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Job summary

Main area
Estates
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
205-7689448-A
Employer
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
County Hospital
Town
Stafford
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 + R&R Premium
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/04/2026 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Estates Maintenance Technician

Band 5

Job overview

The University of North Midlands  is looking to recruit an Estates Engineering Maintenance Technician . You will be keen and enthusiastic working within a large Estates team to assist in the provision of a high level of service to the hospital. 

Main duties of the job

The candidate will ideally be qualified to HNC/HND level in Engineering and have experience of working at a maintenance technicians level, electrically biased.  Duties will include servicing, testing, verifying, diagnostics, repair and calibration of technically advanced electrical and electronic installations, mechanical systems, plumbing services, engineering plant and equipment, BMS and steriliser/decontamination equipment. The role also requires some statutory testing of decontamination plant and equipment (no experience necessary as training will be provided). It is essential that you are an effective team worker, with the ability to provide support to other tradesmen within the Estates Department. You will be stationed at County Hospital working 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm) but must be flexible when required. You may be required to work at other sites belonging to or serviced by the UHNM and take part in an on-call system. The salary includes an initial £1,500 recruitment and retention payment for the first 12 months, rising to 8% thereafter.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. 

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification, or contact the hiring manager for further details about this vacancy using the contact details below.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Meets the essential criteria of the JD/PS
Desirable criteria
  • Meets the desirable Criteria of the JD/PS

Working experiance

Essential criteria
  • Meets the essential criteria of the JD/PS
Desirable criteria
  • Meets the desirable criteria of the JD/PS

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Positive about disabled peopleAge positiveArmed Forces Covenant Gold Award

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Will Ferry
Job title
Estates Specialist Services Manger
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01785 230000
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