Multi-Skilled Carpenter / Joiner

NHS; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Multi-Skilled Carpenter / Joiner in Burton upon Trent. The role involves maintaining building structures, attending emergencies, and performing preventive maintenance tasks. Candidates should possess relevant qualifications, such as a City & Guilds Craft Certificate in Joinery and have extensive experience in building maintenance. This position offers an annual salary ranging from £31,607 to £34,682.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Qualifications

• Time served Craft person Building Apprenticeship (Joinery).
• City & Guilds Certificate in the Safe Use of Woodworking Machinery.
• Extensive experience in joinery and building maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Carry out maintenance on building structures and furnishings.
• Perform planned preventive maintenance on buildings and infrastructure.
• Respond to emergencies on site within predetermined times.

Skills

Joinery skills

Understanding of hospital maintenance

Knowledge of fire door maintenance

Education

City and Guilds Craft Certificate or similar

NVQ in Machine Woodworking

Tools

Woodworking machinery

Job description

Overview

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Role: Multi-Skilled Carpenter / Joiner

Closing date: 29 September 2025

The post holder will be responsible for carrying out general maintenance of the buildings structure fabric, finishes and fittings including fire door maintenance within the Trust's building maintenance service. Providing support to other crafts personnel and contractors with reference to plant, equipment, site facilities, building fabric and grounds infrastructure.

Main duties of the job

• Under the direction of the Maintenance Chargehand, carry out the day-to-day workload of the building section.
• Attend to all emergencies within the site, within a predetermined response time.
• Liaise with Wards and Departments to ensure requested work is specified correctly to meet the users\' needs, provided efficiently and completed within the agreed priority response periods. This applies to all work requests including plant, equipment, site facilities, building fabric and infrastructure.
• Conduct Planned Preventive Maintenance on buildings and infrastructure across site.
• Carry out planned preventive maintenance on plant and equipment within the agreed SLA time periods.
• Refer to and understand all Building/Technical drawings, specifications and technical manuals.
• Use and be competent in the use of all relevant tools and equipment within safety guidelines as necessary for the completion of works.
• Understand the workings of all woodworking machinery and be fully trained in the safe use of woodworking machinery.
• Working on windows and repairs to fasteners, casements, cover strips, balance controls, glazing.

Closing date of applications: 29 September 2025

Interview date: TBC

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research-active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Time served Craft person Building Apprenticeship (Joinery) City and Guilds Craft Certificate or similar.
• City & Guilds Certificate in the Safe Use of Woodworking Machinery, or NVQ in Machine Woodworking.

Experience

• Understanding of hospital estates operations maintenance procedures
• Knowledge of Building Maintenance. Knowledge of Fire Door Maintenance
• Extensive working experience with a wide knowledge of all aspects of joinery & building
• Knowledge of Fire Door Maintenance.

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

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £31,607 to £34,682 a year. Salary is inclusive of a 15% Recruitment & Retention Payment