About this role
Job summary
Build Environments That Support Exceptional Patient Care
Every day, our healthcare buildings play a crucial role in delivering safe, effective, and compassionate care. We are looking for a skilled and enthusiastic Maintenance Technician (Carpentry & Joinery) to join our Estates Team and help ensure our facilities remain safe, functional, and welcoming for patients, visitors, and staff.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced tradesperson who takes pride in delivering high quality workmanship and wants to make a real difference within the NHS. Working across a diverse healthcare estate, you will undertake a wide range of maintenance, repair, improvement, and refurbishment activities, with a particular focus on Carpentry and Joinery.
As a Band 5 Maintenance Technician, you will also have the opportunity to utilise advanced technical skills, support project delivery, mentor colleagues, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our Estates service.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you're looking for a rewarding role where your skills and expertise will have a direct impact on patient care and the healthcare environment, we'd love to hear from you.
Join our Estates Team and help create spaces that care for people.
Main duties of the job
Carrying out planned preventative maintenance and reactive repairs across a varied healthcare estate.Delivering high-quality carpentry, joinery, painting, decorating, and general building maintenance works.Diagnosing faults and implementing effective solutions to minimise disruption to clinical services.Supporting the delivery of minor refurbishment and improvement projects.Helping to maintain safe, compliant, and patient-focused environments.Providing technical guidance and mentoring to Maintenance Assistants and less experienced colleagues.Sharing specialist knowledge and offering technical advice to fellow tradespeople, supervisors, and Estates Managers.Ensuring all work is completed to the highest standards of safety, quality, and customer service.Accurately maintaining records using electronic maintenance management systems.Participating in emergency and on-call arrangements where required.
About us We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).
Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.
As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers,home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Job description Job responsibilities
You are a qualified and experienced Carpentry and Joinery professional who enjoys problem-solving, takes pride in your work, and is committed to delivering excellent service.
Essential Qualifications
Recognised Apprenticeship or Level 3 qualification in Carpentry and Joinery (or equivalent). Evidence of ongoing professional development. Full UK driving licence (if required for the role).
Essential Experience & Skills
Extensive experience in building maintenance, repairs, and refurbishment. Strong carpentry and joinery skills, with experience in painting and decorating. Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities. Experience supporting, coaching, or mentoring colleagues. Good understanding of health and safety legislation and safe systems of work. Strong communication and customer service skills. Ability to diagnose and resolve a broad range of building maintenance issues.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
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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.
Employer details Employer name The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address Dewsbury District Hospital
Dewsbury
West Yorkshire
WF13 4HS
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)