Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Maintenance Craftsperson - Painter/Decorator
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Job Overview
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 practical skills, and a proactive, solutions-focused approach. If you take pride in your work and enjoy making a tangible difference every day, we'd love to hear from you.
Working for our organisation
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17,600 colleagues and a budget of 1.6 billion, the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
Person specification
Application form
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
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of maintenance methodologies
- Specialist knowledge gained from working in a health care engineering environment or prepared to work towards gaining
Desirable criteria
- Experience in similar working role
- Ability to carry out non-licensed asbestos work
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Essential criteria
- 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
Desirable criteria
- Experience in working in a similar role.
- Experience of leading a team
Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules, applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered unless an alternative right to work solution can be provided. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa e.g., those with graduate visas) should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying: Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if we receive a high number of applications. We strongly encourage you to complete and submit your application in good time to ensure it can be considered.
Documents to download
- Job Description (PDF, 253.1KB)
- Join the RUH (PDF, 1.3MB)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name: Anthony Green
- Job title: Senior Estates Officer
- Building: Email address anthony.green4@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07825230334
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