# Maintenance Assistant (Grounds)

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Basingstoke
- **Region:** South East
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Estates and facilities
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25,272 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-28T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-14T12:03:19.755Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hampshire/Basingstoke/Hampshire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Building_Maintenance/Building_Maintenance-v8154165
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8154165?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Previous applicants need not apply.

The Estates Department is looking for a Maintenance Assistant with a background preferably gained in grounds maintenance working in a  building services or healthcare environment to join the Maintenance Team.

This will be a development role enabling the successful applicant to undertake suitable training and giving them the opportunity to progress further within the Estates department.

### Main duties of the job

Carrying out grounds maintenance works to ensure a welcoming environment for staff and visitors is a key element of this post. This will include ensuring the site is kept clean and clear of litter, maintaining internal courtyards, assisting Environment Operative with external grounds/garden maintenance.

The successful applicant will be required to undertake  maintenance within the hospital environment completing planned maintenance dockets and defect dockets.

The successful applicant may also be required to assist with other building related tasks as well as mechanical and electrical building services in plant rooms and ward areas.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful applicant will require good communication skills. An empathetic approach to staff and patients, be adaptable, willing to learn new skills and be able to work independently as well as part of the team. The applicant must have the physical ability and agility to carry out manual handling.

A current valid full driving license would be an advantage.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

## Person Specification

### Training

**Essential**

- Health and Safety Awareness Training
- Adequate knowledge of grounds maintenance

**Desirable**

- Cherry Picker Training
- Scaffold Training
- Asbestos Awareness Training
- Confined Space Training

### Experience

**Essential**

- Practical experience in grounds maintenance
- Two years site experience

**Desirable**

- Experience Working in an Acute Hospital

### Skills & Ability

**Essential**

- Good Communication Skills
- Ability to work without supervision
- Working to Deadlines
- Adaptable to Change

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 238.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10454184)
- [hhft employee rewards & benefits (pdf, 723.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=900)
- [tackling climate change at hampshire hospitals (pdf, 4.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2900)

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