• Job Description

  Req#: C9408-25-0570?language=en&page=49&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  An exciting and excellent opportunity has arisen for a Maintenance Trade Assistant to join Wirral's largest employer, being part of a diverse and enabling workforce team at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

  Main duties of the job

  The advertised post is for 37.5 hrs per week, Monday to Sunday participating on a 5-man rotary shift pattern working mornings 7 - 3, afternoons 3 - 11 and nights 11 - 7, the post holder will be required to provide shift cover for annual leave and sickness as required.

  About us

  All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients.

  Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

  We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

  We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

  The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

  Details

  Date posted

  30 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 3

  Salary

  £24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum plus shift allowance

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  408-25-670

  Job locations

  Arrowe Park Hospital

  Arrowe Park Road

  Wirral

  CH49 5PE

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Shift Maintenance Assistant position available at WUTH.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Shift Maintenance Assistant position available at WUTH.

  Person Specification

  Personal Attributes

  Essential

  • Honesty
  • Reliability
  • Enthusiasm
  • Ability to communicate at all levels
  • Be able to work effectively on own or as part of a team
  • Ability prioritise own work load and work to predetermined deadlines
  • Self-motivation
  • Clean and tidy appearance
  • Good telephone manner
  • Flexibility

  Knowledge and Skills

  Essential

  • A background of working in either the building or engineering industry.
  • Skills to be able to read and interpret technical drawings and interpret manufacturers technical literature as and when required.
  • Have completed relevant Health and Safety training.
  • Have good communication skills
  • Have good time management and self management skills

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of Fire Alarm Systems
  • Computer / keyboard skills ECDL
  • Scaffold erection
  • Nurse call systems
  • Control Equipment
  • Washers Disinfector equipment
  • Ventilation Systems
  • Medical Gas Pipeline Services
  • Control of Legionellosis
  • Building Management Systems
  • Customer Service Principles and Practice
  • Manual Handling Training
  • First Aid

  Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

  Essential

  • City & Guilds in Portable Appliance Testing
  • City & Guilds in Boiler Operation or equivalent
  • Lift passenger release training, must be completed within 12 months of commencement

  Desirable

  • City & Guilds in Boiler Operation or equivalent

  Person Specification

  Personal Attributes

  Essential

  • Honesty
  • Reliability
  • Enthusiasm
  • Ability to communicate at all levels
  • Be able to work effectively on own or as part of a team
  • Ability prioritise own work load and work to predetermined deadlines
  • Self-motivation
  • Clean and tidy appearance
  • Good telephone manner
  • Flexibility

  Knowledge and Skills

  Essential

  • A background of working in either the building or engineering industry.
  • Skills to be able to read and interpret technical drawings and interpret manufacturers technical literature as and when required.
  • Have completed relevant Health and Safety training.
  • Have good communication skills
  • Have good time management and self management skills

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of Fire Alarm Systems
  • Computer / keyboard skills ECDL
  • Scaffold erection
  • Nurse call systems
  • Control Equipment
  • Washers Disinfector equipment
  • Ventilation Systems
  • Medical Gas Pipeline Services
  • Control of Legionellosis
  • Building Management Systems
  • Customer Service Principles and Practice
  • Manual Handling Training
  • First Aid

  Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

  Essential

  • City & Guilds in Portable Appliance Testing
  • City & Guilds in Boiler Operation or equivalent
  • Lift passenger release training, must be completed within 12 months of commencement

  Desirable

  • City & Guilds in Boiler Operation or equivalent

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Additional information

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

  Address

  Arrowe Park Hospital

  Arrowe Park Road

  Wirral

  CH49 5PE

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.wuth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

  Address

  Arrowe Park Hospital

  Arrowe Park Road

  Wirral

  CH49 5PE

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.wuth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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