Facilities Management Assistant (Domestic/ Cleaner)

North West Borough Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 16,000; Part time

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Facilities Management Assistant (Cleaning and Catering) to join the Clock View Hospital team. The role covers cleaning and catering duties, delivering services to National cleaning standards and PLACE requirements, while upholding CQC standards.

You will work Monday to Friday, 15:00–19:00, 20 hours per week, within an acute mental health ward environment.

Qualifications

• NHS safety, health and catering or cleaning experience preferred.
• Experience in NHS or similar environment is advantageous.
• Knowledge of National Standards of Cleanliness and COSHH is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Carry out Cleaning and Catering duties to high standards.
• Maintain safety and cleanliness in line with NHS guidelines.
• Support team and work flexibly to meet deadlines.

Skills

Team player

Customer service

Flexible

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Work under pressure

Education

GCSE/O'Levels or experience

Job description

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.

We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.

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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Estates and Facilities Department for an enthusiastic team member for a Facilities Management Assistant (FMA) . The post is suited to a motivated and experienced Domestic services worker to work in Clockview Hospital. The postholder(s) will provide a Cleaning and Catering , ensuring National cleaning standards, PLACE requirements and CQC standards are met.

3-7pm Monday to Friday - 20 hours per week

Main duties of the job

An opportunity has arisen for a Facilities Management Assistant (Cleaning and Catering ) to work part of a team at Clock View Hospital, to carry out Cleaning and Catering duties and help us maintain the high standards already set within this department and in line with National Standards. We are looking to recruit a team member who has a flexible approach to their workload, can work to deadlines and show high standards of quality in their work.

You must have good communication skills, a pleasant personality, a positive attitude and a willingness to work within an acute mental health ward environment providing a high standard of cleanliness at all times. You must also possess the ability to work within a team or on your own as necessary with an understanding of health and safety in relation to safe working practices.

Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday 15.00pm to 19.00pm 20 hours per week. Some experience in a similar role would be beneficial however full training will be given This post is subject to a standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.

Working for our organisation

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

NHS experience and training in safety, health and catering or cleaning tasks. Experience of working in a similar role (cleaning or catering). Experience of working in the NHS. Knowledge of the National Standards of Cleanliness and NHS Colour Coding. Experience of dealing with people.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• GCSE/O'Levels or experience.

Desirable criteria

• Foundation certificate in food hygiene level 2.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to function as a member of a team and support the management objectives of the department and trust
• Able to deal with requests form service users, managers and staff in a friendly and helpful way
• flexible
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Able to work both independently and as part of a team
• Able to carry out manual tasks

Desirable criteria

• Able to maintain accurate records.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the needs of people with mental health problems
• Willingness to undertake further training as required.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in a similar role.

Desirable criteria

• Training in Health & Safety and catering or cleaning tasks.
• Experience of working in the NHS specifically Mental Health/ Community environment.

Knowledge

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of the National Standards of Cleanliness.
• Knowledge of COSHH and HACCP.
• Knowledge of using cleaning equipment.

Values

Essential criteria

• Continuous improvement - committed to making improvements to our services for the benefit of all.
• Accountability - taking ownership to anticipate, develop and deliver high quality care.
• Respect - how we treat others in an inclusive and supportive way.
• Enthusiasm - demonstrate our passion and pride for what we do and how we do it.
• Support- actively supporting others with compassion and courage.