Maintenance Assistant
The closing date is 06 April 2026
Maintenance Assistant – Ward Maintenance Support Worker
afc Band 2
Permanent
The Maintenance department is looking to recruit a maintenance assistant to take on the role of a Ward Maintenance Support Worker. The role will undertake planned and reactive maintenance of essential systems across the diverse building services of the Trust estate. You will need to have the ability to analyse faults and undertake rectifications to ensure continuity of service. We are seeking a highly motivated and professional individual who has the ability to prioritise workloads, identify potential improvement within their work area and be proactive in providing a high level of service to staff, patients and site visitors.
Main duties of the job
The Ward Maintenance team are allocated specific areas of the Hospital site where they are tasked with the daily maintenance of their respective areas. Typical duties include replacing ceiling tiles, unblocking sinks, replacing light tubes/lamps, filling in simple holes in walls, fire alarm tests, re‐fixing items that fall off the walls etc. in accordance with the Trusts 21 Standards.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust. The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience. The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
Job responsibilities
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team that is working closely to ensure statutory compliance and building fabric standards are maintained across all the Trusts sites. Please note once sufficient applications have been received this vacancy will close.
Person Specification Qualifications
* NVQ2 / equivalent in relevant subject area
Experience
* Previous appropriate working experience or training in skill development, including the safe use of tools & equipment, to allow you to carry out the functions of the role
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.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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