Estates Carpenter/Building Technician

Put your carpentry skills to work and make a real difference.

We’re looking for an experienced Carpenter/Building Technician to join the Estates and Facilities team at Oxford University Hospitals.

This is a Band 5 role plus RRP (reviewed annually) and on-call allowance, with overtime and on-call allowances available, working 37.5 hours per week.

You’ll deliver planned and reactive carpentry and building maintenance across our hospital sites, helping to keep facilities safe, functional and welcoming for patients, visitors and colleagues.

You’ll need a City & Guilds Crafts Certificate or equivalent, along with experience or training in maintenance carpentry. You’ll be confident working independently, solving problems and responding to changing priorities in a busy healthcare environment. You’ll join a team that values experience and is nurturing young talent. We are also very supportive and encourage personal growth and collaborative working.

If you take pride in your workmanship and want a varied role where your skills have a visible impact every day, we’d love to hear from you.

Advert Code: EF15QP

Responsibilities

No two days will be quite the same. You’ll work across our hospital sites, tackling a varied range of carpentry and building maintenance tasks, from planned works to urgent repairs. You’ll have the opportunity to use your skills, experience and initiative while helping to maintain the environment in which our patients receive care. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Carry out planned and reactive carpentry and building maintenance across Trust sites.
• Undertake repairs to doors, frames, linings, furniture, fixtures and fittings.
• Respond promptly to urgent maintenance issues affecting patient and clinical areas.
• Ensure work complies with relevant HTMs, HBNs, British Standards, statutory requirements and Trust procedures.
• Plan maintenance work and liaise with colleagues, building users and contractors.
• Follow Estates safe systems of work, including Permit to Work and isolation procedures.
• Supervise Maintenance Assistants and contractors when required, ensuring work is completed safely and to the required standard.
• Liaise with the Estates Helpdesk regarding emergency work and service issues.
• Use your initiative to resolve technical problems and escalate significant issues appropriately.
• Participate in the on-call arrangements as required.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and most respected NHS teaching trusts, providing world-class healthcare across four hospitals: the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and Horton General Hospital and over one hundred satellite sites. Find out more information here OUH at a Glance 2026/27

You'll become part of an organisation at the forefront of patient care, research, education and innovation. You'll have access to excellent learning and development opportunities, work alongside highly skilled multidisciplinary teams, and contribute to services that make a real difference.

Our commitment to Delivering Compassionate Excellence is at the heart of everything we do. Guided by our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence, we strive to create an environment where staff feel supported, valued and empowered to thrive. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel and the OneTeamOneOUH - LIVING OUR VALUES video.

We are committed to creating an inclusive, respectful and safe workplace for everyone. As signatories to the NHS Sexual Safety Charter, we have a zero-tolerance approach to inappropriate behaviour and are dedicated to fostering a culture where all colleagues feel welcomed, respected and able to be themselves. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Neil Brotherton Job title: Senior Estates Building Manager Email address: neil.brotherton@ouh.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01865227972

Please contact Neil Brotherton via neil.brotherton@ouh.nhs.uk