Maintenance Assistant

Maintenance Assistant

The closing date is 18 December 2025

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a Maintenance Assistant to join the Trust’s directly employed labour force to provide day‑to‑day reactive service and planned maintenance works across the Trust estate.

You will be expected to have an NVQ/City & Guilds, or equivalent qualification in one or more skills related to Estates activity, proven skills & knowledge together with a multi‑skilled approach to maintenance tasks.

Working Monday to Friday 08:00–16:00 with a 30‑minute unpaid break, this is a 37.5 hour per week. Shift times are subject to change. You will also be on call one week out of seven.

We are looking for enthusiastic maintenance assistants who, having gained significant experience, are at the top of their profession and who are also willing to take a hands‑on approach to a range of duties.

Well‑motivated, enthusiastic, experienced maintenance assistants who fit the above criteria and who are looking for a rewarding career with a forward‑thinking organisation would be ideal for these posts. Applicants should also have good organisational skills and be able to take the lead on specific maintenance and reactive situations. The post is critical in maintaining a safe and appropriate physical environment for our patients, visitors and staff.

Previous NHS experience would be an advantage but not essential. The role is flexible with the ability to work between an office and home base.

Professionally, the post holder will be expected to uphold the Trust's PRIDE values and behaviours and to behave in a manner befitting the responsible position of the role and in the best interests of the patients we serve.

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.

We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

The Estates Department provides a comprehensive Estate Management Service to all of the Trust's properties. The purpose of this job is to assist the Estates Department to carry out or oversee the repair, maintenance or installation of plant, equipment and buildings belonging to the Trust. Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust offers excellent terms and conditions of employment.

We are looking for a well‑motivated, enthusiastic, and experienced maintenance assistant who fits the above criteria and who is looking for a rewarding career with a forward‑thinking organisation. Applicants should also have good organisational skills and be able to take the lead in a wide range of situations.

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS sectors, having maintained an Outstanding rating by the Care Quality Commission and provides excellent benefits for its staff, including commitments to professional development and many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

We welcome applications from people, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status or pregnancy or maternity status. We would encourage applications from groups who are currently underrepresented in the organisation. In particular, applications from disabled people (with both visible and non‑visible disabilities), people from black and minority ethnic communities and lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered (LGBT) people.

NHFT is committed to building a diverse workforce, ensuring staff are treated fairly at work and ensuring all staff have the learning and development they need on equality in order to undertake their job role. We aim to use monitoring information provided by our staff and by job applicants to…