Job Advert
Maintenance Assistant
Band 3 - £29,103 - £31,409 plus £1816.11 High Secure Environmental Allowance per annum.
Full Time 36 hours per week
Contract Duration – Permanent
Post Details:
The State Hospital provides high secure psychiatric care for patients from Scotland and Northern Ireland. Our strategy is to ensure equitable provision of high quality, clinically effective services to meet the mental health and social care needs of all patients.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Estates Department for a Maintenance Assistant.
You will provide a maintenance service including ground maintenance, assisting all craft trades and carrying out semi-skilled duties in a wide range of hospital estates services tasks.
A flexible approach to work is necessary as variations to the standard working week may be required in order to meet the needs of the service. There will be a requirement for you to participate in the out-of-hour’s on-call rota for winter maintenance between October and April.
Experience:
You should be able to demonstrate experience of assisting all craft trades, carrying out semi-skilled duties and grounds maintenance in a wide range of hospital estates services tasks.
Additional Information:
Closing Date – The closing date for applications is 05/06/26. For an informal discussion please contact Robert Deans, Estates Co-Ordinator on 01555 842102 or Brian Maclean, Estates Manager on 01555 842165.
If you have any queries or require assistance regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact the HR Team on tsh.jobs@nhs.scot to discuss your requirements.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society. It should be noted that the State Hospital is a high secure hospital and the current organisational position based on a risk assessment is that we welcome applications from people under the age of 18 for non clinical roles however to be eligible for a clinical role applicants should be 18 years and older. Should you have any questions in relation to this please contact TSH.Jobs@nhs.scot
The State Hospital has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any Worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by UK Visas and Immigrations. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. The State Hospital does not hold a sponsorship license therefore will be unable to sponsor candidates for skilled worker visas. Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk. Skilled worker Visa and all current immigration rules are available at www.gov.uk