Job overview
Epsom & St Helier trust are looking for a substantive full time painter an decorator. The successful candidate will be responsible for all decorating tasks, including surface preparation, painting, varnishing, and maintaining a clean and organized work area. They will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to create a supportive and caring environment for service users.
Main duties of the job
The Painter and Decorator will be responsible for leading all decorating tasks, ensuring proper preparation of surfaces, applying paint and other finishes, repairing and maintaining painted surfaces, and completing all work to a high standard within project timelines. They will assist with the selection and procurement of materials, maintain a safe work environment, and support the maintenance team as required.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include:
1. Leading all decorating tasks
2. Proper preparation of surfaces for painting
3. Applying paint, varnish, and other finishes using brushes, rollers, or sprayers (where risk assessed)
4. Repairing and maintaining painted surfaces, including touch-ups and refinishing
5. Ensuring all decorating work is completed to a high standard and within project timelines
6. Assisting with the selection and procurement of painting and decorating materials through the correct protocol
7. Maintaining a clean and organized work area, ensuring all tools and equipment are properly stored
8. Following health and safety guidelines to maintain a safe working environment
9. Assisting in regular checks, repairs, and maintenance of all buildings
10. Assisting the maintenance team where required and cover maintenance duties for periods of absence
11. Assisting with coordinating and chaperoning contractors on-site, completing any required paperwork
To be successful in this role, you'll need:
12. Previous experience in Painting and Decorating
13. Face-to-face experience of dealing with people
14. Ability to work under pressure, and respond to the Maintenance Manager requests
Person specification
quantitative
Essential criteria
15. To have extensive experience in the Painting and Decorating industry
16. A recognized formal apprenticeship, attaining the relevant craft qualification (i.e. City and Guilds or NVQ 3) or equivalen
17. To be able to prioritise workload
18. To understand the requirements of the COSHH regulations To understand Asbestos Awareness
Desirable criteria
19. HHS experience
20. skills of plastering, tiling and decorating
21. IOSH Working Safely
22. A recognized competency certificate in the use of step ladders, ladders
qualitative
Essential criteria
23. Face-to-face experience of dealing with people
Your recruitment team
The NHS South West London Recruitment Hub is your dedicated recruitment team, here to support you at every stage of the process. If you have a query, please contact us:
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Your application
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References
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Closing date
To help us manage recruitment efficiently, some vacancies may close early once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting
If you are successfully shortlisted, you will be contacted by email or SMS from the South West London Recruitment Hub. Please check your registered TRAC email regularly.
Application feedback
If you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion.
Safeguarding and DBS Checks
We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. For roles with direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All staff are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.
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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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Further details / informal visits contact
NameChris TorokJob titleEpsom Acting Support SupervisorEmail addressTelephone number07584 118324