General Maintenance Assistant – Electrical (Shift Working)
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 £25,760 to £27,476. Applications close on 11 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
TeamUHD are looking for ageneral maintenance assistant (electrical) to join the Estates department on the Royal Bournemouth Hospital site. You'll be w...
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
- The post holder will be responsible for the servicing, maintenance and repair of the Electrical building services installations within the trust in line with current policies and procedures.
- Undertake unsupervised routine maintenance and minor repair work including planned prevented maintenance work and labouring including electrical shutdowns
The post holder will have a full Driving licence ( vehicle group A ).
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: - Experience of carrying out electrical maintenance work of a semi-skilled nature in building services environment, to an NVQ3 level or equivalent.; - Full UK Driving Licence (Manual)
Desirable: - 18th Edition IEE regulations.; - City and Guilds 2391 Inspection and Testing certificate.; - Certified training in confined space working.; - City & Guilds 2377 certificate of competence for the inspection and testing of electrical equipment.
Essential: - Experience of maintenance engineering trades in a range of settings.; - Able to work unsupervised in a variety situations which will require interaction with staff from other departments and patients /patients family; - Able to communicate clearly and accurately both in verbal and written form.; - Be computer literate and able record data i.e. temperatures /times, meter readings etc in databases
Desirable: - Working in Healthcare Environment.; - Background in building services or construction; - Working at heights from mobile elevating working platforms
Essential: - Proven ability to demonstrate good problem solving and analytical skills.; - Be able to plan and organise day to day tasks or activities and reschedule where necessary.; - To demonstrate multi skilled approach to work; - Familiar with hand and power tools.; - Ability to work from drawings without supervision.
Desirable: - Ability to diagnose and repair faults in basic electrical installations, plant and equipment, to deal with new situations as they arise and pass on knowledge to others.; - Ability to fulfil a requirement to interpret and work from all instructions, drawings and specifications appropriate to original trade.; - Have an excellent understanding of the relationship of other Estates staff work to their own.; - Ability to liaise with clinical and non clinical staff of all levels.
Essential: - Basic electrical theory; - Basic electrical fault finding and testing.; - Safe isolation disconnection and reinstatement of electrical equipment.; - Good knowledge of general engineering techniques.; - General knowledge of other trades allied to building services.
Desirable: - Health & Safety training; - Understanding of Confined spaces, Lifting & handling, COSHH, Mobile platforms and Asbestos awareness
Essential: - Able to set deadlines and timescales for managing own workload.; - Able to be flexible with start/ finish times on occasion.; - Willingness and ability to carry out tasks allied to building services, if required.
Essential: - Self-motivated, able to work individually and as a team member, willing to take on new ideas and training as necessary.; - Enthusiastic, diligent and willing to take on new ideas and training as necessary.; - Excellent communications skills as well as being courteous, tactful and well presented.
Desirable: - Able to liaise with Managers and Hospital Staff of all levels.; - Numerate.; - Self-Motivated.; - Ability to work on own initiative.
Essential: - Able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
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 87% 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 8 days 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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