Facilities Assistant - Domestic

Transformationunitgm; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking a Facilities Assistant - Domestic to provide comprehensive cleaning services at Withington Community Hospital. This full-time role requires someone with a strong background in healthcare cleaning and the ability to work effectively within a team to maintain high cleanliness standards.

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths and English required.
• Cleaning training qualifications preferred.
• Basic food hygiene level 2 certificate necessary.

Responsibilities

• Deliver cleaning services within a Hospital/Healthcare environment.
• Support facilities services including catering and portering.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Basic maths

Education

GCSE Maths and English

Cleaning training qualifications

Basic food hygiene level 2 certificate

Job description

Main area Domestic, Cleaning, Facilities Assistant Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 06:00-14:00) Job ref 349-COR-7207908-RL4

Employer Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Withington Community Hospital Town West Didsbury, Manchester Salary £24,169 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 08/07/2025 23:59

Facilities Assistant - Domestic

Band 2

Job overview

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail] .

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

• Good written and spoken English and ability to do basic maths.
• GCSE Maths and English
• Cleaning training qualifications
• Customer care training qualifications
• Basic food hygiene level 2 certificate

Knowledge

• To understand and be able to carry out instructions to set specifications .
• Understanding and awareness of confidentiality.
• Good knowledge of food safety.

Training and Experience

• Demonstrate basic knowledge of Health & Safety.
• Experience of working within a healthcare environment.
• Previous experience in a similar post.

Skills and Abilities

• Good interpersonal skills.
• Good written and spoken English.
• Able to adapt to meet service needs.
• Ability to multi-task.

Attributes

• Ability to work work within a team without constant supervision, utilising own initiative.
• Professional appearance.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Name Robert Peak Job title Facilities Team Leader Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07484485454 Additional information

Kathy Braithwaite - FM Improvement Manager

[e-mail]

07970638246