Bank - Facilities Assistant (Domestic, Porter, Catering Assistant)

The Methodist Church in Britain; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Bank Domestic Assistant in its Integrated Facilities Management team. Relief shifts across hospitals, clinics, and health centres with no fixed hours, covering cleaning, catering support and portering as required.

You'll rotate across sites, attend full training, and have opportunities to support other IFM functions. Right to work in the UK without sponsorship is required; interview dates available in Heanor and Chesterfield.

Qualifications

• Basic numeracy and literacy skills, or willingness to work towards them

Responsibilities

• Keep clinical and non-clinical areas clean, safe and welcoming, following cleaning schedules and National Standards of Cleanliness
• Transport supplies, linen, mail, waste, specimens and furniture across Trust sites
• Serve meals and refreshments to patients, staff and visitors
• Support patients' nutritional and hydration needs
• Assist with catering functions and keep catering areas clean
• Follow food hygiene and health and safety requirements
• Assist with patient transfers
• Direct delivery vehicles
• Carry out minor maintenance tasks
• Work across different Trust sites to meet service needs
• Help in other parts of the IFM team, with full training given

Skills

Numeracy and literacy

Education

NVQ in Cleaning

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Basic Health and Safety Certificate

Job description

Bank post in the Integrated Facilities Management team of Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust, offering relief shifts with no fixed hours. The work covers domestic cleaning, catering support and portering across hospitals, health centres and clinics, in both patient and non-patient areas. Staff choose the shifts and sites they cover and may help elsewhere in the IFM team after full training. Sponsorship is not offered, so candidates must already hold the right to work in the UK.

What the job involves

• Keep clinical and non-clinical areas clean, safe and welcoming, following cleaning schedules and National Standards of Cleanliness
• Transport supplies, linen, mail, waste, specimens and furniture across Trust sites
• Serve meals and refreshments to patients, staff and visitors
• Support patients' nutritional and hydration needs
• Assist with catering functions and keep catering areas clean
• Follow food hygiene and health and safety requirements
• Assist with patient transfers
• Direct delivery vehicles
• Carry out minor maintenance tasks
• Work across different Trust sites to meet service needs
• Help in other parts of the IFM team, with full training given

What’s required

Qualifications

• Basic numeracy and literacy skills, or willingness to work towards them

Checks & eligibility

• Right to work in the UK without sponsorship

Other

• Available to attend an in-person interview on 5 November in Heanor or 23 November in Chesterfield, if shortlisted

Nice to have

• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
• Basic Health and Safety Certificate
• NVQ in Cleaning