Multi-skilled Operative (Building): Sponsorship Available

West London NHS Trust

Job summary

The Estates Department is looking for an experienced and highly motivated Multi-Skilled Operative (Building) to join our dynamic team at West London NHS Trust.

In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring that the trust’s estate is compliant, safe, and fit for purpose. You will play a crucial role in making sure that our buildings and infrastructure meet the Trust’s current and future clinical and operational needs.

Main duties of the job

– Repair and maintenance of the Hospital’s infrastructure and building fabric, fixtures and fittings.

– Carrying out reactive maintenance, routine planned maintenance and new work activities to building fabrics, fixtures and fittings, and related building works.

– Ensure compliance with statutory regulations, Trust standards, policies and procedures.

– Using post holder’s specific trade skills and knowledge, install, repair and maintain the Hospitals’ building fabric, fixtures and fittings, finishes and decorations.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • Logical thinking and team player.
  • Self-motivated and able to work with minimum supervision.
  • Able to communicate (verbally & written).

Qualifications

Essential

  • Recognised apprenticeship or other approved training scheme, plus relevant experience.
  • Plus City & Guilds part II or minimum NVQ Level 2 or other recognised course at the appropriate level

Desirable

  • Health & Safety. Further relevant qualifications.

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrate general experience of either Carpentry or building trade.
  • Experience of working in commercial or public organisational estate service
  • Significant experience across the Building trades.

Desirable

  • Worked within NHS environment
  • Experience across Engineering trades

Knowledge

Essential

  • Demonstrate general knowledge and high standards in the field of experience.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 6 September 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.