Job Description

Band 5

Main area

Electrical technician

Grade

Band 5

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On call system)

Job ref

343-7538923-FM-SC

Site

Trustwide

Town

Epsom & St Helier Hospitals

Salary

35,763 - 43,466 pa pro rata incl HCAS Outer

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

09/12/2025 23:59

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

Job overview

The duties include highly complex fault finding and maintenance on all aspects of engineering plant and equipment throughout the Trust. The duties must be carried out within stringent timescales and within statutory guidelines. The post holder must participate in the Trust wide out of hours call system. The post holder must work as part of a multi-disciplinary professional team, providing technical expertise within the Trust's buildings and associated plant.

Main duties of the job

To undertake multi-skilled workmanship in Electrical Engineering disciplines. To liaise with Contractors, Clinical Staff and other Professional Personnel on maintenance issues. To maintain a very high standard of professional workmanship when dealing with complex technical matters. To provide technical support and information to work colleagues and contractors. To organise and carry out engineering shutdowns of utility services, when required. To be responsible for maintaining Health and Safety within the Trust premises. To comply at all times with 'CDM' and Health and Safety Regulations. To operate Building Management Systems and to interrogate programmes and change parameters when required. To carry out regular testing of the Trust's back-up facilities, including Back-Up Generators and Uninterrupted Power Supplies Systems. To identify and rectify faults on Low Voltage Distribution Systems within strict timescales. To fault find on complex Air Handling Units and Refrigeration Plant, and to carry out regular, Planned Preventative Maintenance when required. To find and rectify faults on all Fire and Nurse Call Systems unsupervised, upgrading existing systems when necessary. To provide appropriate training to staff when required. To find and rectify faults on Medical Gas equipment, i.e. changing of O-rings/washers, and to work on 'live' systems when supervised. Any other duties within the scope of the post as may be required from time to time.

Working for our organisation

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.



We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.



The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.

Person specification

#

Qualification & Training

Essential criteria

18th Edition City and Guilds IEE Regulations Certificate Diploma in Electrical Engineering

Desirable criteria

Building Management Qualification #

Experience

Essential criteria

To have completed a full recognised apprenticeship Significant experience in the Electrical Engineering environment

Desirable criteria

To have experience of working in Healthcare premises To be accustomed to working on Planned Preventative Schemes

Your recruitment team

The NHS South West London Recruitment Hub is your dedicated recruitment team, here to support you at every stage of the process. If you have a query, please contact us:

E:

krft.askrecruitment@nhs.net

Your application

Please ensure your supporting statement clearly reflects the

job description

and

person specification

, as shortlisting will be based on these criteria.



Please refer to the latest UKVI guidance and ensure you have the appropriate right to work before applying for this role.

Use of Artificial Intelligence

We kindly ask that you avoid using AI tools to draft your application. We value authentic, individual responses that reflect your own experience and communication style.

References

Please provide a minimum of

3 years' employment and/or education history

, including

professional email addresses

(not personal accounts such as Hotmail or Gmail). If you cannot provide these, please inform the interview panel to avoid delays in pre-employment checks.

Closing date

To help us manage recruitment efficiently, some vacancies may close early once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting

If you are successfully shortlisted, you will be contacted by

email or SMS

from the South West London Recruitment Hub. Please check your registered TRAC email regularly.

Application feedback

If you do not hear from us within

four weeks of the closing date

, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Safeguarding and DBS Checks

We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. For roles with direct access to these groups, an

Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

will be required. All staff are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.

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.