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Job summary
Are you a highly skilled, experienced maintenance professional?
We are looking for a qualified maintenance tradesperson with an electrical or mechanical bias to join the Estate Maintenance Service. We are based across a wide range of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare Facilities and therefore a current UK (manual) driving licence is essential.
The Estate Maintenance Service provides a comprehensive maintenance, repair and installation service of the buildings, grounds, engineering services and associated equipment throughout the Trust.
You'll have completed a recognised electrical / mechanical or building services apprenticeship and gained a wide experience in building engineering services and plant maintenance.
You'll be working on a shift pattern with participation in an emergency on-call rota with opportunities for overtime.
At present, the Trust is unable to offer Skilled Worker visa sponsorship for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.
Main duties of the job
To maintain highly complex healthcare facilities to a high-quality standard to ensure compliance with the required standards; this in turn will ensure safe and suitable facilities for patients, visitors and staff
To undertake a wide scope of work, ranging from day-to-day routine maintenance to more complex and non-routine activity, requiring an intermediate/high level of theoretical and diverse practical knowledge.
Undertake essential diagnostic fault-finding investigations leading to repair works, using analytical cause and effect techniques and reading engineering system drawings. This requires making judgements involving a range of facts and a range of options.
Act as Competent Person (CP) for relevant systems such as LV/HV Electrical Systems and Lifts, Medical Gas Pipelines, Water and Ventilation Systems, etc and provide technical advice to other Estate Maintenance Department staff and contractors to compliance with safety standards and procedures.
Liaise and collaborate with external contractors and consultancies often requiring independent thinking and decision making within the limits of the role.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Details
- Date posted: 13 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 5
- Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: 348-FME-11720
- Job locations: Western Community Hospital, Walnut Grove, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 4XE, United Kingdom, Rodney Road, Rodney Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO4 8SY, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Good communication skills
- Continuous ongoing assessment and on-the-job training to maintain competence.
- A flexible approach, reliable nature and a conscientious attitude to work.
- Demonstrate the ability to understand and follow detailed technical instructions.
Qualifications
Essential
- An engineering background with either a time served apprenticeship, a City & Guilds Level 2* or 3 NVQ / Diploma, or equivalent qualification in an appropriate engineering discipline.
- *Applicants with a City & Guilds Level 2 qualification in an engineering discipline will be considered pending demonstratable experience.
- BS7671 (Current Edition) of IET Wiring Regulations
- Able to fault-find, diagnose and rectify electrical faults.
- Knowledge of Health & Safety.
- Driving License.
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This advert is for Estate Maintenance Multi-Skilled Tradesperson with Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Southampton, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Estates and facilities role. The advertised salary is £32,073 to £39,043 a year. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 26 Jul 2026.
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