Estates Shift Maintenance Craftsperson

The University Hospitals of North Midlands is looking to recruit an Estates Shift Maintenance Craftsperson on a permanent basis. Your duties will include the day to day maintenance and repair of the various engineering and building services and equipment on site during and outside normal working hours. You will be keen and enthusiastic working with a skilled team to assist in the provision of a high level of service to a large acute hospital.

You will be trained to City & Guilds Craft Level or equivalent in mechanical or electrical engineering and have previous experience working within a maintenance team. You will be stationed at County Hospital working 37.5 hours per week via a shift rota, but may be required to work at other sites belonging to or serviced by the UHNM.

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.

The salary is band 4 which starts at a minimum of £28,392 per annum, rising to £31,157 over three years. In addition to this, you will receive £3,000 recruitment and retention premium on top of your basic salary for the first 12 months, increasing to 16% thereafter. You will also receive unsocial hours payments and shift enhancements.

You will be stationed at County Hospital working a shift rota on a 4 week cycle, but may be required to work at other sites belonging to or serviced by UHNM.