# Electrician

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Archived / closed
- **Employer:** Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Milton Keynes University Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Electrician
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent: plus 30% recruitment and retention premium and on call payments
- **Employment type:** Full time
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-14T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-23T13:21:06.175Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Buckinghamshire/Milton_Keynes/Milton_Keynes_University_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Estates/Estates-v8317000
- **Employer website:** https://www.mkuh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Electrician - Estates Department

Band 4 £28,392 to £31,157 per annum + 30% Recruitment ad Retention premium (£8,517.60 to £9,347.10) + on-call payments up to a potential £6,000 pa + 27 days Annual Leave

Hours: 37.5 per week

We are looking for an experienced electrician to join our on-site engineering team, you will preferably have a background in commercial electrical support, ideally supporting plant such as AHU’s, Chillers, electrical control systems, pumps, motors, etc. Previous NHS experience is not essential although would be useful, full supplementary training will be provided. Full details can be found in the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents.

Please note: This role includes the responsibility of being a member of the on-call team which operates out of hours, this is currently a 1 in 6 requirement of the role, full training and mentoring will be provided. Also, whilst the core hours of this role are currently Monday to Friday, a shift pattern may be introduced in future which will change the core hours and days of working to include some weekend work which will attract weekend working supplements.

If you have any questions please contact the Maintenance Manager, Darren Grace via the Estates Helpdesk (01908 996109).

Please note that we are not able to sponsor this role

Interview date 29 October 2026

### Main duties of the job

73.8% of this team would strongly recommend their organisation as an excellent place to work. ''NHS Survey, 2024''

'We care We communicate We collaborate We contribute'

To perform electrical maintenance, repair, and installation work, including activities which are technically intricate and/or non-routine:

Fire Alarm Weekly Testing Emergency Lighting Testing and Repairs Generator Testing Boiler Plant Treatment checks Passenger Lift Release Nurse Call Systems repairs and reset. Air Handling Units – Electrical Fault Finding Sterilisation BS -EN 285 HTM 01-01 (2010) Training to become a CP. To undertake the day to day planned preventive maintenance duties and repairs, checks and testing of the complete spectrum of services found in a building services environment.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As appointed Competent Person (LV) for the Trust To manufacture, assembles and install new equipment as necessary

Please refer to the attached job description for further information

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Ability to identify, analyses, and correct faults without recourse to others
- Ability to work at times without supervision
- Adaptable to change

**Desirable**

- Able to adapt/carry out minor works relevant to other Trades when required

### Experience

**Essential**

- Completion of a structured training programme in electrical Engineering for a minimum period of three years, with two years site experience
- Must have read and understood the ‘Electricity at Work regulations 1989’
- Knowledge of Electrical Distribution, Standby Generators, Fire Alarm Systems, Building Management Systems
- Full driving license (recognized by DVLA)

**Desirable**

- Experience of working in an Acute Hospital Environment
- Knowledge of HTMs and BS -EN

### Communication

**Essential**

- Good interpersonal skills/able to communicate with Trust staff and service users at all levels
- Able to clearly discuss technical issues with Managers and other team members, and to prepare basic written reports when required

### Specific requirements

**Essential**

- Availability for on-call duties (30-minute response time)
- Ability to work at height using access from ladders/scaffold
- Ability to work in confined spaces

### Qualifications and knowledge

**Essential**

- A minimum qualification of City & Guilds 236 at Part 2 or Equivalent
- Qualified to IET Wiring Regulations 18th Edition BS 7671:2018

**Desirable**

- BTEC, ONC in Electrical Engineering

### Personal and people development

**Essential**

- Able to work in a demand-driven environment and to tight deadlines
- Evidence of continuous professional development

**Desirable**

- Experience of working as part of a team

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 576.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10638141)
- [person specification (pdf, 208.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10638264)

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