Skilled Tradesperson; Building flooring

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The closing date is 09 March 2026

DSFS Ltd require a highly motivated Skilled Tradesperson (Building flooring) who will be based within the Estates Department at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. The role will work in the workshop building team which comprises 8 full time staff who carry out building works around the hospital. Typical works would include flooring repairs and flooring installation works and any other minor ad-hoc buildings remedial works.

The post-holder will be recruited into the building workshop team but may be required to work within any of the teams within the workshops depending on the needs of the department.

The role may be required to participate in any future estates on-call tradesperson rota. This would attract additional payments on top of the stated salary range. There will be occasional requirements to work outside the normal estates hours (08:00 - 16:00 Monday to Friday) to carry out works which cannot be completed in hours and so a flexible approach to working hours is required.

The role will require occasional travel to our customers based outside of Chesterfield Royal Hospital, such as the community clinics that we manage for Royal Primary Care.

Delivering good customer service and able to always act as an ambassador for DSFS.

Using the MICAD & Zetasafe CAFM systems correctly and ensuring jobs are raised and closed off for all work undertaken.

Communicating with the team leader to adjust job priorities within MICAD where we are awaiting materials to ensure we do not miss targets.

Constantly reviewing how the team works to ensure we are working as productively as possible, this should include areas such as storage, what the team carry on their tool trolleys, which power tools we use etc.

Undertaking any training that may be required to carry out a wide variety of installation tasks.

To have awareness of relevant standards affecting maintenance work and to recognise where knowledge may be insufficient, and advice needs to be sought.

Delivering good customer service and able to always act as an ambassador for DSFS.

Occasionally working with and advise the Capital Projects team on Minor Works (works requested by customers).

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that's 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the 'Chesterfield Royal family', DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that's dynamic, flexible, and proactive.

DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone's abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it.

By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered

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Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.

• NVQ3 in a Carpentry & Joinery, Building or Construction related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Training in installation of flooring, wall cladding, plastering, painting or other trades as appropriate to the role.

• Significant experience of carrying out…