Job requirements
Essential
10 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Full car driving licence
- Skills
Ability to fulfil a requirement to interpret and work from all instructions, drawings and specifications appropriate to original trade, without supervision.
- Skills
Ability to fulfil a requirement to set out new work or set up new production appropriate to original trade using relevant instruments and machinery, without supervision.
- Skills
Familiar with hand and power tools
- Knowledge
Health & Safety training
- Knowledge
Good knowledge of carpentry and joinery techniques.
- Experience
Minimum 3 years experience in General building maintenance, outside core trade of Painting/Decorating, carpentry, Joinery.
- Experience
Have good understanding of the relationship of other craftsmen’s work to there own
- Experience
Experience of maintenance carpentry and building in a range of settings.
- Qualifications
Apprenticeship in relevant core trade with a Minimum of a City and Guilds with advanced craft certificate or BTEC, ONC in relevant building Maintenance Trade.
Desirable
12 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Ability to diagnose and repair faults in basic electrical systems i.e. fire doors, lighting circuits, power circuits. Electrical and Mechanical knowledge in relation to plant for shutting down to clean and maintai
- Skills
Ability to support and assist with Engineering emergencies using own initiative.
- Skills
Ability to glaze windows, fit and maintain locks.
- Knowledge
Electrical training
- Knowledge
Water supply training
- Knowledge
Environment health & Safety training
- Experience
Minimum 5 years experience working in a complex Building Maintenance environment.
- Experience
Basic electrical safety training to be able to fulfill duties without support of other trades.
- Experience
Understand the working of the mechanical and/or electrical and/or plumbing and/or gas systems in NHS buildings.
- Experience
Experience Working in Healthcare Environment.
- Experience
Joinery ability
- Qualifications
Certificate in Wood Working Machinery.
Job overview
The Royal Bournemouth Hospital Estates Department provides a comprehensive maintenance, repair and installation service of the buildings, grounds, engineering services and associated equipment throughout the Trust.
We are looking for a building maintenance carpenter to join our building team with general carpentry experience including the maintenance of fire doors. You should have served a recognised carpentry apprenticeship and gained a wide experience in general buildings or NHS properties with a BTEC HNC level or City and Guilds plus relevant post apprenticeship training or equivalent experience.
You must hold a current UK (manual) driving licence.
The role is Monday – Friday with opportunities for overtime and weekend working.
Salary: £28,392 - £31,157 per annum (Band 4) plus local RRP (£2,600 pa)
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Interview Date: 27th October 2026
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
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This advert is for Estates Building Maintenance Worker/Carpenter (Multi-Skilled) with University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust in Poole, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Carpenter / joiner role. The advertised salary is £28,392 - £31,157 + RRP @ £2,600 PA. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 19 Oct 2026.
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