Martin House provides free specialist palliative care to babies, children and young people with complex and life-shortening conditions. Families from across West, North and East Yorkshire have access to our care 24/7, 365 days a year, including specialist doctors. Every year we care for more than 550 families, at the hospice, in hospital and in families’ own homes, as well as supporting around 200 bereaved family members.

As we open our new children’s wing and with the imminent opening of our new teenager and young adult facility, we are looking to add to expand our staff team, we’re looking for two hands-on Maintenance Technicians who take pride in keeping things running smoothly. In this varied role, you’ll deliver high quality planned and reactive maintenance across our estate, helping to ensure our buildings, equipment and facilities are safe, compliant and fully operational. From electrical and mechanical systems to building fabric, shop units and our hydrotherapy pool, your work will play a key part in creating a welcoming, well maintained environment that reflects the excellent reputation of Martin House. Using our CAFM system, you’ll manage jobs efficiently, record your work accurately and help us maintain the highest standards of care and compliance.

Our ideal candidate will

• Be committed to Martin House’s values – Excellence, Respect, Integrity and Compassion

• Be practical, reliable and well organised, with the ability to prioritise workload

• Be calm under pressure, safety focused and attentive to detail

• Be positive, team oriented with good communication skills

They will possess:

• Experience in building maintenance, engineering or a similar technician role

• Working knowledge of electrical, mechanical and HVAC systems

• Ability to carry out routine inspections, testing and minor repairs

• Confident using digital systems (e.g. CAFM) to manage jobs and record work

• Good understanding of health and safety requirements Relevant technical qualification (e.g. NVQ Level 2/3) in a building services discipline and/or experience working in a large, multi site or complex environment would be advantageous.

Martin House places families at the heart of all that we do and this is reflected in the amazing benefits we offer our valued team members.

• Annual leave – eight weeks per year, including bank holidays

• Sick pay – six months full pay and six months half pay following successful completion of probationary period.

• Recognition of NHS pension scheme for candidates who are currently in the scheme and up to 10 per cent contributory AVIVA scheme.

• Enhanced maternity and partners leave to exceed the NHS entitlement

• Health and wellbeing programme including access to free of charge Employee Assistance Programme for employees and their families

• Accredited Menopause and Mindful employer

• Life insurance – two times annual salary • Free parking at our children’s hospice in Boston Spa

Please apply via our website www.martinhouse.org.uk/get-involved/join-our-team/ and complete an application form, referring to the Job Description and Person Specification which can be found here. For further information contact Gary Haywood or Richard Sharp by email at ghaywood@martinhouse.org.uk / rsharp@martinhouse.org.uk or by telephone 01937 845045.

The closing date for applications is noon on 21st May 2026. Interviews will take place on Thursday 28th May 2026.

Martin House is committed to providing care and improving services irrespective of race, ethnicity, disability, gender, religion or belief, age, marital status, or sexual orientation. Martin House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment.

Recruitment checks are undertaken in accordance with safer recruitment standards and successful applicants may be required to undertake a DBS via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Please note all applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK.