Facilities Assistant

NHS; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Job summary

UHDB is recruiting a part-time Facilities Assistant at Florence Nightingale Community Hospital in Derby to join the Facilities Team. You will perform a range of tasks across portering, waste, cleaning, reception and patient dining, supporting a busy hospital environment.

The role requires caring, compassionate, hardworking, and flexible team players with strong communication and teamwork skills. A Food Safety Certificate is desirable, and weekend coverage is included in the rota.

Qualifications

• Must have good communication skills and be able to work as part of a team.
• Must be flexible and willing to support the services.
• Similar work experience is desirable.
• Food Safety Certificate is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Carry out a variety of tasks across portering, waste, cleaning, receipt and distribution, patient catering and Help desk.
• Communicate effectively with patients, staff and visitors.
• Support the facilities and ward/department teams as required.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Can-do attitude

Flexibility

Education

Food Safety Certificate

Job description

Main area Facilities Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 35 hours per week (Internal rota including late and weekends covering from 07:00 - 21:30.) Job ref 320-TWS-2273

Site Florence Nightingale Community Hospital Town Derby Salary £24,169 pro rata pa Salary period Yearly Closing 16/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 30/11/2026

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 14,000 members of staff, you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust are fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme

To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.

if you are blind or visually impaired and require application material in an alternative format- such as Braille, large print, audio or accessible electronic formats or you require support/adjustments with your application please contact the recruitment team on 01332 788466

The Trust is proud to be a signatory of the Care Leavers Covenant and is committed to supporting care-experienced people into employment.

Applicants who identify as a care leaver and who meet the essential criteria for the role, as detailed in the person specification, will be guaranteed an interview.

If you wish to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this within your application.

Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;

Job overview

We are now recruiting to one Facilities Assistant positions at Florence Nightingale Community Hospital to join the Facilities Team to carry out a comprehensive range of tasks throughout a busy community hospital.

We are looking for caring, compassionate, hardworking and flexible team members that are committed to enhancing our patient experience.

All staff working for UHDB play a key role in the organisation. You must possess good Communication skills, the ability to work as part of a team and have a can-do attitude.

Must be flexible and willing to support the services.

Contracted 35 hours per week, working on a 6 week rota, covering shifts from 07:00 - 21:30, including weekends. Weekend Working 07;00 - 20:00

Main duties of the job

The main duties of a Facilities Assistant working at Florence Nightingale Community Hospital are to work as part of Facilities and ward/department teams to carry out a variety of tasks associated with portering, waste, cleaning, receipt and distribution, patient catering and Help desk. This can be a physically challenging role.

Must have a good understanding of customer care and be able to communicate well with patients, staff and visitors.

Similar work experience and a Food Safety Certificate are desirable but not essential, skills and technical training will be given.

Closing date of applications:16 November 2026

Interview date: 30 November 2026

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and Person Specification.

UHDB is committed to fair and transparent recruitment. We welcome authentic applications that reflect your own skills, experience and motivations for the role. While we understand that candidates may use AI tools for grammar, formatting or accessibility purposes, applications that appear to be substantially AI‑generated may be subject to additional review. If this applies to your submission, we will let you know and may ask for clarification. Please ensure your application accurately represents your experience and is written in your own words.

Please note this position is not eligible for sponsorship. Applicants must be able to demonstrate an existing and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of the contract without sponsorship from the Trust.

Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).

Person specification

Work Experience

• Knowledge of cleaning & manual handling techniques
• Good organisational skills

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Infection Control, Knowledge of COSSH.
• Good understanding with food safety requirements
• Good standard of general education in numeracy reading and writing
• Ability to organise own day to day work tasks or activities

Skills

• Ability to manipulate trollies wheelchairs beds and all types of cleaning equipment.

Our Trust aims to provide the highest quality care to patients within Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire and we want the very best people to work with us.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

If we receive a high number of applications for this position, we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

At UHDB, we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues, many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.

For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part‑time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working – working partly in the trust/partly at home.

Why don’t you talk to us at interview about the flexibility you would like to