Maintenance Craftsperson (Joinery)

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Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in England is seeking a highly motivated Maintenance Craftsperson (Joinery) to join their Estates and Facilities Directorate. This role involves carrying out essential joinery maintenance and refurbishment works across various Trust properties, ensuring patient safety and high standards of service. Candidates should have a recognized joinery apprenticeship and experience in a healthcare setting. The position offers flexibility in working arrangements and significant interaction with clinical teams.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

NHS staff benefits

Qualifications

• Extensive post-apprenticeship experience in joinery, preferably in a hospital maintenance environment.
• Understanding of Health and Safety and Fire Safety Legislation.
• Experience working in an Acute Hospital setting.

Responsibilities

• Conduct joinery maintenance and refurbishment tasks throughout Trust properties.
• Interpret and work from drawings and specifications.
• Ensure patient safety during maintenance work.

Skills

Joinery

Communication

Problem-solving

IT literacy

Education

Recognised Joinery Apprenticeship

City & Guilds / NVQ level 3

Minimum ONC/BTech qualification

Tools

Woodworking machinery

Power tools

Job description

Main area 317 Building - RVI Grade Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (08:00-16:00 Monday- Friday) Job ref 317-2025-31-01-DR-C-VA1

Employer The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Victoria Infirmary Town 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary Salary £27,485 - £30,162 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 25/01/2026 23:59 Interview date 18/02/2026

Maintenance Craftsperson (Joinery)

Band 4

Job overview

The Estates and Facilities Directorate is seeking to recruit a highly motivated Joiner at the Royal Victoria Infirmary.

To carry out joinery programmes, minor works and day to day reactive maintenance. The joinery programme is critical to achieving a suitable patient environment for all Wards and Departments to deliver the highest level of care.

PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

• Interview Date: 18th February 2026
• 37 hours 30 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be accountable directly to the joinery Supervisor and overall to the Estates Building Officer. The post holder will be expected to perform a wide range of duties covering all aspects of joinery maintenance applicable to the trade.

You will be required to interpret work from drawings, instructions and specifications; diagnose faults and carry out necessary repair work. In conjunction with the Joinery Supervisor you will liaise with clinical teams when carrying out work in patient areas to ensure patient safety and Infection Control is not compromised so good communication and organizational skills are paramount to being a success in this role. It is essential you have an understanding of other craftsmen’s work in relation to their own discipline to provide a coherent service when carrying out both maintenance and minor work schemes.

You will have served a relevant and recognized craft apprenticeship in joinery to City and Guilds /NVQ level 3 and have relevant post-apprenticeship experience.

Working for our organisation

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To undertake planned preventative and reactive building maintenance duties, minor and major refurbishment works and manufacturing as required across all Trust properties and other areas of responsibility. Works to include:
  o Statutory inspection, maintenance and repair of fire resisting
  door sets and upgrade when necessary.
  o Design, manufacture and installation of bespoke furniture and
  equipment.
  o Maintenance and repair of fixtures, fittings and equipment.
  o Locksmith duties eg. Installation and repair/reconditioning of
  door locks and furniture (inc. specialist hardware such as digital
  locks, control drugs locks etc), controlled access and key
  cutting.
  o Window repairs including replacement glazing
  o Interpretation of technical drawings, measuring and setting out
  on site.
  o Installation of partition walls, ceilings and decorative mouldings
  which includes installation of approved fire stopping details
  where appropriate.
• Undertake condition surveys and communicate findings and recommendations.
• Completion and processing of mandatory documentation associated with specific work tasks i.e. Fire Door and Window PPMs, Condition Surveys etc ensuring integration with the Directorate’s chosen Computer Aided Facilities Management System (CAFM).
• Remain aware of the direct affect and impact upon:
  o The environment,
  o Safety and comfort of patients, staff and members of the public.
  o Respond pro-actively as required.
• Involvement with processing documentation associated with Estates IT admin requirement

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

• Recognised Joinery Apprenticeship.
• City & Guilds qualification/NVQ level 3 or equivalent post apprenticeship experience
• Minimum ONC/BTech qualification (or equivalent experience).
• Recognised qualification/training for the installation and maintenance of fire doors and/or installation of Fire Stopping (Q-Mark, FDIS, FIRAS etc. or equivalent)
• Current driving licence

Knowledge & Experience

• Comprehensive post apprenticeship experience, preferably in an NHS/hospital maintenance environment
• An understanding of key Health and Safety and Fire Safety Legislation relevant to the role.
• Post-Apprenticeship experience within complex building services
• Experience of working in an Acute Hospital environment.
• Knowledge of Health Technical Memoranda and Health Building Note Guidance Documents

Skills & Abilities

• Able to make workload assessments and allocation
• Ability to evaluate and solve problems in situ.
• Ability to communicate verbally by phone and in writing to Senior Management and Clinical users throughout the Trust.
• PC and IT literate.
• Ability to set up, use and work with specialist tools and equipment (inc. woodworking machinery and power tools) in accordance with HASWA, PUWER and Control of Noise Regulations etc. Works will include specialist Joinery and fabrication working with a wide range of materials which include rough sawn timber (softwood &hardwood) and sheet materials.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.