Job summary
- Main area
- Estates
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 205-7650359-A
- Employer
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Stoke University Hospital
- Town
- Stoke On Trent
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 + 16% R&R premium
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Estates Craftsperson Mechanical
Band 4
Job overview
***Previous applicants need not apply***
University Hospitals of North Midlands is currently unable to provide sponsorship this role. This is in accordance with UKVI guidelines and legislation, as these roles do not meet the skill nor salary threshold for sponsorship. If you hold a graduate visa, you are welcome to apply for this role however it is important to note that UHNM will be unable to offer sponsorship at the end of your graduate visa, you must also have at least six months until your graduate visa expires at the start of your employment for training and operational reasons.
The University of North Midlands is looking to recruit an Estates Engineering Craftsperson (Mechanical) to work within the Estates Team at our new clinical diagnostic centre in Hanley CDC. This is following an initial training period with the Retained Estates Team at the Royal Stoke University Hospital .
You will be keen and enthusiastic working within a large team to assist in the provision of a high level of service to the hospital. Your duties will include carrying out maintenance and repairs to the hospital.
Main duties of the job
The candidate will ideally have experience with Mechanical repairs and services, and 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 have the opportunity to demonstrate your skills, knowledge and experience via an interview process and will be able to earn up to £30,487 per annum.
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 Essential Qualifications
Desirable criteria
- meets Desirable qualifications
Working experiance
Essential criteria
- working experience in role
Desirable criteria
- worked in large public sector environment or equivalent
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
- Mr Simon White
- Job title
- Estates Maintenance Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01728 676576
- Additional information
Marc Porter- Estates Service Manager - 0178276575
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