Facilities Services Assistant (Team Leader)

The Methodist Church in Britain; England; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Funding for care qualifications

Days off to study

Flexible working schemes

27 days annual leave + bank holidays

Occupational health services

Staff discounts (Blue Light Card)

NHS Pension scheme

Job summary

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Facilities Services Assistant (Team Leader) to support a hospital-wide cleaning remit on wards and patient areas. The role includes informal leadership during shifts and acting as point of contact in the Supervisor’s absence, on a rolling 34-hour pattern that includes weekends.

The post involves routine cleaning, equipment hygiene, waste management, and upholding NHS cleanliness standards with a focus on infection control.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting teams on shift or in a ward environment.
• Awareness of infection control and NHS cleanliness standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the shift and provide day-to-day operational support to colleagues.
• Perform general environmental cleaning on wards and designated areas.
• Ensure waste handling and infection control policies are followed.

Skills

Informal leadership

Job description

This Facilities Services Assistant (Team Leader) post sits in the Facilities Services Team within the Community Hospitals of Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The work is hospital cleaning on the wards, covering bays, side rooms, sanitary areas and patient equipment, with terminal cleans and waste handling under infection control rules. Alongside cleaning, the post holder gives informal shift leadership and acts as point of contact in the Supervisor's absence, with no line management, on a rotating 34-hour pattern that includes weekends. Preference goes to staff with Priority and At Risk status, including NHS At Risk staff across Devon.

What the job involves

• General environmental cleaning on wards, including all sanitary areas such as toilets, bathrooms, showers and sluice rooms
• Daily and weekly cleaning of patient equipment
• Daily cleaning of bays, side rooms, nurses' station and designated areas to the daily work schedule
• Cleaning to the National Specification for Cleanliness in the NHS (2021), PAS 5748, and Trust cleaning and patient equipment policies
• Terminal cleaning of bed spaces and side rooms as required
• Replenishing alcohol gel dispensers and hand hygiene supplies, including aprons, gloves, paper towels and soap
• Replenishing hand towels, toilet paper and hand soap to maintain infection control standards
• Emptying, cleaning and relining waste bins, and securing and compacting waste for disposal under clinical and non-clinical waste regulations
• Cleaning internal glass and mirrors to the daily work schedule
• Vacuuming carpets and static and damp mopping hard floors
• Cleaning and drying WCs, wash hand basins, baths, showers, sinks and sluices
• Informal leadership, day-to-day operational support and guidance to colleagues during the shift, and point of contact in the Supervisor's absence

What’s offered

• Funding for a care certificate, degree or leadership qualifications
• Days off to study, CPD or rotational placements
• Flexible working schemes and family friendly policies
• 27 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days
• Occupational health services including counselling and wellbeing activities
• Staff discounts, including Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts
• Salary sacrifice options including an onsite nursery at Exeter, car lease and cycle to work schemes
• NHS Pension scheme