Maintenance Technician

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Main area: Estates Maintenance

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 5

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Working Hours: 08:00 - 16:00)

Job ref: 409-7583569-A

Site: Southport Hospital

Town: Southport

Salary: £31,049 - £37,796 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 24/02/2026 23:59

Interview date: 13/03/2026

Job overview: An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Maintenance Technician to join our team on a full time, permanent basis. The Estates department at both Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals has a group of highly skilled electrical/mechanical technicians, plumbing engineers, creative building craft persons, and dedicated support staff. We are looking for a highly motivated and professional individual who has the ability to prioritise workloads and identify improvements to operational systems and management processes in order to increase departmental efficiencies.

The successful candidate will provide technical support services for the reactive/planned specialist maintenance work on a variety of hospital plant and equipment to ensure compliance with all statutory requirements, codes of practice, guidance notes and trust procedures, to a high standard.

Main duties of the job:

• Applicants should have served a 4-year recognised and registered craft apprenticeship and will have gained an NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification in Electrical Engineering and possess equivalent previous hospital maintenance experience.
• The post holder would be expected to carry out maintenance duties in an efficient and effective manner to support the successful delivery of a customer focused estate maintenance service for the Trust.
• Perform routine duties which may be delegated by the maintenance team leader with the minimum of supervision and have a flexible and positive approach to change.
• The applicant must understand and competently work on a wide range of Building Services systems with the ability to service, test, diagnose, and repair mechanical/electrical, plant and equipment.
• The successful candidate must be able to read and interpret technical drawings and manuals, as well as have an understanding of electrical/mechanical installation plans and drawings.
• Applicants must have the ability to deal with new situations as they arise and pass on relevant knowledge to the team.

Working for our organisation: Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our services include:

• Acute Care: Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
• Primary Care: Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
• Community Services: Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire.
• Specialist Regional Services: We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

The successful candidates will be part of the department’s on-call rota and point of contact for out of hours incidents and breakdowns, carrying out first line assessment, fault finding, repair, substitute of service and/or safe isolation as required. The post will involve a multiskilled approach as well as the full range of duties associated with the post holder's core trade. Professionally the post holder will be expected to maintain their appearance in line with the Trust's dress code. They will uphold the Trust's values and behave in a manner fitting with the responsible position of the role. They will maintain professional and courteous working relationships with staff and respect the equality and diversity of each and every person they encounter during the course of their work duties.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team that is working closely to ensure Statutory and Mandatory compliance is maintained across the Trust sites.

Management Responsibilities:

• Laise with trust management, Nursing personnel, Support personnel, Statutory bodies and specialist contractors to advise on the best course of action to be taken in situations as they arise and carry out recommendations where this is within their capabilities.
• Follow and ensure compliance with all trust procedures and policies including Health & Safety and Risk management.
• Carry out risk assessments for work carried out by self.
• Participate in the management on call system and be the first point of contact for out of hours emergencies.
• Manage in an effective manner the emergency call by taking the appropriate action.
• Escalate any situations to more senior managers as necessary.

Leadership Responsibilities:

• Lead and communicate relevant specialist knowledge to other estates staff as and when necessary.
• Carry out priority assessment of workload and carry out tasks according to priority.
• Carry out installation, repair, service, and calibration work on a wide range of complex, mechanical, electrical and electronic equipment, building services and plant in accordance with relevant Health technical memoranda, water bylaws, British standards, code of practice and legislation.
• Actively participate in the management, and operation of planned preventive maintenance schemes.
• Undertake the full range of craftsman’s duties, using hand and power tools and test equipment.
• Carry out test and fault diagnostic procedures using electronic instruments both in site and in workshop.
• Carry out manual handling of heavy objects (25kg) as required (after suitable training) to keep plant and equipment running as required.
• Carry out cleaning, decontamination, specialist fault diagnosis and repairs of patient related and specialised equipment.

Communication Responsibilities:

• The post holder shall liaise with patients, nursing staff, management, contractors and other support staff to ascertain the extent of problems and priorities.
• The post holder shall produce a record of the results of equipment testing in an appropriate form and give the results to the site management.
• Carry a radio or similar communication device as and when required.

Training Responsibilities:

• The post holder will undertake specialist mandatory equipment training to enable the trust to meet its obligations under its policies and legislation.
• Update Knowledge of new techniques/equipment as necessary.
• The post holder will also cascade train either other estates as and when necessary.

General Responsibilities:

• Participate in the technician on call system covering all properties maintained by the trust, driving to the required sites as necessary.
• The daily Technician is expected to cover for periods of shift technicians’ absence.

Person specification:

Qualifications:

• Mechanical / Electrical apprenticeship H.N.C. or equivalent in a relevant discipline

Knowledge & Experience:

• Relevant experience in a maintenance/building services environment
• Logical fault-finding methodology

Skills:

• Ability to react to emergencies
• Computer Literate
• Good Telephone Manner
• Physically fit, able to climb vertical ladders
• Ability to communicate with staff at all levels
• Ability to adapt a reasonable attitude to the duties of the post
• Excellent analytical skills
• Good time keeping
• Willingness to upgrade skills and training
• Ability to communicate and present a professional attitude when under pressure

Other:

• Flexibility
• Able to travel across various sites with own car/assisted driver

Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust. MWL is an exciting and forward-thinking NHS Trust who are one of the best places to work for in England. Given sometimes we receive a high volume of applications to work for us, please be aware, that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated should a sufficient number of applications be received from which a shortlist can be confirmed. Therefore, you are advised to apply at your earliest convenience.

The Trust may contact you during the recruitment process for your feedback on your experience. We always aim for continuous improvement in our practice.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and value the unique skills, perspective and experience you bring. We are grounded in the belief that diversity enhances our collective strength, fostering innovation and excellence within our workforce. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under-represented groups.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we commit to offering an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.

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We also commit to offering an interview to all armed forces veterans who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.

The Trust operates anonymous shortlisting where no personal information about you, including your name or personal details are shared with the recruiting manager. No equality information is shared at any time during the recruitment process with the recruiting manager or other people involved in the decision-making process.

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check: If this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 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. Please note if applicable, applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. If you have not already done so, you are therefore encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service to which a small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

Flexible Working: We actively support flexible working patterns throughout MWL. Changes made to the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook mean that all employees have the right to request flexible working from day one of employment. There is no limit on the number of requests they can make. Employees have the right to make requests, have them considered, regardless of the reason. At Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, we will consider requests for flexible working. We would also encourage you to discuss flexible working options at interview stage.

Working for Team MWL: Staff recognition is especially important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Employee of the month. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services. The Trust is a non-smoking across all our sites. Failure to follow this rule could lead to disciplinary action.

You will be expected to undertake the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. You must ensure that your application, including personal statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own. The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated and will check all applications against AI detection software.

Additional Information: Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which are We are KIND, We are OPEN, We are INCLUSIVE. An applicant guide to help and support you with your application and what to expect during your recruitment journey can be accessed in the supporting documents. Good luck with your application. We welcome you to Team MWL very soon.