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Job summary

Main area
Estates
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
236-NCA-EA123-26
Employer
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Salford Royal Hospital
Town
Salford
Salary
£28,392 - £31,157 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
18/08/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust logo

Painter

Band 4

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.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.  Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.  

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

Person specification

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Trade Skills
  • H&S
  • Recognised Apprenticeship
Desirable criteria
  • Advanced Trade Skills
  • Working at height
  • Confined Space
  • First aid

Experience & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Post qualification experience working as a Painter/Decorator
  • Awareness of Health and Safety in a maintenance environment
  • Knowledge of COSHH
Desirable criteria
  • Plastering Qualification and/or experience
  • Experience of working in an Acute Hospital/Healthcare environment.
  • Knowledge of HTM’s, Building Regulations and Codes of Practice
  • Asbestos and Confined space awareness

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • City & Guilds Craft Certificate in Painting and Decorating (or a related discipline) OR National Vocational Qualification 2 (NVQ Level 2) Painter & Decorator
  • A recognised Health & Safety Awareness Training Certificate e.g. IOSH
  • Recognised Apprenticeship
  • Full Clean UK Driving Licence

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardFair Train work experience quality standard - gold standardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerTime to changeStep into healthGM Good Employment Charter

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ian Waghorn
Job title
Estates Manager (Building)
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
016102064501
Additional information

Contact hours between 0800 and 1600 Monday to Friday

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