Painter

Cambridge University Hospitals; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site leisure facilities

Discounted transport (bus travel)

Free Park and Ride

Subsidised parking

24/7 hot meals on site

Job summary

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Painter for the Estates and Facilities team. The role covers painting and decorating hospital properties, both inside and outside, to high craft standards and involves area prep and occasional wall repairs.

The position offers a permanent contract with full- or part-time hours and flexible working, with a 12-week training period and supportive staff facilities.

Qualifications

• Apprenticeship or NVQ level 2 or equivalent in painting/decorating.
• Training such as Working at Height, Asbestos Awareness, CSCS, PLASMA, IPAF.

Responsibilities

• Interpret and work from instructions, drawings and specs for painting duties.
• Paint and decorate hospital property internally and externally to craft standards.
• Prepare areas, remove and re-fix furniture; wallpaper, varnish, wash walls.
• Carry out minor repairs, grout tiles; manage scaffolding and access equipment.

Skills

Good craft skills

Front of house skills

People and team management

Education

NVQ level 2 or equivalent

CSCS card

Working at Height training

Job description

Main area Estates and Facilities Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Full Time or Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered) Job ref 180-F-263154

Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Addenbrookes Hospital-Division Corporate Town Cambridge Salary £25,760 - £27,476 p.a. pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 23/09/2026 23:59

Job overview

You will carry out work of routine and non-routine nature as directed by management.

Ensure compliance with Trust Safety Standard and Procedures.

Taking all safety measures to prevent danger, avoid injury and prevent damage to equipment.

Each Painter will have individual responsibilities for defined aspects of the service and will ensure that their contribution is beneficial to other departments within the Trust, as well as the Estates and Facilities Department to fulfill the Trust’s overall objectives.

Main duties of the job

Interpret and work from all instructions, drawings and specifications appropriate to his trade without supervision.

Painting and decorating all hospital property, internally and externally, to acceptable craft standards and using approved methods of working.

Prepare working area in an efficient and organised manner. Removal of all furniture, fittings and fixtures and re-fixing on completion.

Wallpapering (including contract wide width), varnishing, wall washing, application of spray applied finishes

Carry out minor wall repairs such as patch plastering

Grouting and repairing wall tiles, including using sealants

Transportation and erection of scaffolding and access equipment.

Understand fully the inter-relationship between Building and Engineering trades.

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

As per Home Office guidelines, please be aware that, unfortunately, the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular position.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

• applied for a Graduate visa
• or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment.

All roles in the Trust include a mandatory 12-week training period. Therefore successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.

This vacancy will close at midnight on the 23rd September 2026.

Interviews are due to be held date to be confirmed.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Apprenticeship or other recognised & relevant approved training. Trained to NVQ level 2 or equivalent.
• Other relevant training, such as: Working at Height, Asbestos Awareness, CSCS card, PLASMA, IPAF.

Experience

• Previous experience of working in a hospital.
• NHS experience

Knowledge

• Good all round trade knowledge.

Skills

• Must have good craft skills.
• Good front of house skills.
• Can work with minimum supervision.
• People- and team management skills in previous supervisor or team leader roles.

Additional Requirements

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.