Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
10 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Trade Skills
- Skills
H&S
- Skills
Recognised Apprenticeship
- Qualifications
City & Guilds Craft Certificate in Painting and Decorating (or a related discipline) OR National Vocational Qualification 2 (NVQ Level 2) Painter & Decorator
- Qualifications
A recognised Health & Safety Awareness Training Certificate e.g. IOSH
- Qualifications
Recognised Apprenticeship
- Qualifications
Full Clean UK Driving Licence
- Experience & Knowledge
Post qualification experience working as a Painter/Decorator
- Experience & Knowledge
Awareness of Health and Safety in a maintenance environment
- Experience & Knowledge
Knowledge of COSHH
Desirable
8 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Advanced Trade Skills
- Skills
Working at height
- Skills
Confined Space
- Skills
First aid
- Experience & Knowledge
Plastering Qualification and/or experience
- Experience & Knowledge
Experience of working in an Acute Hospital/Healthcare environment.
- Experience & Knowledge
Knowledge of HTM’s, Building Regulations and Codes of Practice
- Experience & Knowledge
Asbestos and Confined space awareness
Job overview
An opportunity has arise to provide a comprehensive Painting and Decorating and building fabric maintenance service to all wards and departments in a multi-disciplined environment, ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards and procedures.
Main duties of the job
- As a Maintenance Technician, you will have a Painting and decorating background and will be able to carry out building fabrication preparation work and repairs on a range of estates structural and fabric components/elements with minimum supervision throughout the Trust.
- You will be working on the full range of estates building finishes to resolve trade specific issues many of which have a direct impact on patient safety and the built environment.
- You will be expected to be able to be work on a range of Painting and Decorating components in the Trust’s building portfolio, repairs and installation on a wide range of structural elements and equipment including internal walls, floors, ceilings, windows and doors, external areas and roofs.
- You will assist with providing a comprehensive building service to all wards, back of house departments and corporate services working in a multi-disciplined environment, ensuring compliance with national statutory standards as well as Trust safety standards and procedures.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.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.
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This advert is for Painter with Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust in Salford, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Painter / decorator role. The advertised salary is £28,392 - £31,157 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 16 Sep 2026.
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