Maintenance Assistant - Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr in Ystrad Mynach

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Job overview: Help keep our hospitals and healthcare facilities safe, functional, and welcoming for patients, visitors, and staff. Join our Estates Team as a Maintenance Assistant and play a vital role in supporting frontline healthcare services across the Health Board.

We are looking for a proactive and skilled Maintenance Assistant to undertake a wide range of planned and reactive maintenance duties across our healthcare sites. Working both independently and as part of a dedicated Estates team, you will help ensure our buildings, engineering systems, and equipment remain safe, compliant, and operational.

This varied role covers plumbing, electrical, mechanical, building maintenance, statutory compliance checks, fault finding, installations, repairs, and general maintenance activities. You will also support apprentices and junior colleagues by sharing knowledge and practical expertise.

• Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance tasks across a range of building, engineering, electrical, and mechanical systems.
• Undertaking routine inspections, testing, fault finding, and minor repair work.
• Completing statutory compliance checks including water safety, boiler checks, and electrical testing.
• Performing plumbing, carpentry, painting, electrical, grounds maintenance, and general building repairs within your level of competence.
• Maintaining accurate electronic records, work logs, and compliance documentation.
• Supporting infection control measures and maintaining safe working practices.
• Participating in the on-call/out-of-hours rota where required.
• Working closely with colleagues, contractors, and service users to minimise disruption to patient care.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation: Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career.

The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff. We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high-quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

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