Bank Facilities Assistant - Weston | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Weston-super-Mare is hiring Facilities Assistants for its Temporary Staffing Bureau. This role involves various responsibilities including cleaning, catering, and portering to ensure a clean and safe environment for patient care. Candidates should be able to work flexibly and complete training shifts. Join a dynamic team committed to excellent patient service and enjoy the benefits of working in a diverse and supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to work flexibly across various tasks.
• Experience in cleaning, catering, and portering is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Carry out cleaning duties to maintain hygiene.
• Prepare and serve food to patients.
• Transport patients and deliver items between departments.

Job description

Overview

At University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust we want to recruit a number of Facilities Assistants to our Temporary Staffing Bureau to create a bank of temporary workers who are keen to work flexibly across Weston.

As a Bank Facilities Assistant you will work within the Facilities team which provides an appropriate environment for patient care.

Responsibilities

• Cleaning: vacuuming and dusting; mopping floors; cleaning toilets and bathrooms; cleaning beds and remaking with clean linen; safely managing and collecting clinical and non-clinical waste.
• Catering: cooking frozen meals and preparing food; recording temperatures of meals before serving; serving drinks to patients and serving meals when clinical staff are unavailable; clearing up after mealtimes and cleaning dining areas; collecting and delivering food trolleys throughout our hospitals.
• Portering: transport patients between wards, departments and hospitals as instructed; deliver and collect mail, gifts and parcels from Wards and Departments; distribute clean and collect soiled linen; receive and deliver stores from all Wards and Departments as directed; remove rubbish and clinical waste throughout the Hospital; deal with enquiries from patients, visitors and staff.

Training and shift patterns

• You will be required to complete training shifts which include:
• 4 full days of Induction
• Shifts in both cleaning, catering and portering to ensure you are competent

Please be aware, for your training compliance it is best that these shifts are completed close together. You won’t be able to book shifts until all of your training is completed.

About the employer

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston; join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds—city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

Additional information

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description attached to this vacancy.

This advert closes on Monday 6 Oct 2025