Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Electrical Multi-Skilled Technician

The closing date is 22 March 2026

Job summary

Skilled Electrician - Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

If you have experience maintaining, repairing, and installing complex plant and electrical systems--and you're looking to broaden your expertise in a meaningful healthcare environment--this could be the next step in your career. We value professional development and will take the time to understand your background, your motivations, and how we can support your progression.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join the Estates team as a Skilled Electrician, working across various sites throughout Hampshire. We're looking for someone who is flexible, proactive, and confident communicating with colleagues and service users. A solid understanding of health and safety requirements is essential.

In this role, you'll play a key part in creating and maintaining safe, reliable environments that enable our staff to deliver high quality care and support to service users. Your work will directly contribute to the wellbeing of people across our mental health and community services.

Main duties of the job

Key activities/responsibilities will be to carry out and/or oversee the repair/maintenance/installation of complex plant and equipment.

This will involve a multi-skilled approach as well as the full range of duties associated with the post holder's primary trade as an Electrician.

This will include planned preventative maintenance and reactive repair works across varying systems, acting as an Authorised Person (AP) in LV Electrical to include the issuing of permits to work, carrying out electrical shutdowns in a compliant and recorded manner to assist with Maintenance works or larger Capital Project works.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Details

Date posted

09 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year Based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

348-FME-10746

Job locations

Petersfield Hospital

Swan Street, Petersfield

Petersfield

Hampshire

GU32 3LB


Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • An electrical background with an NVQ or City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma or equivalent qualification in an appropriate electrically biased engineering discipline
  • BS7671 (Current Edition) of IET Wiring Regulations
  • Able to fault-find diagnose and rectify electrical faults.
  • Knowledge of planned maintenance systems.
  • Knowledge of Health & Safety.
  • Time served apprenticeship or equivalent.
  • Driving License.

Desirable

  • Testing and inspection qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrate the ability to understand and follow detailed technical instructions.
  • Organisation of own workload

Desirable

  • Demonstrate a proactive approach to problem solving.
  • Development into supporting the on call trade staff requirements, including some evening/weekend work

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • Maintain a healthy safe, and secure working environment
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • An electrical background with an NVQ or City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma or equivalent qualification in an appropriate electrically biased engineering discipline
  • BS7671 (Current Edition) of IET Wiring Regulations
  • Able to fault-find diagnose and rectify electrical faults.
  • Knowledge of planned maintenance systems.
  • Knowledge of Health & Safety.
  • Time served apprenticeship or equivalent.
  • Driving License.

Desirable

  • Testing and inspection qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrate the ability to understand and follow detailed technical instructions.
  • Organisation of own workload

Desirable

  • Demonstrate a proactive approach to problem solving.
  • Development into supporting the on call trade staff requirements, including some evening/weekend work

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • Maintain a healthy safe, and secure working environment

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Petersfield Hospital

Swan Street, Petersfield

Petersfield

Hampshire

GU32 3LB


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Petersfield Hospital

Swan Street, Petersfield

Petersfield

Hampshire

GU32 3LB


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Hiring Manager

Alan Purkiss

alan.purkiss@southernhealth.nhs.uk

07900682963

Details

Date posted

09 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year Based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

348-FME-10746

Job locations

Petersfield Hospital

Swan Street, Petersfield

Petersfield

Hampshire

GU32 3LB


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