Maintenance Fitter/Plumber | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust; Oldham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a Maintenance Fitter to enhance its maintenance team. You'll provide comprehensive plumbing services across various departments, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and participate in on-call duties for emergency repairs. This role offers purpose, flexibility, and competitive benefits, including a substantial annual leave allowance and opportunities for personal well-being activities. Join a dedicated team committed to improving health in the community.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Generous annual leave allowance

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive fitter/plumbing services to all wards and departments.
• Ensure compliance with Trust safety standards and procedures.
• Undertake on-call duties for emergency repairs.

Job description

The Estates Department are looking to enhance their maintenance team and would like to add a Maintenance Fitter to their team of staff.

You will work as an integrated member of the Estates team across a multi-disciplinary of trades.

• You will provide a comprehensive fitter/plumbing services to all wards and departments in a multi-disciplined environment, ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards and procedures.
• You will provide emergency recall and undertake on‑call duties as part of the on‑call team to ensure that emergency repairs occurring out of normal hours are attended to.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values—care, appreciate and inspire—to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work‑life balance.

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

This advert closes on Thursday 15 Jan 2026.