# Building Craftsperson - Joiner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/building-craftsperson-joiner/45dba56f-7b00-427a-b6e5-18d5419fcb34 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/building-craftsperson-joiner/45dba56f-7b00-427a-b6e5-18d5419fcb34.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust - **Town:** Blackburn - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £31,049 - £37,796 pro rata per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** 37.5 hours per week (Full Time 37.5 hours per week) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-14T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-01T23:02:20.222Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cumbria/Barrow_Furness/East_Lancashire_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Joinery_carpentry/Joinery_carpentry-v8080084 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8080084?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Estates department at Furness General Hospital is a group of highly skilled electrical and mechanical engineers, creative building craftsperson, and dedicated support staff. We are looking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic Joiner to join us. You should be experienced, time served and suitably skilled in carpentry, general building finishing, and associated maintenance. ### Main duties of the job This is a highly rewarding role. Working under the Building Estates Officer, the successful candidate will embark on a challenging adventure, safely, efficiently, and with patient and staff safety at the heart of their focus. Working as part of a team, and individually, you will be required to carry out joinery maintenance and installation work within acute and community NHS properties. This will be on fire doors, windows, fire compartmentation, and general building fabric finishes. The successful candidate must be able to self-motivate, work relatively unsupervised, and be a good communicator on all levels. Flexible working will be required where you will assist other trades and undertake other tasks to maintain the building services. A healthcare background would be advantageous but not essential - as specific training will be provided. This post is based at Furness General Hospital. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/ ## Job Details The Estates department at Furness General Hospital is a group of highly skilled electrical and mechanical engineers, creative building craftsperson, and dedicated support staff. We are looking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic Joiner to join us. You should be experienced, time served and suitably skilled in carpentry, general building finishing, and associated maintenance. ## Job Description This is a highly rewarding role. Working under the Building Estates Officer, the successful candidate will embark on a challenging adventure, safely, efficiently, and with patient and staff safety at the heart of their focus. Working as part of a team, and individually, you will be required to carry out joinery maintenance and installation work within acute and community NHS properties. This will be on fire doors, windows, fire compartmentation, and general building fabric finishes. The successful candidate must be able to self-motivate, work relatively unsupervised, and be a good communicator on all levels. Flexible working will be required where you will assist other trades and undertake other tasks to maintain the building services. A healthcare background would be advantageous but not essential - as specific training will be provided. This post is based at Furness General Hospital. ## Responsibilities To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/ ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working within public buildings. - Experience of maintaining large-scale fire compartmentation. - Experience of training and supervising apprentices. **Desirable** - Experience of working within a healthcare setting. - Asbestos awareness. ### Education & Qualifications **Essential** - Full apprenticeship or equivalent approved training. - NVQ3, BTEC, or Equivalent. - Trada (fire door installation) or equivalent training. **Desirable** - HTM05 Healthcare Fire Awareness training. - Health and safety certificate. - Asbestos awareness certificate. ### Skills, ability & knowledge **Essential** - Ability to work unsupervised. - Ability to deal with information sensitively and confidentially. - Good communication skills both verbally and in the written word. **Desirable** - Willingness to undertake further training and learning. ## Documents - [jd building craftsperson - joiner (pdf, 215.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10372315) - [ps building craftsperson - joiner (pdf, 189.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10372316) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.