Estates Craftsperson - Electrical

Job summary

Powering Healthcare. Supporting Lives.

Join West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust as a skilled Electrician and help keep our facilities safe, reliable, and fully operational--supporting patient care every day.

About the Role

As part of our Estates & Facilities team, you'll deliver high-quality electrical maintenance across the Trust. From planned servicing to urgent repairs, you'll help create a safe, comfortable environment for patients, staff, and visitors. This varied role offers the chance to work independently and with multidisciplinary teams in a fast-paced healthcare setting.

What We're Looking ForA proactive, organised electrician who takes pride in high standards. You'll be confident managing both planned and reactive work, with a strong focus on safety and teamwork.

What We Offer

• Permanent role in a supportive NHS Trust
• Ongoing training and development
• Collaborative team environment
• Varied, meaningful work
• On-call rota opportunities (after training) to enhance experience and earnings

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities

• Diagnose faults, carry out repairs, and calibrate electrical systems and equipment
• Maintain distribution systems, lighting, fire alarms, and building management systems
• Support generators, access control, and nurse call systems
• Work collaboratively with other trades and departments
• Ensure compliance with safety policies, British Standards, and HTM guidance

About us

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?