Building Services Assistant

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Building Services Assistant

The closing date is 06 May 2026

We are seeking a reliable Building Services Assistant to join our Estates team at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The role supports the day to day maintenance of the Trust's buildings, helping to ensure a safe, compliant and well maintained environment for patients, staff and visitors. You will carry out a range of routine maintenance duties including ventilation grille cleaning, minor plumbing, general building repairs, inspections and responding to Estates helpdesk requests. Working closely with Estates Technicians and supervisors, you will support planned and reactive maintenance across clinical and non clinical areas. The ideal candidate will have practical maintenance experience, a strong focus on safety and compliance, good teamwork skills and the ability to use IT systems to record work.

Main duties of the job

• Complete ventilation grille cleaning and support ventilation related tasks in line with HTM requirements.
• Carry out basic plumbing work, including unblocking drains, replacing taps, and addressing minor leaks.
• Support minor mechanical repairs, routine checks, and general building fabric duties.
• Deliver handyman level jobs such as fixtures, fittings, minor carpentry, and general repairs across the estate.
• Respond to Estates helpdesk requests, ensuring timely completion or escalation of issues.
• Assist Estates Technicians and Trades in delivering PPMs and reactive maintenance activities.
• Support safe working practices across the Trust, following Estates policies, HTMs, and relevant safety procedures.

The role is essential in ensuring that routine maintenance tasks are carried out efficiently and at required frequencies, supporting statutory compliance, infection prevention, and a high quality environment for patients, visitors, and staff.

About us

We are committed to recruiting the best person for the job through a fair, open and consistent process that is free from bias and discrimination. We are working towards becoming an anti racist organisation. This means creating a workplace where every colleague feels seen, heard and valued, and where racism in any form has no place. Our anti racism commitment is backed by action through our Anti Racism Statement and action plan, developed in collaboration with our REACH staff network.

We actively challenge discrimination, dismantle barriers and embed equity across all aspects of our workforce, including recruitment, progression and development. All applicants will receive equal consideration regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, health condition or employment history.

We particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, people with disabilities or long term health conditions, and LGBTQ+ community members. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

Our staff networks, including REACH, PRIDE, ENABLED and Women's Networks, are active and executive supported. These employee led networks play a vital role in shaping an inclusive culture at GOSH and are open to all colleagues.

Together, we are building a culture where inclusion is not optional - it is essential.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

Person Specification GOSH Culture and Values

• Our Always values
• A good standard of education with manual dexterity GCSE at minimum grade C or equivalent in English, Maths and Science /Physics
• Service training certificates.
• NVQ/City & Guilds Level 2 qualifications or similar in Mechanical/Plumbing, Building Services or Electrical.
• Experience of working for a large organisation.
• Evidence of self advancement Engineering Design Technology at GCSE or equivalent

Experience/knowledge

• Demonstrable experience within a maintenance environment.
• Prioritisation of tasks
• Experience of working in a Hospital Estates department using CAFM, ISO 9001 QMS, Operation & Maintenance Manuals, Building Management Systems

Skills/Abilities

• To work co operatively with skilled colleagues and under the minimum of supervision
• General knowledge in respect of engineering maintenance
• Confirm commitment to complying with The Trust Values
• Self starter able to work with the minimum of supervision. Work under pressure
• Knowledge of allied trades

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.

Salary

£31,554 to £33,270 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full time

Reference number

271-SP A

Job locations

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust