Facilities Assistant - Domestic

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Manchester is seeking a Facilities Assistant - Domestic at Withington Community Hospital. The role involves delivering a full and comprehensive cleaning service while supporting various facilities services. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a high-quality healthcare environment and be part of a large NHS Trust focused on innovation and collaborative working.

Qualifications

• Experience in a cleaning role within a healthcare or similar environment is desirable.
• Ability to work collaboratively with various teams.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a comprehensive cleaning service to hospital departments.
• Ensure high-quality service provision alongside Ward/Department staff.
• Support other facilities services such as catering and portering.

Skills

Cleaning Services

Attention to Detail

Team Collaboration

Job description

We are now looking for staff to be based at Withington Community Hospital to deliver excellent support services to the Trust.

As a Facilities Assistant - Domestic you will deliver a full and comprehensive cleaning service to the departments in Withington Community Hospital. You may also be required to support at our Intermediate Care Units Buccleuch Lodge, Monet Lodge Intermediate Care Unit, and Dermott Murphy.

We have a Monday - Friday 06:00-14:00 post available. As we are a healthcare organisation that is open 7 days per week, the successful candidates may be asked to work on bank holidays, including Christmas.

Please note that this is a domestic cleaning role and not a nursing assistant role.

Job Purpose

Provision of cleaning services within a Hospital/Healthcare environment whilst working closely with Ward/Department staff to ensure a high-quality service provision.

To work closely and support other facilities services such as catering, linen and portering to ensure the seamless delivery of facilities services.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Robert Peak Job title: Facilities Team Leader Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07484485454

Kathy Braithwaite - FM Improvement Manager

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