Job summary
- Main area
- Maintenance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm)
- Job ref
- 205-7381833
- Employer
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- County Hospital
- Town
- Stafford
- Salary
- £24,465 plus 8% recruitment & retention payment
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Estates Building Maintenance Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
The University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust is looking to appoint a Building Maintenance Assistant to be an active member of the Estates Department at County Hospital. We are looking to recruit a highly motivated, flexible and enthusiastic individual, who can work on their own and also as part of a team.
Main duties of the job
Your duties will include carrying out maintenance and repairs to the building, plumbing and joinery aspects of the hospital sites as well as providing a flexible approach to other disciplines when required. You will be stationed principally at County Hospital site working 5 days a week from 8.00am to 4.00pm but may be required to work at other sites belonging to or serviced by the UHNM and take part in an on-call system. For an informal discussion please contact Phil Marfell, Estates Services Manager on 01785 230422 or Gareth Dyer, Estates Specialist Services Manager on 01785 886836.
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
Please refer to the job description and person specification in the attached document. For an informal discussion please contact Phil Marfell, Estates Services Manager on 01785 230422 or Gareth Dyer, Estates Specialist Services Manager on 01785 886836.
Person specification
Essential Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Sound secondary education with evidence of training in a building/construction/plumbing discipline
Desirable criteria
- City & Guilds in a Building Craft Operation
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience within Building/Plumbing /Construction operation
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience within a Health Service context
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Phil Marfell
- Job title
- Estates Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01785 230422
- Additional information
Gareth Dyer, Estates Specialist Services Manager on 01785 886836
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