Estates Building Maintenance Worker/Carpenter (Multi-Skilled)
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustBournemouth, South West
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust based in Bournemouth. The advertised salary is £28,392 to £31,157. Applications close on 4 October 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
The Royal Bournemouth Hospital Estates Department provides a comprehensive maintenance, repair and installation service of the buildings, grounds, eng...
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.
Essential: - Full car driving licence
Essential: - 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: - Certificate in Wood Working Machinery.
Essential: - Minimum 3 years experience in General building maintenance, outside core trade of Painting/Decorating, carpentry, Joinery.; - Have good understanding of the relationship of other craftsmen's work to there own; - Experience of maintenance carpentry and building in a range of settings.
Desirable: - Minimum 5 years experience working in a complex Building Maintenance environment.; - Basic electrical safety training to be able to fulfill duties without support of other trades.; - Understand the working of the mechanical and/or electrical and/or plumbing and/or gas systems in NHS buildings.; - Experience Working in Healthcare Environment.; - Joinery ability
Essential: - Ability to fulfil a requirement to interpret and work from all instructions, drawings and specifications appropriate to original trade, without supervision.; - 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.; - Familiar with hand and power tools
Desirable: - 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; - Ability to support and assist with Engineering emergencies using own initiative.; - Ability to glaze windows, fit and maintain locks.
Essential: - Health & Safety training; - Good knowledge of carpentry and joinery techniques.
Desirable: - Electrical training; - Water supply training; - Environment health & Safety training
How this role compares
We hold 971 NHS vacancies in South West that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £32,073. This role pays less than about 70% of them.
There are 12,785 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 1,529 of them in South West.
You have 1 day left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 59 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust has 49 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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