Job Description

As Painter/Decorator, you will provide and maintain a flexible, dedicated and comprehensive painting and decoration service to all departments across a varied Estate. This will be a planned (but flexible) approach, covering over 5000 rooms.



You will ensure a clean and safe working environment through the delivery of a quality service with minimal disruption to day to day clinical provisions and maintain a patient focused service across clinical and non-clinical areas.



You will have a first-rate knowledge of all aspects of decoration, in particular, paper hanging, painting and paint systems.



Required Knowledge, Training and Experience



Previous decorating or tradesperson, NVQ level 3 or above or substantial demonstrable equivalent experience



Knowledge of a tradesperson basic duties acquired through accredited training courses



Previous painting and decorating and handyperson experience



Able to work as part of a team



To be a team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, enabling effective partnership working at all levels.



Full clean Driving Licence essential.



Deal appropriately with patients, staff and the general public.



Ability to work without direct supervision.



Flexible approach to duties.



Be able to prepare work areas and carry out first class workmanship, with minimal disruption to clinical teams.



Keeping your workspace tidy and secure, including access to tools, materials (incl. COSHH) and access equipment.



Have the ability to complete dynamic risk assessments of the environment.



Have the ability and understanding to travel across the Kent and Medway area.



Have capacity to work at heights and from ladders, also in confined spaces and live patient environments.



Be able to recognise minor building defects, which would impede the paint programme and bring them to the attention of the Estates Manager.



Be willing to undertake new or unfamiliar types of decorative finishes. Attending training to support the development of both products and methods.



Have the ability to quantify the amounts of materials required for the areas given - when required to do so.



Be able to fit ceramic wall tiles, carpet tiles, curtain tracks and blinds.

Decoration of all elements of:

- New and existing buildings, items of machinery and furniture, signs and posts, lamp posts, fencing, wooden garden features and outbuildings.



To ensure waste is disposed of in accordance with the Trust waste disposal policy, assuring Health and Safety standards are adhered to.



Removal of rubbish to designated collection points.



To complete regular security checks of designated areas, ensuring windows are locked, lights switched off and rooms locked. Reporting any issues to local Estates Manager



Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.



We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.



Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.



We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.



You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.



The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.



Our strategy



Our mission is what we set out to do every day

We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people



Our vision is where we want to be in the future

To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.



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Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.