Job overview
The Estates Hard FM Team plays a vital role in ensuring our hospitals remain safe, compliant, and fit for purpose. We are responsible for the delivery of day-to-day repairs, planned preventative maintenance (PPM), and operational testing across a wide range of building services and equipment throughout the Trust.
We are seeking a highly motivated and versatile Building Fabrication Craftsperson to join our multi-skilled Estates team at Mile End Hospital and Royal London Hospital Retained Estate, providing essential operational maintenance services across the Trust’s hospitals and associated sites.
What we’re looking for
·A flexible and proactive team player with a strong trade background in carpentry and building fabric maintenance, complemented by experience in painting, decorating, and plastering.
·Ability to work across multiple sites, demonstrating problem-solving skills, initiative, and a commitment to maintaining high-quality standards.
·Willingness to participate in the Estates emergency on-call rota, which includes out-of-hours cover across all Barts Health NHS Trust sites.
This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled tradesperson who takes pride in their work and wishes to make a meaningful contribution to the upkeep and improvement of healthcare environments.
Main duties of the job
This is a varied and rewarding role requiring a strong background in building trades, ideally supported by a recognised carpentry/building services apprenticeship (or equivalent), along with proven post-qualification experience in a complex building services environment.
Key responsibilities will include:
·Undertaking a wide range of painting and decorating tasks, including internal and external painting, wallpaper hanging, plastering, patch repairs, surface preparation, and finishing to a high standard.
·Carrying out statutory and planned maintenance to ensure compliance with HTMs, HBNs, Health & Safety regulations, ACOPs, and Trust policies.
·Skilled use of woodworking machinery and hand tools for the manufacture and repair of windows, doors, and access frames.
·Installation of stud partitioning, ceilings, and other building fabric structures.
·Maintenance and repair of building elements and associated equipment using timber, laminates, plastics, composites, and other suitable materials.
·Delivering safe, immediate, and effective repairs to the building fabric with minimal supervision, while adhering to statutory obligations and operational specifications.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. To have served a recognised Apprenticeship. (To City & Guild 236/NVQ level 3 standard/ BTEC/ONC or equivalent).
Desirable criteria
2. Qualified with Building Fabrication ONC/HNC and or HND level of education and or equivalent qualification.
3. Competent Person Confined Space Certificate, as defined by the latest HSE Confined Spaces Regulation.
Experience
Essential criteria
4. In-depth relevant experience of NHS hospital environment or similar establishments.
5. Experience of building maintenance and systems.
6. Experience to follow detailed building drawings and specifications.
7. In depth experience of healthcare building fabrication services and to lead on the maintenance of the building fabrication team.
8. Detailed working knowledge of preventative and reactive building fabrication maintenance and associated HTM.
Desirable criteria
9. Experience of lone working.
10. Knowledge of information systems for the management of maintenance activity (Concept CAFM System).
11. Experience of successfully leading a building fabrication team and contractors to meet agreed outcomes.
12. Understanding Standing Financial Instructions in relation to procurement and commissioning of external contracting services.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
13. Good knowledge of H&S Legislation and some knowledge of COSHH.
14. Working knowledge of H&S Legislation and hospital specifics (HTM’s).
Desirable criteria
15. Knowledge of Access Control Systems.
16. Able to use IT for reporting and maintaining records.
17. Ability to communicate in written and oral form.
18. Knowledge of hospital Health Building Notifications (HBN).
**Visa Sponsorship Information**
Recent changes to UK immigration policy on the Health and Care Visa and Skilled Worker Visa could mean that this role is not eligible for sponsorship or that you may not meet the eligibility criteria.
Sponsorship can only be offered if this post and any individual offered employment meet all the Home Office’s requirements under the UK Skilled Worker visa scheme.
If you are applying from outside the UK or will require sponsorship, please mention this clearly in your application.
To be eligible for sponsorship, the following conditions must be met:
19. Eligible role: The position must be on the UK Skilled Worker visa list. You can check your eligibility here: -.
20. Salary threshold: The role must meet the minimum salary set by the Home Office. Please note that for roles employed under Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions, the High-Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) is not included when calculating the basic salary for the purposes of sponsorship.
21. Skill level: The role must meet the minimum skill requirement of RQF Level 6 or above (graduate level).
22. English language: Applicants must demonstrate English proficiency at CEFR level B1 or higher.
23. Other criteria: Applicants must meet all other criteria as set out by the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI)