# Painter & Decorator (Multi Skilled Craftperson)

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Town:** Blackburn
- **Region:** North West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Estates and facilities
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 pro rata, per annum - aditonal RRP £3,943
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Night shift as and when required.)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-29T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-08T09:03:16.966Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Chorley/East_Lancashire_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Painter_Decorator_Higher_Level/Painter_Decorator_Higher_Level-v8054217
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8054217?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.elht.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

- Apply specialist coatings in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions.
- Assemble and erect mobile and aluminium scaffolding towers as required.
- Undertake non-complex tasks of other trades including fault finding.
- Carry a bleep/pager to ensure a responsive service.
- Liaise closely with other trade groups, contractors, staff, end users, service providers and manufactures in order to ensure that the Trust receives the highest standard of service.
- Participate in the on-call gritting rota when requested.
- Willing to undertake work outside normal working hours as and when required.
- The post holder should be able to demonstrate leadership skills and will be multi skilled on work across a range of traditional modern and complex building structures and engineering areas.

### Main duties of the job

- Undertake essential decorating works and general building maintenance activities at the request of the Estates Building Manager / Senior Estates Building Manager.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with managers, colleagues, contractors and trust wide service users.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- Keep plans, electronic and hard copy records, spread sheet statistical data and ensure such records etc. are correct, updated and revised as necessary. Hold a full UK driving licence.
- All vehicles are driven safely and driving licence is maintained.
- Required to drive appropriate Trust vehicles for transporting personnel or equipment, 100% of records, both electronically and paper based, are kept up to date.
- Assist with, and support the Trusts building managers in project work, new equipment testing and commissioning, specifications, surveys, costing and other similar duties. Undertake inspections for pre-installations and investigate services which may be required for new equipment and carry out minor installation improvement works

## Person Specification

### Knowledge & Experience

**Essential**

- Be able to demonstrate competence in the required range of technical aspects applicable to the post.
- Completed a recognised apprenticeship.
- Proven ability to understand and comply with detailed procedures
- Be able to demonstrate continued training across traditional trade groups.
- I.T Skills I.e. understanding use of outlook, Handheld device (PDA).

**Desirable**

- Previous experience of working in the NHS or large complex building service installations (non-domestic)

### Qualifications & Education

**Essential**

- Attained a recognised advanced craft certified qualification (e.g. city and guilds qualification or NVQ level 3) in Painting and Decorating
- Relevant credited technical qualification
- Be willing and able to participate in an on-going training development programme within NHS maintenance services.

**Desirable**

- Attained or working towards a technical qualification in a specialist area
- Attained a recognised and certified supervisory/ Leadership/ Management qualification.

## Documents

- [roles (pdf, 495.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10343930)
- [jd 2026 (pdf, 544.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10343929)
- [privacy notice (pdf, 305.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1761)
- [benefits of working at elht (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2405)
- [additional candidate information 2024 (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2494)

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