Maintenance Assistant

Are you an experienced Maintenance Assistant looking for a new and rewarding opportunity? 

St Margaret’s Hospice Care has a fantastic opportunity for a Maintenance Assistant to join our friendly Estates team at our Taunton Hospice.

• Salary: £4,818.98 per annum (for 7 hours per week)
• Working pattern: Part time, working 9:00am – 4:30pm on Fridays
• Contract: Permanent

You’ll be part of a welcoming, community‑minded charity where the patient is at the heart of everything we do. This is a rewarding role for someone who enjoys practical work and wants to make a real difference as part of a supportive team.

What can you expect to be doing? 
As a Maintenance Assistant, you’ll support the delivery of maintenance and repair services across our hospice site, providing a confidential and customer‑focused service.

Your day‑to‑day duties will include:

• Reactive maintenance, such as:
  • Replacing taps
  • Furniture repairs
  • Unblocking sinks and drains
  • Clearing gutters
  • Adjusting fire doors
  • Re‑decoration tasks
• Planned maintenance, including:
  • Portable Appliance Testing (PAT)
  • Emergency lighting tests
  • Fire panel testing
  • Cleaning or replacing AHU / air‑conditioning filters
  • Disinfection and flushing of taps and showers
• Project support, assisting the Maintenance Supervisor with:
  • Enabling works for minor projects
  • Moving furniture
  • Supporting contractor visits
  • Communicating progress with stakeholders

What will you be good at?
You will have:

• Recent experience and knowledge of daily building maintenance tasks and ongoing repairs.
• A working knowledge of health and safety regulations, ensuring all areas are safe for patients, staff, and visitors.
• Ability to look up, extract and record electronic information
• A full driving licence and the ability to drive a company vehicle to any of our sites and locations across Somerset as required.

What can we offer you?

Holiday entitlement

• 33 days holiday including bank holidays rising to 35 days after 1 year, and increasing with length of service (pro-rata if part-time)
• Ability to buy and sell annual leave

Pension scheme

• NHS employees eligible to continue with their NHS pension scheme*
• Non-NHS employees will receive 5% employer and make a 5% employee contribution

Award-winning Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family offering:

• Vitality & wellbeing health portal for non-emergency care
• Unlimited access to 24/7 online GP Consultations for employees, their partners, and dependent children as well as Expert Case Management
• Confidential and free 24-hour Employee Assistance
• Counselling and support
• Legal, financial, and medical information and advice 

And more…

• Life assurance cover – 2x salary
• Health Cash Plans - help with covering the cost of healthcare needs by providing cashback on a range of health benefits
• Blue Light Discount Card
• Enhanced maternity leave*
• Excellent learning and development opportunities
• Free on-site parking in Yeovil and Taunton
• Volunteering and fundraising opportunities

*Eligibility criteria applies

Next Steps

If you’d like an informal chat about the role, please contact Lynn Tanswell at
lynn.tanswell@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk

For recruitment queries or to request an application form, contact:
recruitment@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk

Unfortunately, we are not able to offer visa sponsorship at this time. 

We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. St Margaret’s Hospice is committed to a fair, inclusive recruitment process and reasonable adjustments are available on request.

If you have all the information you need, just click apply. We can’t wait to hear from you!

Closing date: 13/05/2026

DBS Information

This role requires a standard background check via the disclosure procedure.

The Disclosure and Barring Service offers a confidential checking service for transgender applicants. This route gives applicants the choice not to have any gender or name information disclosed on their DBS certificate and is available for all levels of DBS check.