Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Maintenance Technician

The closing date is 09 November 2025

Job summary

We currently have two vacancies within the Estates Department:

1 x Electrically biased Maintenance Technician based at Ormskirk Hospital

1 x Electrically biased Technician based at Southport Hospital.

The Estates department at both Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals has a group of highly skilled electrical / mechanical technicians, plumbing engineers, creative building craft persons, and dedicated support staff.

The successful candidate will provide technical support services for the reactive/planned specialist maintenance work on a variety of hospital plant and equipment to ensure compliance with all statutory requirements, codes of practice, guidance notes and trust procedures, to a high standard.

Please note, this post will be subject to a Standard DBS Check.

Please note the job description for this post is subject to change as per AfC review

Main duties of the job

Applicants should have served a recognised and registered craft apprenticeship and will have gained an NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification in Electrical Engineering and possess equivalent previous hospital maintenance experience.
The post holder would be expected to carry out maintenance duties in an efficient and effective manner to support the successful delivery of a customer focused estate maintenance service for the Trust.
Perform routine duties which may be delegated by the maintenance team leader with the minimum of supervision and have a flexible and positive approach to change.
The applicant must understand and competently work on a wide range of Building Services systems with the ability to service, test, diagnose, and repair mechanical / electrical, plant and equipment.
Applicants must have the ability to deal with new situations as they arise and pass on relevant knowledge to the team.
The successful candidates will be part of the department's on-call rota and point of contact for out of hours incidents and breakdowns, carrying out first line assessment, fault finding, repair, substitute of service and/or safe isolation as required.

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Date posted

24 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

409-7279414

Job locations

Ormskirk Hospital & Southport Hospitals

Wigan Road & Town Lane

Ormskirk & Southport

L39 2AZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.

Advertising date: 24th October 2025

Closing date: 31st October 2025

Shortlisting date: 3rd November 2025

Proposed Interview date: TBC

Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.

Advertising date: 24th October 2025

Closing date: 31st October 2025

Shortlisting date: 3rd November 2025

Proposed Interview date: TBC

Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Mechanical / Electrical apprenticeship
H.N.C. or equivalent in a relevant discipline

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Relevant experience in a maintenance / building services environment
Logical fault-finding methodology

Skills

Essential

Ability to react to emergencies
Computer Literate
Good Telephone Manner
Physically fit, able to climb vertical ladders
Ability to communicate with staff at all levels
Ability to adapt a reasonable attitude to the duties of the post
Excellent analytical skills
Good time keeping
Willingness to upgrade skills and training
Ability to communicate and present a professional attitude when under pressure

Other

Essential

Flexibility
Able to travel across various site with own car / assisted driver

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Mechanical / Electrical apprenticeship
H.N.C. or equivalent in a relevant discipline

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Relevant experience in a maintenance / building services environment
Logical fault-finding methodology

Skills

Essential

Ability to react to emergencies
Computer Literate
Good Telephone Manner
Physically fit, able to climb vertical ladders
Ability to communicate with staff at all levels
Ability to adapt a reasonable attitude to the duties of the post
Excellent analytical skills
Good time keeping
Willingness to upgrade skills and training
Ability to communicate and present a professional attitude when under pressure

Other

Essential

Flexibility
Able to travel across various site with own car / assisted driver

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

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Ormskirk Hospital & Southport Hospitals

Wigan Road & Town Lane

Ormskirk & Southport

L39 2AZ

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Ormskirk Hospital & Southport Hospitals

Wigan Road & Town Lane

Ormskirk & Southport

L39 2AZ

Employer's website

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