Facilities Assistant

ST LEONARDS HOSPICE; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused healthcare provider in York is looking for a skilled Facilities Assistant to join their team. The role involves performing essential maintenance tasks, including DIY and painting, while supporting the hospice's mission of providing compassionate care. Key qualifications include a can-do attitude and a sympathetic approach towards hospice care. This full-time role offers a competitive salary, generous annual leave, and a strong pension scheme, along with opportunities for training and development.

Benefits

Salary above the NHS

Up to 41 days Annual Leave

Continuation of NHS pension

Attractive pension scheme

Training and development opportunities

Supportive working environment

Employee discounts

BC Blue Light Card discounts

Day shifts for work/life balance

Qualifications

• Familiarity with basic maintenance and DIY tasks.
• Ability to contribute positively to team dynamics.
• Professional demeanor while interacting with patients and staff.

Responsibilities

• Perform basic maintenance, DIY, and painting tasks.
• Undertake pre-planned maintenance efforts.
• Assist in portering and manual handling duties.
• Transport patients and staff to various appointments.

Skills

Maintenance skills

DIY skills

Can-do attitude

Teamwork

Professionalism

Sympathy towards hospice care

Job description

St Leonard's Hospice are recruiting a skilled and motivated person to join the Hospice's Team as a Facilities Assistant. The Facilities Team performs a crucial function in ensuring the Hospice estate, including Retail, are kept safe with servicing, maintenance and repairs completed in a timely manner and to a high standard.

Responsibilities

• Perform basic maintenance, DIY and painting tasks
• Undertake pre‑planned maintenance
• Portering duties, including some manual handling
• Transport patients and staff to appointments

By doing this role, you will meet and work with a range of colleagues across the organisation and genuinely be making a significant contribution.

Qualifications & Skills

• Use maintenance and DIY skills regularly
• Have a can‑do attitude
• Work as part of a team
• Be helpful and professional at all times
• Have a sympathetic approach to the philosophy and concept of hospice care

Mission Statement

Our mission is to provide excellent care and support to those living with life‑limiting illness and to the people they care about, to enrich their lives and to contribute to the ongoing development of end‑of‑life care. We do this by placing our patients at the centre of everything we do, and through involving patients and their families in all decisions regarding their care.

Benefits

• Salary above the NHS
• Up to 41 days Annual Leave
• Continuation of NHS pension and annual leave entitlement (T&Cs apply)
• Attractive pension scheme for non‑NHS staff
• Training and development opportunities
• A supportive and friendly working environment
• Extensive employee discounts on shops, holidays and lifestyle choices, and Blue Light Card discounts
• Day shifts which allow you to have a great work/life balance

This is a full‑time position working 37.5 hours per week between 8am‑4pm, Monday to Friday, and there will be a requirement to be part of the facilities on‑call rota.