# Maintenance Craftsperson - Painter/Decorator > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/maintenance-craftsperson-painterdecorator/89e3c2e4-de2a-46df-92d8-9060970c00be - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/maintenance-craftsperson-painterdecorator/89e3c2e4-de2a-46df-92d8-9060970c00be.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal United Hospital Trust - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (on call rota out of hours) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-31T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-14T11:00:35.816Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Somerset/Bath/Royal_United_Hospitals_Bath_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Estates_Maintenance/Estates_Maintenance-v8160246 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8160246?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ruh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ### 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. ### 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 ### Application **Essential** - Knowledge of maintenance methodologies - Specialist knowledge gained from working in a health care engineering environment or prepared to work towards gaining **Desirable** - Experience in similar working role - Ability to carry out non-licensed asbestos work ### Application form **Essential** - Demonstrable in-depth knowledge and experience within a maintenance skilled worker role - NVQ level 2 or 3 in Painting and Decorating **Desirable** - Knowledge of PASMA, IPAF, Working at Height - Trained in Health & Safety, i.e., NEBOSH, IOSH, First Aid etc ### Interview and Practical **Essential** - 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** - Experience in working in a similar role. - Experience of leading a team ## Documents - [join the ruh (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3030) - [job description (pdf, 253.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10461099) ## 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.