Facilities Service Assistant

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust; Castle Dene; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Full time

Job summary

The Generic Worker role at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust involves carrying out cleaning duties across various areas of the facility in a planned, methodical manner.

Responsibilities include maintaining cleanliness in toilets, patient rooms, wards, offices, and common areas, while adhering to health and safety policies and participating in mandatory training.

Qualifications

• No formal qualifications stated in the advert.

Responsibilities

• The cleaning of the work environment following a planned and methodical approach to ensure all areas are included.
• Areas cleaned include toilets, bathrooms, patient rooms, ward areas, day rooms, lounges, offices, meeting rooms, external patios and entrances, outpatients departments, kitchens and sanitary areas.
• Resolve fault finding on equipment used or adapt cleaning schedules as required.
• Participate in training as directed, including cleaning techniques and mandatory training such as Fire Safety, Moving & Handling, COSHH and Infection Control.
• Work with apprentices using a buddy system, ensuring they understand Health and Safety, Trust policies and procedures.
• Complete actions for environmental audits as required to monitor cleanliness standards.

Job description

The Generic Worker

Specific duties will be discussed at interview to meet service requirement.

You will work closely with the Facilities Housekeeper, Facilities Team Leader and other Facilities Staff, Matron, Facilities Head of Catering and where applicable some Heads of Departments.

The post holder will be directed by the Facilities Team Leader to carry out a range of duties for the needs of the service.

The cleaning of the work environment following a planned and methodical approach in order to ensure all areas are included.

Examples of areas cleaned are toilets, bathrooms, and patient's single rooms, ward areas, patient's day rooms, and lounges, offices, meeting rooms, external patio areas and the immediate external vicinity of entrances, outpatients departments, kitchens and sanitary areas.

The post holder will be require to resolve fault finding on equipment used or change in cleaning schedules.

Participate in training as directed by the Facilities Team Leader. This would include training in cleaning techniques and mandatory training such as Fire Safety, Moving & Handing, COSHH, and Infection Control.

Working alongside and supporting apprentices with their daily duties, using a buddy system, ensuring they fully understand all Health and Safety aspects of the role, Trust policies and procedures.

Complete actions for environmental audits as required to monitor standards of cleanliness.