The Estates and Facilities Directorate is seeking to recruit a highly motivated Painter and decorator at the Freeman Hospital. To carry out decoration programmes, minor works and day to day reactive maintenance. The decoration programme is critical to achieving a suitable patient environment for all Wards and Departments to deliver the highest level of care. • Interview date: 9th May 2024 • 37 hours 30 minutes /week • You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy. The successful candidate will be accountable directly to the painting Supervisor and overall, to the Estates 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; diagnose faults and carry out necessary repair work. In conjunction with the painting Supervisor, 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. Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally. We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare. Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. • The post holder will: • Contribute to the maintenance of the fabric Trust property. • Carry out building fabric maintenance: o New works and redecoration programmes o Reactive decorative maintenance works o Ensuring high standard of “finish” on all work EST/ANC/EST/TRT/002b o Daily maintenance of equipment and tools o Maintenance of stock level / liaison with stores personnel when necessary • Remain aware of the direct affect and impact upon: o The environment, o Safety and comfort of patients, staff and members of the public. o 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. Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay. This advert closes on Thursday 25 Apr 2024 Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme Disability Confident About Disability Confident