Facilities Management Assistant (FMA)

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Facilities Management Assistant to join our Estates team at the Hope Centre. You will perform cleaning, basic catering and waste duties across inpatient and community settings, ensuring safety and quality standards are met.

You will work as part of a team, with opportunities for training and development in health and safety, cleaning protocols and data recording. Flexible working options are available where possible.

Qualifications

• GCSE/O'Levels or equivalent experience required.
• Foundation certificate in food hygiene level 2 required or within training.
• Experience in NHS Mental Health/Community environment preferred.
• Training in Health & Safety and catering or cleaning tasks would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Clean clinical/ward areas, including toilets.
• Waste disposal.
• Basic food preparation and fridge temperature monitoring.

Skills

Team player

Flexible

Interpersonal skills

Independent work

Manual tasks

Customer/service oriented

Record-keeping

Motivation for training

Education

GCSE/O'Levels or experience

Foundation certificate in food hygiene level 2

Job description

Facilities employ a variety of support staff to help maintain a clean, safe and welcoming environment.Within our estate, we operate a variety of different services and environments, including:Inpatient mental health facilities (including high, medium and low secure facilities).Staff and service user residential accommodation.

Rehabilitation areas.Respite areas.General office buildings.Whilst the location and service group may differ, the role of the Facilities Management Assistant (FMA) remains an integral part of our service delivery, carrying out facilities and catering tasks and ensuring that cleaning standards are achieved and maintained

Main base of working will be Hope Centre.

Main duties of the job

To work as members of a team, carrying out facilities tasks as allocated :Cleaning of clinical/ward areas, inclusive of toilets.Waste disposal.Basic food preparation.Fridge and food temperature monitoring.Collating service user menu orders.To assist colleagues and their line manager, carry out the tasks assigned to the team or individual.To undertake all mandatory training.To take part in performance management and Personal Achievement and Contribution Evaluations (PACE).To comply with all relevant policies and procedures.To take responsibility for the completion of all duties in a safe and efficient manner, and to maintain regular contact with their line manager.To stand in for other FMA's as required.To liaise with all relevant parties in a friendly and helpful way as is required to ensure the achievement of all duties and responsibilities.To work unsupervised and use own initiative in line with service requirements.To ensure timely and accurate completion of documentation, and to enter and use data on information systems.To undertake cleaning duties in accordance with cleaning schedules and instructions.Any other duties that may be reasonably expected and that are commensurate with the grade

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

Please see detailed job description for more information on the role, the main responsibilities, and values.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GCSE/O'Levels or experience
• Foundation certificate in food hygiene level 2

Skills

• Able to function as a member of a team and support the management objectives of the department and Trust.
• Able to deal with requests from 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
• Demonstrate an understanding of the needs of people with mental health problems
• Willingness to undertake further training as required
• Able to maintain accurate records

Knowledge

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

Values

• 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.

Experience

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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.