# Estates Maintenance Painter and Decorator > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/estates-maintenance-painter-and-decorator/42ef2e28-98be-42a9-b3fc-55626e6db7d6 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/estates-maintenance-painter-and-decorator/42ef2e28-98be-42a9-b3fc-55626e6db7d6.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Homerton University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Painter / decorator - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £34,186 - £37,389 p.a. inc. - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-28T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-14T15:01:13.895Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Homerton/Homerton_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Estates/Estates-v8272036 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8272036?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.homerton.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview You’ll be responsible for delivering high-quality painting and decorating services across the Trust’s estate, both internally and externally, ensuring work is completed to recognised trade standards and in compliance with health and safety regulations. The role involves planning and undertaking decorating works from initial survey through to completion, including measuring, estimating, ordering materials, preparing work areas, carrying out repairs, and reinstating fixtures and fittings. The post holder liaises closely with clinical and non-clinical staff to minimise disruption and ensure customer requirements are met. Key responsibilities include undertaking planned preventative maintenance (PPM), responding to reactive maintenance requests, carrying out inspections, managing stock levels, supervising contractors, and updating work records using the Trust’s electronic systems and PDA devices. The post holder is expected to work safely at all times, complying with relevant legislation, including Health and Safety, COSHH, PUWER, Working at Height, and other statutory requirements. Duties may also extend to general building maintenance activities such as flooring, tiling, glazing, roofing repairs, plastering, and scaffold erection. ***this advert may close early, subject to high application numbers*** ### Main duties of the job - To provide a comprehensive painting and decorating service for all areas of the Trust. - Carry out necessary painting maintenance tasks to ensure the up-keep and to improve the overall look of the Trust, Trust properties, and all properties covered by any current. - Carry out planned and reactive maintenance according to requirements and needs of the Department. - To undertake other duties within the job description as requested / directed by your supervisor, maintenance team manager and estates manager. - All Painting and Decorating works to all hospital property, internally and externally, to a high quality and acceptable craft standards and approved methods of working. - Undertake complete work including measure design manufacture requisitioning of materials and installation - Estimate cost and order paint and materials for minor works schemes ensuring compliance with all necessary standards. - Liaise with other members of staff and patients on a daily basis to ensure work is specified correctly and undertaken in accordance with the user requirements with the minimum of disruption all staff Wards and departments. - Prepare working area in an efficient and organised manner. Removal of all furniture, fittings and fixtures, and re-fixing on completion. - To work in potentially hazardous areas, confined spaces, take all safety measures to prevent danger, avoid injury and damage in accordance with the Trust and department Health and Safety policies procedures and safe working practices. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page. The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Education **Essential** - City and Guilds Painting and Decorating or NVQ 2 Equivalent or Equivalent experience. ### Knowledge **Essential** - Good understanding of the maintenance of buildings services. - Good knowledge of Health and Safety issues. ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working within a customer-focused repairs and maintenance service. - Experience of working with a range of portable tools, small plant, ladders and equipment to enable duties of the job to be carried out. ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Ability to record detailed and accurate repairs information relating to repair inspections or completed repair jobs. - Able to carry out a repair job or improvement task that involves physical strength, stamina and standing, kneeling or crouching. ### Trust Values, Equal Opportunities and Other Requirements **Essential** - Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values. ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 652.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=938) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 124.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=937) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 218.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10613318) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.