Trainee Estates Electrical Maintenance Craftsperson

The University of North Midlands is looking to develop a newly qualified Maintenance Electrician to develop into an Estates Electrical Maintenance Craftsperson to work within the Estates Team at County 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 planned preventative maintenance and reactive maintenance to the hospitals Electrical services., The candidate must be qualified to City & Guilds Craft Level 3 or equivalent and will be entered onto a 2-year development programme to gain the knowledge and experience necessary to fulfil the role of an Estates Electrical Maintenance Craftsperson. It's essential that you are an effective team player, providing support to other tradesmen within the Estates Department.You will be stationed principally at County Hospital working 5 days a week Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week, but must be flexible in line with the needs of the Estates service. You may be required to work at other sites belonging to or serviced by the UHNM NHS Trust and once fully trained you will be required to carry out on-call duties and cover occasional out of hours shifts if required. The salary during the development period will be band 3, moving to band 4 with R&R premium on successful completion of the training.

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.