37.5 Hours Per week
Permanent
Salary: £27,485 - £30,162 per annum
Closing Date: 6th October 2025
Interview Date: TBC
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
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The successful candidate will be accountable directly to the building officer. The post holder will be expected to perform a wide range of duties covering all aspects of painting and decorating applicable to the trade.
You will be required to interpret work from drawings, instructions and specifications and carry out necessary repair work. In conjunction with the building officer, you will liaise with clinical teams when carrying out work in patient areas to ensure patient safety and Infection Control is not compromised so good communication and organizational skills are paramount to being a success in this role. It is essential you have an understanding of other craftsmen's work in relation to their own discipline to provide a coherent service when carrying out both maintenance and minor work schemes.
You will have served a relevant and recognized craft apprenticeship in painting and decoration, Qualification to Level 3 (such as City and Guilds or equivalent) or National Vocational Qualification Level 2 with substantial post qualification experience and successful completion of appropriate training courses or equivalent qualifications/experience.
Here at George Eliot our vision to ' excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate employees who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
E ffective Open Communication
e x cellence and safety in everything we do
C hallenge but support
E xpect respect and dignity
L ocal health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
The post holder will:
Contribute to the maintenance of the fabric Trust property.
Carry out building fabric maintenance:
New works and redecoration programmes
Reactive decorative maintenance works
Ensuring high standard of finish on all work
Daily maintenance of equipment and tools
Maintenance of stock level / liaison with stores personnel when necessary
Remain aware of the direct affect and impact upon:
The environment
Safety and comfort of patients, staff and members of the public.
Respond pro-actively as required to defects and maintenance tasks.
Involvement with processing documentation associated with Estates IT admin requirement.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.