Employer heading

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.

Interview date - 28 May 2026

PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

37 hours 30 minutes/week
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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:

Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
Freeman Hospital
Newcastle Dental Hospital
Cramlington Manor Walks
Urgent treatment centres
Newcastle Fertility Centre
Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
Northern Genetics Service

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:
Statutory inspection, maintenance and repair of fire resisting

door sets and upgrade when necessary.

Design, manufacture and installation of bespoke furniture and

equipment.

Maintenance and repair of fixtures, fittings and equipment.
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.

Window repairs including replacement glazing
Interpretation of technical drawings, measuring and setting out

on site.

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:
The environment,
Safety and comfort of patients, staff and members of the public.
Respond pro-actively as required.
Involvement with processing documentation associated with Estates IT admin requirement

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria

Recognised Joinery Apprenticeship.
City & Guilds qualification/NVQ level 3 or equivalent post apprenticeship experience

Desirable criteria

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

Essential criteria

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.

Desirable criteria

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

Essential criteria

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

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

Maintenance Craftsperson (Joinery) JD (PDF, 214.0KB)
Newcastle Staff Benefits (PDF, 274.4KB)
Behaviour and Civility Charter (PDF, 93.8KB)

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name James Raeburn Job title Estates Building Officer Email address james.raeburn@nhs.net Telephone number 01912825077

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