This Joiner post sits in the Estates Team at Darlington Memorial Hospital, employed by CDD Services, a subsidiary of County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. The work covers planned and reactive joinery maintenance, repair and installation across contracted sites, from doors and locks to partitioning and bespoke pieces. It takes place in occupied healthcare buildings and includes a building on-call rota. Sponsorship cannot currently be offered while UKVI approval is pending.
What the job involves
- Carry out planned preventative maintenance and reactive joinery repairs across hospital sites
- Hang, adjust, repair and replace doors
- Fit and maintain locks and ironmongery
- Carry out flooring, ceiling and window repairs
- Erect stud partition walls and install plasterboard
- Fit skirting boards, architraves, door casings and worktops
- Undertake bespoke joinery work and signage installation
- Interpret drawings and specifications and carry out work to a high standard with minimal supervision
- Complete electronic work records using mobile devices
- Use workshop equipment safely and effectively
- Support other Estates trades where required
- Take part in the building on-call rota
What’s required
Qualifications
- City & Guilds Craft Certificate in Joinery or equivalent recognised qualification
Experience
- Post-apprenticeship experience in joinery maintenance and installation
- Experience of building maintenance repairs
- Experience of working with customers and providing customer-focused services
Skills & knowledge
- Working independently and on own initiative
- Knowledge of building maintenance and joinery repairs
- Interpreting technical drawings and specifications
- Good communication and customer service skills, including exchanging technical information
- Knowledge of health and safety responsibilities and safe working in occupied healthcare buildings
- Using mobile technology to record and manage work
Checks & eligibility
- Current UK driving licence
Other
- Working flexibly and supporting other trades
- Manual handling, restricted spaces and challenging environmental conditions
- Working across SCL contracted sites
- Working sensitively around patients and clinical services
- Participating in the Estates on-call rota
Nice to have
- Experience within NHS, healthcare or similar complex operational environments
- Experience working within Estates maintenance teams
- Additional trade qualifications
- Health and safety related training
- Broad multi-skilled maintenance knowledge
- Understanding of NHS HTMs, HBNs, British Standards and healthcare maintenance requirements
- Previous experience of participating in an emergency on-call service
What’s offered
- Competitive salary
- Pension via NEST with a 3% employer contribution above the minimum rate
- Night shift working allowance where appropriate
- Bank holiday working allowance where appropriate
- Bank work offered as and when required, paid pro-rata hourly for hours worked only
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