Painter and Decorator

Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Whittington Health NHS Trust Town London Salary £34,186 - £37,389 inclusive of Inner HCAs per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 07/09/2026 23:59

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By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

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To carry out and decorating work, including surface preparation and the application of paints, finishes and minor wall make-good, to ensure the Trust's buildings are presentable, well maintained and fit for purpose.

You will be responsible for ensuring your work is carried out within the set priority for the task, and why work not completed will be highlighted to the Helpdesk.

You will support the wider Estates and Facilities Team by providing assistance to the multi-skilled engineering and building craftsperson.

To contribute to improving patient and visitor experience.

To be a customer focussed point of contact for Estates and Facilities services.

Demonstrate a logical and practical approach to tasks.

Play key role in the delivery of planned painting and decorating programmes as instructed by the Helpdesk and/or Line Manager.

To perform day to day painting, decorating and minor make-good repairs on the Trust’s assets.

To undertake planned painting and decorating work in accordance with competencies and training such as the following examples:

Internal and external painting (walls, ceilings, woodwork and metalwork

Surface preparation including filling, sanding and priming

Application of specialist finishes for clinical environments (e.g. low-VOC and antimicrobial paints) where required

Wallpaper application and removal

To carry out reactive painting and minor repair work in accordance with competencies and training such as the following examples:

Touch-up and patch repair following building works or minor damage.

Application of protective coatings to surfaces affected by moisture or wear.

Minor plaster patching and surface make-good ahead of redecoration.

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.

The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to…