Painter
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 26/08/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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Role summary
This role involves providing comprehensive painting, decorating, and building fabric maintenance services across various wards and departments within the Trust. The successful candidate will carry out building fabrication preparation and repairs with minimal supervision, addressing a full range of estates building finishes. This includes working on internal and external structural elements like walls, floors, ceilings, windows, and doors. The position requires ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards and national statutory standards.
Essential criteria
- Trade Skills
- H&S
- Recognised Apprenticeship
Desirable criteria
- Advanced Trade Skills
- Working at height
- Confined Space
- First aid
- Experience & Knowledge
- Post qualification experience working as a Painter/Decorator
- Awareness of Health and Safety in a maintenance environment
- Knowledge of COSHH
- Plastering Qualification and/or experience
- Experience of working in an Acute Hospital/Healthcare environment.
- Knowledge of HTM's, Building Regulations and Codes of Practice
- Asbestos and Confined space awareness
- City & Guilds Craft Certificate in Painting and Decorating (or a related discipline) OR National Vocational Qualification 2 (NVQ Level 2) Painter & Decorator
- A recognised Health & Safety Awareness Training Certificate e.g. IOSH
- Recognised Apprenticeship
- Full Clean UK Driving Licence
- Trade Skills
- H&S
- Recognised Apprenticeship
- Advanced Trade Skills
- Working at height
- Confined Space
- First aid
- Experience & Knowledge
- Post qualification experience working as a Painter/Decorator
- Awareness of Health and Safety in a maintenance environment
- Knowledge of COSHH
- Plastering Qualification and/or experience
- Experience of working in an Acute Hospital/Healthcare environment.
- Knowledge of HTM's, Building Regulations and Codes of Practice
- Asbestos and Confined space awareness
- City & Guilds Craft Certificate in Painting and Decorating (or a related discipline) OR National Vocational Qualification 2 (NVQ Level 2) Painter & Decorator
- A recognised Health & Safety Awareness Training Certificate e.g. IOSH
- Recognised Apprenticeship
- Full Clean UK Driving Licence
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 4d ago · Closes in 18d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
An opportunity has arise to provide a comprehensive Painting and Decorating and building fabric maintenance service to all wards and departments in a multi-disciplined environment, ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards and procedures.
Main duties of the job
- As a Maintenance Technician, you will have a Painting and decorating background and will be able to carry out building fabrication preparation work and repairs on a range of estates structural and fabric components/elements with minimum supervision throughout the Trust.
- You will be working on the full range of estates building finishes to resolve trade specific issues many of which have a direct impact on patient safety and the built environment.
- You will be expected to be able to be work on a range of Painting and Decorating components in the Trust's building portfolio, repairs and installation on a wide range of structural elements and equipment including internal walls, floors, ceilings, windows and doors, external areas and roofs.
- You will assist with providing a comprehensive building service to all wards, back of house departments and corporate services working in a multi-disciplined environment, ensuring compliance with national statutory standards as well as Trust safety standards and procedures.
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospita
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