own initiative
• Confident
• Management of contractors
• Experience of working in a large organisation
• Experienced in working with safe systems of work process and permits to work

Specific Requirements

• Good interpersonal skills.
• Versatile and flexible in approach.
• Physically fit.
• Capable of meeting manual handling criteria.
• Able to work at heights, adverse conditions i.e. Heat, dirt, and cramped conditions.
• Sympathetic when working in patient proximities i.e. working in operating theatres, wards and mortuaries.
• Work on own initiative.
• Provide a commitment to return to work outside of normal working hours
• Will take part in the Estates On-Call Rota
• Must have full UK driving licence for cars and access to own vehicle for work attendance.

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.