Estates Building Craftsperson

Job summary

A truly excellent opportunity has arisen with our Estates Operations Team at the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM- Royal Stoke). We are a very special organisation with amazing staff and this has been demonstrated unequivocally during the unprecedented challenges of Covid-19. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver services that respond to our patients needs has never been more important than it is right now.

So if you are a passionate, values driven person, who is pro-active in their approach, thrives in a busy working environment and wants an opportunity to join a highly motivated Estates Operations Team, at a hugely exciting time for UHNM, then this could be the role for you.

Main duties of the job

The University Hospitals of North Midlands is looking to recruit a Building Maintenance Craftsperson ( Joiner )trained to City & Guilds Craft Level or equivalent in joinery or building on a permanent basis. 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. Your duties will include the maintenance and repair to the various buildings on the hospital sites as well providing a flexible approach to other disciplines when required. Experience in wood machining would be beneficial but not essential. You will be stationed principally at the Royal stoke site working 37.5 hours per week but may be required to work at other sites belonging to or serviced by the UHNM and to take part in an on call system one week in every five weeks.

For an informal discussion contact - Marc Porter,

Estates Services Manager on 01782 676575

About us

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.