About this role
Job summary
Help keep our hospitals and healthcare facilities safe, functional, and welcoming for patients, visitors, and staff. Join our Estates Team as a Maintenance Assistant and play a vital role in supporting frontline healthcare services across the Health Board. We are looking for a proactive and skilled Maintenance Assistant to undertake a wide range of planned and reactive maintenance duties across our healthcare sites. Working both independently and as part of a dedicated Estates team, you will help ensure our buildings, engineering systems, and equipment remain safe, compliant, and operational. This varied role covers plumbing, electrical, mechanical, building maintenance, statutory compliance checks, fault finding, installations, repairs, and general maintenance activities. You will also support apprentices and junior colleagues by sharing knowledge and practical expertise.
Main duties of the job
- Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance tasks across a range of building, engineering, electrical, and mechanical systems.
- Undertaking routine inspections, testing, fault finding, and minor repair work. Completing statutory compliance checks including water safety, boiler checks, and electrical testing.
- Performing plumbing, carpentry, painting, electrical, grounds maintenance, and general building repairs within your level of competence.
- Maintaining accurate electronic records, work logs, and compliance documentation.
- Supporting infection control measures and maintaining safe working practices.
- Participating in the on-call/out-of-hours rota where required.
- Working closely with colleagues, contractors, and service users to minimise disruption to patient care.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Basic education to GCSE/'O' Level in Maths and English or post-Secondary Education training in relevant field.
- Knowledge of a range of procedures for Building and repair of Mechanical / Electrical equipment / Boiler Equipment.
- An equivalent vocational qualification at Level 3 or equivalent demonstrable level of knowledge and Experience i.e. shows ability to carry out more complex tasks, often with some autonomy and decision-making.
- Knowledge of Health & Safety at Work Act.
Desirable
- Served a recognised apprenticeship in a trade or building multi-trades operations.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within multi trades.
Desirable
- Experience of working on a wide range of mechanical, electrical and building services, plant and equipment maintenance environment e.g. work at heights, PAT testing, Boiler plant maintenance, water testing or macerators.
- Previous experience of working in an acute hospital environment or similar demanding role.
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Good communication skills both written and verbal with ability to communicate at all levels to demonstrate tact and diplomacy.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Work unsupervised and be flexible to meet the needs of the service across sites within area of expertise.
- Ability to prioritise, plan and work to agreed deadlines, demonstrate organisation skills.
Desirable
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh.
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel within geographical area and have relevant driving licence to drive health board vehicles.
- Able to work flexibly and at times work outside normal hours.
- Participate in On-Call rota for area of expertise if/ as required to ensure services are constant.
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
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Address
Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr
Ystrad Fawr Way
Ystrad Mynach
CF82 7GP
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://abuhb.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)