Job vacancy: Community Maintenance Staff - Mechanical, Whittington Health NHS Trust, London

Job summary

Main area: Estates
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 220-WHT-3737

Employer: Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Whittington NHS Trust
Town: London
Salary: £37,259 - £45,356 Including Inner HCAS per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 22/03/2026 23:59

Community Maintenance Staff - Mechanical

NHS AfC: Band 5

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3^rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.

For our current apprenticeship vacancies, please go to https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship and use Keyword ‘Whittington’

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Read attached Job description for full job responsibility.

Accept and utilise any other training and development offered in order to carry out duties and responsibilities to achieve a high quality service.

The post holder will be employed to work appropriate to their core skills particularly around building and engineering plant and equipment maintenance.

They will however, progressively be trained to acquire elements of other skills with the intention of reaching levels of multi trade flexibility and competence to enable them to achieve and apply their ability where required.

Be required to undertake Authorised Persons Training for at least one of the following as per operationally required: LV/Medical Gas/HVAC/ Decontamination/Pressure Systems/Water Safety/Lifts.

Hold a full valid driving licence and carry out driving duties as required.

Must be experienced in fault diagnosis and analysis of complex critical equipment and systems, taking the necessary remedial action where appropriate considering a range of options and safety issues to effect repairs using ‘cause and effect analysis’ and detailed examination to gain a solution.

Problem solve technical issues, fault diagnosis and solution finding. Assess safety situations/analysis and diagnosis of faults in complex, multi-faceted equipment.

Organise complex programmes of specialist maintenance and testing procedures for a wide variety of healthcare systems.

Liaise with specialist service contractors, departmental managers and staff, and the in-house maintenance Estates Officers to co- ordinate work activity at mutually agreed dates and times.

Must be prepared to work a reasonable amount of overtime to undertake emergency repair work and planned maintenance work including operating theatre maintenance closures on bank holidays and weekends and cover for sickness and annual leave.

Required to have developed skills to work to fine tolerances and accuracy using precision fine tools for adjustments and calibration of instruments and controls.

Be capable of reading and understanding complex detailed design engineering drawings, and operation and maintenance manuals.

Utilise complex/sophisticated calibration and monitoring instruments using precision tools and measuring devices to obtain readings and test results and produce readings and results for records, and audit to meet quality assurance standards.

Monitor, calibrate and verify accuracy of test equipment used at recommended frequencies, to ensure they are meeting with NHS Technical memorandum standards.

Identify, arrange procurement and replacement of defective component parts and equipment on major items of engineering plant, cost effectively to the value of £2k.

The post holder must have a multi-skilled approach to a wide range of work of other trades outside their core trade skills, and be able to undertake work in a safe and effective manner, complying with all relevant safety legislation and Estates Department safe working procedures on all works undertaken.

Carry out the full range of maintenance duties specific to their core trade as required, including non-routine, planned, corrective and breakdown maintenance tasks, this includes work on, or around, bedhead services and building fabric in wards and departments which will involve incidental patient contact.

Core Mechanical Responsibilities:
• Hot and cold water systems, plumbing services including rectification of blockages.
• Steam boilers, steam and condensate systems.
• Low temperature hot water heating systems, pumps and controls.
• Ventilation, air handling and chilled water systems.
• Hydrotherapy pool and water treatment plant maintenance.
• Compressed air systems.
• Site transport vehicle maintenance.
• Legionella and pseudomonas control.
• Compliance with current water regulations.
• Medical gas systems

Core Electrical Responsibilities:
• Standby Generators and associated equipment
• Uninterruptable power supplies
• Isolated power supplies
• Emergency lighting systems
• Low Voltage fixed installations
• Portable electrical appliances
• Ventilation and air-conditioning systems
• Building management systems (BMS)
• Refrigeration systems
• Fire Alarm systems
• Nurse call systems
• White goods
• Inspection and Testing
• Lighting
• Lifts
• Catering Equipment
• Laundry Equipment
• Security Access Control
• Competent Persons HTM 06-02 (Electrical Low Voltage Systems)
• Intruder alarm systems
• CCTV systems

Core Building Responsibilities:
• Fire Doors and closers
• Locks (Digital, Electronic)
• Building Fabric (Roofs, Walls)
• Fire stopping
• Roads, Footpaths
• External drainage

Undertake regular Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) of a wide variety of building and engineering services plant and equipment. Record and analyse results with reference to historical data and determine appropriate actions. Provide condition and non-compliance reports as necessary.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

NVQ 3, completed recognised apprenticeship in relevant base trade or relevant experience within trade specialism

Desirable criteria

Health and Safety Qualifications or modules of technical qualifications ( IOSH One Day Working Safely. CSCS Gold Card )
Previous AP or CP qualification in HTM's

Skills

Essential criteria

Ability to interpret & work from drawings and specifications.
Demonstrate ability to interpret & fault find on a diverse range of complex mechanical systems and installations.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with others, mainly verbal & in writing.
Demonstrate competence in dealing with difficult and /or stressful circumstances.
Ability to instruct other in relation to their designated task/work.
Ability to work without supervision
Awareness of limits of own knowledge and ability/willingness to seek guidance and support
A willingness to work flexibly and in a versatile manner to cover maintenance on a wide variety of plant and equipment.
Ability to works on own initiative and as part of a team.
Ability to prioritise own work
A willingness to demonstrate reliability & flexibility in their contribution to service delivery in the face of changing service demands
Willing to undertake training relevant to the post.
Willing to engage in new innovative working practices to improve the service.
A commitment to own continuous personal development
Basic IT
Demonstrate knowledge of other crafts
Background of mechanical work in the building industry / maintenance work

Knowledge

Essential criteria

A clear understanding of health and safety procedures in theory and practical application
Relevant experience of NHS hospital environment
Installation and/or maintenance experience in an industrial or domestic or commercial setting

Personal qualities

Essential criteria

Values and respects others, treats everyone as an individual, is non-judgemental.
Motivated to be genuinely kind and caring.
Helps and co-operates with colleagues
Pro-active and takes responsibility
Willing to learn, open to change
Motivated to make a difference in whatever way they can
Takes pride in themselves, their appearance, their role and where they work
Actively supports the Trust’s values

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.

Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.

Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
Participate in required training and supervision.
Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Your application form –

Provide only business email address for your referees – we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.

Our processes –

Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems – occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.

Other important information –

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation

For further support on submitting an application please refer to the NLPSS Applicant Toolkit: https://royalfree.pagetiger.com/cuuomnr/1