Bank Estates Building Maintenance Worker (Painter & Decorator)

NHS; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Bournemouth is looking for a Bank Estates Building Maintenance Worker (Painter & Decorator) to join the team. The role requires about 3 years of experience in general building maintenance, especially in NHS environments. Candidates must hold a relevant qualification and a valid UK driving licence. You'll manage a variety of maintenance tasks and contribute to emergency engineering situations.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years experience in General building maintenance.
• Experience working in a complex Building Maintenance environment.
• Basic electrical safety training.

Responsibilities

• Undertake maintenance, repair and installation services.
• Respond to engineering emergencies with initiative.
• Understand and work with mechanical and electrical systems.

Skills

Ability to interpret and work from instructions

Familiar with hand and power tools

Ability to diagnose basic electrical faults

Ability to glaze windows and maintain locks

Ability to support Engineering emergencies

Education

City and Guilds advanced craft certificate

Apprenticeship in relevant core trade

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Bank Estates Building Maintenance Worker (Painter & Decorator)

The closing date is 08 October 2025

The Royal Bournemouth Hospital Estates Department provides a comprehensive maintenance, repair and installation service of the buildings, grounds, engineering services and associated equipment throughout the Trust.

We are looking for a building maintenance Painter & decorator to join our building team on BANK with relevant experience and gained a wide experience in general buildings or NHS properties with a BTEC HNC level or City and Guilds plus relevant post apprenticeship training or equivalent experience.

You must hold a current UK (manual) driving licence.

The role is for a bank position.

Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Interview Date: TBC

Responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Person Specification

Other

• Full car driving licence

Qualifications

• Apprenticeship in relevant core trade with a Minimum of a City and Guilds with advanced craft certificate or BTEC, ONC in relevant building Maintenance Trade.
• Certificate in Wood Working Machinery.

Experience

• Minimum 3 years experience in General building maintenance, outside core trade of Painting/Decorating, carpentry, Joinery.
• Have good understanding of the relationship of other craftsmen's work to there own
• Experience of maintenance carpentry and building in a range of settings.
• Minimum 5 years experience working in a complex Building Maintenance environment.
• Basic electrical safety training to be able to fulfill duties without support of other trades.
• Understand the working of the mechanical and/or electrical and/or plumbing and/or gas systems in NHS buildings.
• Experience Working in Healthcare Environment.
• Joinery ability

Skills

• Ability to fulfil a requirement to interpret and work from all instructions, drawings and specifications appropriate to original trade, without supervision.
• Ability to fulfil a requirement to set out new work or set up new production appropriate to original trade using relevant instruments and machinery, without supervision.
• Familiar with hand and power tools
• Ability to diagnose and repair faults in basic electrical systems i.e. fire doors, lighting circuits, power circuits. Electrical and Mechanical knowledge in relation to plant for shutting down to clean and maintai
• Ability to support and assist with Engineering emergencies using own initiative.
• Ability to glaze windows, fit and maintain locks.

Knowledge

• Health & Safety training
• Good knowledge of carpentry and joinery techniques.
• Electrical training
• Water supply training
• Environment health & Safety training

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust