Job overview

Are you someone who takes pride in your work and values delivering a high standard of finish? Join Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust as a Painter and Decorator, where you’ll help maintain the appearance and condition of our healthcare environments for patients, staff, and visitors. You’ll be part of a supportive Estates team working together to keep our facilities safe, functional, and well maintained.

Our sites span across Sussex, and we offer flexibility with your base location—this role can be based at one of several sites across the county. 

Main duties of the job

As part of our Estates team, you’ll carry out a variety of internal and external painting and decorating tasks across a wide range of NHS properties, including:

• Preparing surfaces and applying paint, wallpaper, and finishes to a high standard

• Repairing and maintaining painted areas, including plasterwork and minor surface restoration

• Estimating materials, sourcing supplies, and ensuring value for money

• Supporting planned preventative maintenance and responding to repair jobs

• Keeping workspaces clean, tidy, and safe

• Collaborating with other trades and Estates colleagues as needed

You’ll also be expected to use our Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) system to track work and communicate with service users to arrange access when necessary.

Working for our organisation

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?
•    Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
•    Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
•    Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
•    Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
•    Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
•    Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
•    Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
•    Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.