Maintenance Craftsperson - Painter/Decorator
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 14/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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Role summary
Join the Estates Maintenance Team at Royal United Hospitals Bath to ensure the hospital environment is safe, well-maintained, and welcoming. This role involves a broad range of painting, decorating, and general building maintenance across clinical and non-clinical areas. You will contribute to creating and maintaining environments fit for outstanding patient care and will participate in an on-call rota, requiring you to reach the site within one hour for out-of-hours cover. The job requires proven painting and decorating experience, strong practical skills, and a proactive approach.
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable in-depth knowledge and experience within a maintenance skilled worker role
- NVQ level 2 or 3 in Painting and Decorating
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of PASMA, IPAF, Working at Height
- Trained in Health & Safety, i.e., NEBOSH, IOSH, First Aid etc
- Application
- Knowledge of maintenance methodologies
- Specialist knowledge gained from working in a health care engineering environment or prepared to work towards gaining
- Experience in similar working role
- Ability to carry out non-licensed asbestos work
- Interview and Practical
- Ability to work under pressure
- Values and respects others, treats everyone as an individual, is non-judgemental.
- Willing to learn, open to change
- Practical element of decoration on site - prep and painting
- Experience in working in a similar role.
- Experience of leading a team
- Application form
- Demonstrable in-depth knowledge and experience within a maintenance skilled worker role
- NVQ level 2 or 3 in Painting and Decorating
- Knowledge of PASMA, IPAF, Working at Height
- Trained in Health & Safety, i.e., NEBOSH, IOSH, First Aid etc
- Application
- Knowledge of maintenance methodologies
- Specialist knowledge gained from working in a health care engineering environment or prepared to work towards gaining
- Experience in similar working role
- Ability to carry out non-licensed asbestos work
- Interview and Practical
- Ability to work under pressure
- Values and respects others, treats everyone as an individual, is non-judgemental.
- Willing to learn, open to change
- Practical element of decoration on site - prep and painting
- Experience in working in a similar role.
- Experience of leading a team
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.
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Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Maintenance Craftsperson - Painter/Decorator
The closing date is 31 August 2026
Job summary
Join our Estates Maintenance Team and make a real difference behind the scenes at the Royal United Hospitals. You'll help keep our estate running smoothly, ensuring healthcare services are delivered in an environment that is safe, well-maintained and welcoming for everyone who uses our facilities.
As part of the role, you'll take part in an on-call rota and will need to be able to reach the site within one hour when providing out-of-hours cover.
Main duties of the job
As a key member of our Estates Maintenance Team, you will carry out a broad range of painting, decorating and general building maintenance work across both clinical and non-clinical areas of the Royal United Hospitals estate. From refreshing patient-facing spaces to supporting larger refurbishment projects, you'll help create and maintain environments that are safe, welcoming and fit for outstanding patient care.
No two days are the same in this varied and rewarding role. You'll use your practical expertise to deliver high-quality workmanship, respond to maintenance needs, and contribute to projects that have a visible impact on the experience of patients, visitors and staff.
We're looking for someone with proven painting and decorating experience, strong p
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