Estates Maintenance Multi-Skilled Handyperson

Job summary

This is a fantastic opportunity to join The Hillingdon Hospital as an Estates Maintenance Multi-Skilled Handyperson at the Hillingdon Hospital site on a 6 months fixed term contract.

It is an exciting time to join the Trust as it is also part of the new hospitals programme.

Please note that this vacancy may close earlier due to the amount of applications we receive.

Main duties of the job

The Estates Maintenance Multi-Skilled Handyman provides a front-line maintenance service to ensure that the hospital's buildings, engineering systems, and infrastructure remain safe, functional, and compliant for patients, visitors, and staff.

The post holder will undertake a wide range of reactive and planned preventative maintenance (PPM) activities, including minor plumbing, joinery, electrical, and general building repairs across the Trust's estate.

A key element of the role is responding promptly to reactive maintenance requests and breakdowns, diagnosing minor faults, and carrying out safe and effective repairs within the required Service Level Agreement (SLA) timeframes and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) set for the Estates Maintenance Department.

In addition, the post holder will assist in delivering the Trust's water hygiene control programme, carrying out low-use outlet flushing, temperature monitoring, and other PPM tasks on hot, cold, and closed water systems in accordance with HTM 04-01, HSG 274, ACOP L8, and relevant British Standards (BS) to support water safety (Legionella and Pseudomonas mitigation).

The role also includes conducting routine inspections such as drainage and roof-access checks, as well as seasonal de-icing of the Vacuum Insulated Evaporator (VIE) system for piped medical gases.

About us

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitalsprovide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.