Band 2 Bank General Hotel Services Assistant - Southmead, Bristol

Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading mental health care provider in Bristol is seeking bank workers for the roles of housekeepers and catering assistants. Join a dedicated team providing essential services in inpatient facilities. Responsibilities include cleaning ward areas and serving meals. This role offers flexible hours without weekend shifts, ensuring better work-life balance. Ideal candidates should be adaptable and willing to work with diverse service users.

Qualifications

• Ability to handle constant distractions while working with service users.
• Experience in cleaning and catering or willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Support the nursing staff for patient care by general cleaning.
• Prepare and serve meals and beverages to patients.

Job description

Overview

Come and join our friendly and hardworking team of housekeepers and catering assistants working in our mental health inpatient facilities at Southmead Hospital as a bank worker.

Responsibilities

• Housekeepers support the nursing staff to provide an appropriate environment for patient care. Duties include general cleaning of all ward/departmental areas, and the preparation, presentation and service of patients meals and beverages.
• GHSA (General Hotel Services Assistants) are expected to help out with all cleaning and catering related activities at ward level, where there may be constant distractions and contact with service users displaying disturbed and challenging behaviour on a frequent basis.

Working hours

Our hours for morning workers are from 07:30 to 13:30. Our hours for evening workers are from 16:00 to 19:00. There are no weekend shifts and there can be no variation to the hours advertised.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust), a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

Equity and diversity

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.