# Craftsperson Assistant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/craftsperson-assistant/6dd68da4-b545-4eb6-98a7-b0b6bcb841dd - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/craftsperson-assistant/6dd68da4-b545-4eb6-98a7-b0b6bcb841dd.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Croydon Health Services NHS Trust - **Location:** Croydon University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £30,630 - £32,346 pa inc of HCAS (outer) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-23T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-11-10T16:40:38.840Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Croydon/Croydon_Health_Services_NHS_Trust/Estates/Estates-v8404917 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8404917?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.croydonhealthservices.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Craftsman Assistant - Band 3 The post will close once we have received a sufficient number of applications. The Estates Department is looking for an experienced Building Maintenance Craftsperson to join their team in the day to day maintenance of the Hospital. The post holder will be expected to deliver a high standard of work relating to estates engineering across its multiple community sites. Our main aim is to provide and efficient and safe service to patients and stakeholders and offer excellent customer care to patients, their families and colleagues that use all our services at our multiple sites across Croydon. ### Main duties of the job The post holder must have a multi skilled approach to a wide range of semi-skilled work across core trade skills, and be able to undertake work in a safe and effective manner, complying with all relevant safety legislation and procedures and complying with the Estates Health and Safety Procedures manual on all works undertaken. A multi skilled approach will be required, that crosses over between Painting & decorating, Electrical/Mechanical and Building/Construction maintenance and repairs. The ability to work with minimal supervision and also to work successfully as part of a team. Assist multi-skilled craftsmen across the full range of their duties and demonstrate their ability to work in a multi-task environment. To provide cover for other Assistant Crafts Persons in cases of annual leave, sickness and vacancies. At all times carry Trust communication devices (pagers/bleeps) to facilitate immediate response to emergencies. Communicate with colleagues, patients and visitors in a polite and courteous manner at all times to ensure a high level of customer care. Keep service delivery managers up to date, at all times, with engineering and building issues that will affect their service delivery. To take direction and receipt of planned workloads from the Estates Team Leaders or Estates Maintenance Planner Coordinator (EMPC) for completion. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities *****Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role.****** *********This is not an exhaustive list of duties and you may be required to undertake other tasks appropriate to the grade of the post.********* Please note: vacancy may close earlier if sufficient amount of applications are received. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### EXPERIENCE **Essential** - Experience in semi-skilled routine maintenance and minor repairs engineering plant and building services - Working under own initiative with minimal supervision. - Experience of working within a Building Maintenance Organisation **Desirable** - NHS experience preferably in Acute Hospital environment. ### SKILLS/ABILITIES **Essential** - Ability to Multi-task across electrical, mechanical and building disciplines at a very basic level. - Good interpersonal skills with the ability to work closely and effectively with staff at all levels within the organisation. - Able to take and understand basic technical instructions. - Good communication skills, written and oral. **Desirable** - Experience in using Personal Digital Assistant (PDA’s) systems Experienced Team Leader ### KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING **Essential** - Understand the need and the concepts behind various maintenance regimes. - Working knowledge of basic H & S requirements. - To be able to follow the guidance documented within risk and the safe systems of work handbook to understand and implement the requirements of the documents after the appropriate training **Desirable** - A basic understanding of Health Technical Memorandums (HTMs) and any Statutory and Technical requirements for the operation and maintenance of plant and engineering services ### EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS **Essential** - Excellent DIY or previous handyman experience. **Desirable** - Qualification in or Knowledge in a professional trade. ### Other factors / Special circumstances **Essential** - Basic IT knowledge and experience. - Capable of working in a demand driven service. - Strong sense of customer focus. ## Documents - [chs accomodation (pdf, 676.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1725) - [croydon trust values (pdf, 324.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2317) - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2414) - [chs dbs policy statement (pdf, 53.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=972) - [jd b3 craftsperson assistant (pdf, 697.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10736716) - [map of croydon university hospital (pdf, 95.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=974) ## 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.