Bank Facilities Assistant

Nhs-1; Wath upon Dearne; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Bank Facilities Assistant at Wathwood Hospital, Wath Upon Dearne. This zero-hour bank role covers catering, domestic and portering duties across shifts, including weekends and bank holidays.

Full training will be provided, uniforms supplied, and you will join a patient and customer-focused facilities team delivering high standards of cleanliness, food service, and safety in line with health and safety guidance.

Qualifications

• Experience or working within a catering, cleaning or portering environment.
• Basic knowledge of Health and Safety.
• Ability to converse tactfully with patients, visitors and staff.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of cleanliness and infection prevention.
• Provide nutritious patient meals and serving in line with food hygiene legislation.
• Work across catering, domestic and portering rotas, including weekends and bank holidays.

Skills

Flexibility

Communication

Education

Basic literacy and numeracy

Job description

Main area Facilities Services Grade NHS AfC: Band 2 Contract Bank Hours Flexible working - 0 hours per week (Bank covering shifts where needed which could include weekends and bank holidays) Job ref 186-777-26-BR

Employer Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Wathwood Hospital Town Wath Upon Dearne Salary £12.92 per hour Salary period Hourly Closing 15/09/2026 23:59

Bank Facilities Assistant

NHS AfC: Band 2

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Job overview

We are looking to recruit staff to work in our Facilities Services in our catering, domestic and porting departments at Wathwood Hospital.

This will be a zero hour contract to cover all needs of our service.

To maintain a high quality patient and customer focused service within the Facilities areas delivering a high standard of cleanliness, infection prevention, provision of safe, serving patients nutritious food in line with food hygiene legislation, to be aware of associated health and safety issues and to participate in planned mandatory and professional training.

Main duties of the job

Full training will be given in all departments and uniform will be provided. The successful candidate will fit in with our current rotas covering an array of different shift times over 7 days, including bank holidays.

Working for our organisation

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Facilities provides a wide range of non clinical support services to patients, staff and visitors. The services provided include Cleaning, Catering, including serving patient food and Portering.

Please note that this post does not meet the pay or skill level required for a Skilled worker visa.

Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the bottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change.

This salary is below the minimum salary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In these circumstances the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria here https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.

Person specification

Qualifications

• A good general level of education
• Basic literacy and numeracy

Training

• COSHH, Sharps and Manual Handling Procedures

Experience

• Experience or working within a catering, cleaning or portering environment
• Previous Experience in Facilities Services areas

Skills

• Ability to converse tactfully and within identified guidelines with patients, visitors and staff
• Ability to be flexible in approach

Knowledge

• Basic knowledge of Health and Safety
• Awareness of Low Secure Hospitals
• Health and Safety Policies and Procedures
• Basic knowledge of food safety

Values and Behaviours

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation

Contractual

• Shift flexibility may be required from time to time, including weekend and Bank Holidays Requirement to attend mandatory and job specific training
• Comply to Personal Appearance Standards and Personal Protective Equipment (Staff Uniform)
• A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010

Additional Information

• We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants.
• The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.
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• For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as 'spent' will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

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.