Job summary
- Main area
- Estates
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4 plus £2,500 RRP
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 179-7790451-F
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Suffolk Hospital
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum plus £2,500 RRP
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Estates Building Craftsperson
NHS AfC: Band 4 plus £2,500 RRP
Job overview
The Building Craftsperson will undertake unsupervised planned, corrective and breakdown maintenance and to include new project work to a good standard of workmanship and to current building or health regulations on building elements and fabric within the hospital and its grounds.
The post holder will be reporting, on a daily basis, to Team Leaders.
Main duties of the job
Undertake minor repair works and general maintenance activities as directed by team leader.
To have an understanding of the relationship of other craftsperson's work to his own, and to communicate with other craftsmen and to participate in team meetings
Using building knowledge and experience to liaise with and to advise external contractors.
At all times to carry Trust communication devices (pager/radio) to facilitate immediate response to emergency calls when on duty
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification attached for more details on the job role.
Person specification
Education & Qualification
Essential criteria
- Recognised trade apprenticeship or level 2 City & Guilds Craft Certificates or equivalent
- Good general education
Desirable criteria
- Level 3 City & Guilds craft certificates or equivalent
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- To have previous experience of working within a large industrial/ commercial environment
- To have previous experience working within building trades
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in an acute hospital environment
- To be competent person on safe use of mobile access platforms, to be a qualified competent person in the safe operation of workshop tools
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- • Good organisational skills and ability to address and develop solutions to problems
- • Good communication skills for effective working relationships throughout the organisation
- • Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
- • Organised approach to work
- • Basic IT skills
- • Evidence of good written and spoken communication skills
- • Ability to follow written instructions and procedures
- • Able to read and interpret building plans and drawings
- • High standard of workmanship and high quality completion on all work undertaken
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to cope with demanding and stressful scenarios
- Dedicated and committed team member
- Flexible approach to working hours/duties
- Good attention to detail
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ady Powell
- Job title
- Estates Operations Maintenance Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07977396556
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