Electrician

Are you looking for a rewarding career opportunity working for an excellent service provider supporting essential NHS services? Synchronicity Care Limited (SCL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, delivering high-quality Estates and Facilities services across Trust sites. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and skilled Electrical Craftsperson to join our Estates team based at Darlington Memorial Hospital. The role offers a varied workload, supporting critical electrical and mechanical systems in a busy healthcare environment. You will be part of a professional, supportive team ensuring that hospital facilities remain safe, compliant and fully operational for patients, staff and visitors.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will deliver planned and reactive maintenance across a wide range of electrical services within the hospital estate, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and Trust safety standards.
• You will investigate and resolve faults, inspect and test electrical systems, and carry out minor installation and improvement works.
• The role also requires flexibility to support other Estates disciplines when required, participation in on-call and shift rotas, accurate completion of electronic job records, and effective communication with clinical and non-clinical staff.
• Maintaining a strong focus on safety, service continuity and customer care is essential.

About us

SCL is a wholly owned subsidiary of County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (CDDFT) set up to deliver a range of non-clinical services. The company is a separate legal body to CDDFT. SCL offers its own Terms and Conditions of employment which differ to the national NHS Terms and Conditions.

Job responsibilities

• The Electrical Craftsperson will undertake planned preventative maintenance, breakdown repairs and fault-finding on electrical and associated mechanical plant and systems across Trust sites. This includes, but is not limited to, electrical distribution, lighting systems, fire detection, standby generators and nurse call systems.
• The role involves carrying out testing, inspection and certification in line with current legislation and standards, completing minor installation and improvement works, and responding to urgent maintenance requests to ensure the continuity of clinical services.
• The post holder will work both independently and as part of a wider Estates team, often in sensitive patient environments, restricted spaces or challenging conditions such as plant rooms and service ducts.
• Occasional participation in mechanical or building maintenance tasks may be required in line with service needs.
• You will be expected to comply fully with Health & Safety legislation, Trust policies and SCL safety standards, maintaining awareness of risks at all times.
• Responsibilities also include mentoring apprentices, acting as Authorised Person (AP)/ Responsible Person where appointed providing guidance to non-technical staff on the safe use of equipment, completing work records electronically, and participating in out of hours on-call and shift rotas.

Person Specification

• Qualifications

• City & Guilds Craft Certificate (Electrical) or NVQ Level 3 in Engineering Maintenance
• 18th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations
• Electrical Apprenticeship
• Relevant health & safety training
• Further specialist electrical training (e.g. inspection and testing)

• Fault finding and testing of electrical systems
• Understanding of health & safety legislation
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical staff
• Ability to work safely in sensitive patient environments
• Crosstrade skills including basic mechanical or building maintenance

• Eligible to live and work in the UK
• Willingness to participate in on-call and shift rotas
• Ability to work in adverse conditions and at height or in confined spaces

• Experience of electrical maintenance work
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Experience of customer-facing service delivery
• Experience in a hospital or similar complex environment
• Experience working across multiple Estates disciplines

• Full UK driving licence
• Disclosure and Barring Service Check
• This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.