Maintenance Skilled Tradesperson (Mechanical)
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Chesterfield, S44 5BL
Salary
£27,343 to £34,616
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
28 September 2026
23 days left
Job description
We are looking for a Skilled Tradesperson with a background in heating and/or plumbing to join the Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd esta...
Completing all plumbing, heating and ventilation Planned Preventative Maintenance and reactive work in accordance with industry best practise and statutory requirements.Willing to undertake training as required to be appointed as a boiler house operator.Willing to undertake training as required to carry out work on the hospital's hydrotherapy pool.Able to undertake cross discipline work that typically falls under building and electrical trades such as safe isolation from a rotary isolator, boarding up of a broken window when on-call, careful replacement of faulty locks etc.Ensuring that all work is carried out in a manner that complies with all Health and Safety legislation, HTMs and other relevant codes of practise and policies.To have awareness of relevant standards affecting installation work and to recognise where knowledge may be insufficient, and advice needs to be sought.Effectively supervising more junior staff whilst working on jobs.Delivering good customer service and able to always act as an ambassador for DSFS.
Contributing to the estates on-call rota as required.Ensuring that the estates department delivers to its customers a service that is responsive, reliable and meets statutory and mandatory requirements. Our key customers include Chesterfield Royal Hospital and offsite locations such as GP surgeries, community clinics etc.
Dealing with any other duties as may reasonably be required - this job description should not be considered an exhaustive list.
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that's 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
DSFS has just under 1000 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the 'Chesterfield Royal family', DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that's dynamic, flexible, and proactive.
DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone's abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered.
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- NVQ3 in a Plumbing/Heating (or equivalent experience).
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable
- Significant post qualification training in plumbing, heating, ventilation or medical gas.
Experience
Essential
- Able to demonstrate significant experience in working with commercial heating, plumbing and ventilation systems, both in terms of maintenance and installation work.
- Experience of working as part of a team, supervising personnel when required.
Desirable
- Experience of using Computer Aided Facilities Management software to manage and complete jobs.
- Experience working as a Medical Gas, Ventilation or Water Competent Person.
- Significant heating and or plumbing experience
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Able to utilise trade background to quickly learn new skills.
- Able to source information to understand how to correctly install materials and carry out installation work.
- Knowledgeable with regards to the statutory requirements that apply to installation work and able to find relevant information in documents when required.
- Able to use hand and power tools to produce work to an excellent standard.
Desirable
- Able to read and understand engineering drawings within area of expertise.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Enthusiastic, highly motivated and able to determine priorities and achieve them using initiative and with minimal external input.
- Able to communicate effectively with customers in other departments and with hospital and RPC colleagues.
- Committed to continuous improvement and learning.
- Able to operate with high integrity in the work environment.
- Flexible and able to adapt to change quickly.
- Able to work tactfully to resolve difficult conversations or matters.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
4 September 2026
Last checked
5 September 2026
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