About this role
Job summary
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a skilled and motivated Multi Skilled Services Engineer (Plumber) to join our Estates and Facilities team. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in maintaining the engineering infrastructure that supports the delivery of outstanding patient care across our hospital sites.
The successful candidate will provide a comprehensive plumbing and mechanical maintenance service, carrying out planned preventative maintenance, reactive repairs, fault finding, testing, inspections, and installation work across a diverse healthcare estate. Working on a range of systems including domestic water services, pumps, pipework, sanitary systems, and mechanical plant, you will help ensure that essential services remain safe, reliable, and fully operational.
In return, we offer a supportive working environment, ongoing training and development opportunities, access to the NHS Pension Scheme, generous annual leave entitlement, and the opportunity to build a rewarding career within one of London's leading NHS Trusts.
If you are a dedicated plumbing professional looking for a varied and rewarding role where your work directly contributes to patient safety and operational excellence, we would be delighted to hear from you. Join us and help maintain the environments that enable exceptional care for our patients, visitors, and staff every day.
Main duties of the job The postholder is responsible for delivering safe, effective, and compliant mechanical maintenance services across the Trust, ensuring all work is undertaken in accordance with statutory regulations, HTMs, British Standards, and Trust policies. The role includes managing planned and reactive maintenance through the CAFM system, maintaining accurate records, supporting audits and compliance activities, and contributing to the safe operation of critical engineering systems. The postholder will monitor performance, support continuous service improvements, participate in training and professional development, and promote high standards of health, safety, governance, and risk management. They will also support budgetary control through efficient use of resources, liaise with contractors and stakeholders, participate in the on-call rota, and work flexibly across Trust sites as a multi-skilled technician to ensure the delivery of reliable, patient-focused Estates services.
About us
Our Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital--along with award-winning clinics across North West London.
Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5m, providing full clinical services including maternity, A&E and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health care. The CQC rates us Good in safety, effectiveness, care and responsiveness, and Outstanding in leadership and resource use.
We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Mid.
We are delivering sustainable healthcare through our Green Plan. In line with Greener NHS ambitions, we aim for net zero carbon emissions by 2045. Achieving this requires collective effort. We encourage staff to reduce their impact on carbon, waste and pollution wherever possible. Every action counts to create a healthier, more sustainable future.
We are committed to equal opportunities and believe diversity drives innovation and excellence. We welcome applications from the global majority, veterans and underrepresented communities, valuing the perspectives they bring.
Job description Job responsibilities
The postholder is responsible for providing a comprehensive, high-quality mechanical engineering maintenance service across the Trusts estate, ensuring that all plant, equipment and engineering systems are maintained in a safe, reliable and compliant condition to support the delivery of patient care. The role encompasses the planned and reactive maintenance of a wide range of mechanical systems, including heating, ventilation, water services, pressure systems, medical gases and other specialist infrastructure, ensuring compliance with all relevant statutory legislation, Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs), British Standards, Trust policies and industry best practice. The postholder will use the Trusts CAFM system to manage, prioritise and record maintenance activities, ensuring accurate documentation of all works undertaken, compliance records, asset information and audit evidence. They will contribute to the achievement of regulatory compliance through participation in Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) programmes, inspections, audits, risk assessments and permit-to-work systems, while actively identifying, escalating and mitigating risks that may affect operational service delivery.
The role requires a strong commitment to quality, safety and continuous improvement, including monitoring equipment performance, analysing maintenance trends, supporting service improvement initiatives and contributing technical expertise to engineering projects and operational decision-making. The postholder will maintain up-to-date professional knowledge through ongoing training and development, supporting the Trusts compliance agenda and progression towards Competent Person, Responsible Person or Authorising Person status where appropriate. They will promote effective governance by adhering to all Health & Safety requirements, safe systems of work and risk management procedures, while ensuring contractors and colleagues work in accordance with statutory obligations and Trust standards. In addition, the postholder will support efficient financial management through the effective use of resources, stock control, procurement support and the delivery of cost-effective maintenance solutions.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary Estates team, the postholder will provide a flexible and responsive service across all Trust sites, participating in the on-call rota and responding to emergency situations as required. They will liaise professionally with clinical teams, patients, visitors, contractors and colleagues, maintaining excellent communication and customer service standards at all times. The role requires the ability to operate as a multi-skilled technician, undertaking a variety of engineering and non-engineering maintenance tasks to support the wider Estates function, ensuring that the Trusts buildings, infrastructure and critical services remain safe, compliant, operationally effective and fit for purpose.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications Essential
City & Guilds Level 3 in Mechanical Engineering Services (e.g., Heating and Ventilation, Plumbing, or Mechanical Maintenance) OR NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical Engineering OR equivalent recognised apprenticeship Minimum of 3 years Industry relevant experience in delivery of multi-disciplined contract Registered with a recognised professional body (e.g., IWFM, CIBSE, IOSH, NEBOSH).
Desirable
Registered with a recognised professional body (e.g., IWFM, CIBSE, IOSH, NEBOSH). BPEC or equivalent certification in Water Hygiene (HTM 04-01 / Legionella Awareness)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
369 Fulham Road
Chelsea London
SW10 9NH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)