Flexible Facilities Assistant

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; Burton upon Trent; Hybrid; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Flexible Facilities Assistant to join the Facilities Team. The role involves a broad range of tasks, including cleaning, patient catering portering, waste handling and distribution across sites.

Flexibility is essential, with bank hours and shifts from early morning to evening, including weekends and bank holidays. You will work with ward and department teams to support services, prioritise patient safety and comfort, and

Qualifications

• Good communication skills and ability to work as part of a team with a can-do attitude.
• Knowledge of cleaning and manual handling techniques is desirable.
• Understanding of infection control and COSHH is preferred.
• Experience in cleaning and/or the logistics industry is beneficial.
• Knowledge of food safety requirements and good organisational skills are valued.
• Ability to work on own initiative and adapt to a busy environment.

Responsibilities

• Carry out a comprehensive range of facilities tasks across a busy community hospital.
• Support patient catering, portering, cleaning, waste receipt and distribution as part of Facilities and ward/department teams.
• Communicate effectively with patients, staff and visitors to maintain high service standards.
• Work flexible bank hours starting from 7:00 to 21:00, including weekends and bank holidays.

Skills

Communication skills

Team working

Flexibility

Customer care

Education

Good standard of general education in numeracy reading and writing

Job description

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Flexible Facilities Assistant

The closing date is 23 November 2026

We are now recruiting to a Bank Facilities Assistant Position to join the Facilities Team to carry out a comprehensive range of tasks throughout a busy community hospital.

You may be asked to work across site at either Sir Robert Peel Hospital Tamworth or Samuel Johnson Community Hospital, Lichfield and to support with winter pressures based at Sir Robert Peel Hospital.

We are looking for caring, compassionate, hardworking, and flexible team members that are committed to enhancing our patient experience.

All staff working for UHDB play a key role in the organisation. You must possess good Communication skills, the ability to work as part of a team and have a can-do attitude.

Must be flexible and willing to support the services.

Bank hours per week, working as and when required starting at 7.00am - 21.00 pm , including weekends and bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of a Facilities Assistant are to work as part of Facilities and ward/department teams to carry out a variety of tasks associated with, cleaning,patient catering portering, waste receipt and distribution. This can be a physically challenging role.

Must have a good understanding of customer care and be able to communicate well with patients, staff, and visitors.

Similar work experience and a good understanding of food safety requirements, skills and technical training will be given.

This vacancy will close once we have received a maximum number of candidates.

Closing date of applications: 23 November 2026

Interview date: 07 December 2026

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• Our hospitals see more than 4,000 outpatients daily
• We see more Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients than any other Trust - over 3,300 per week
• An average 860 patients are seen in A&E every day - 6th largest in the country
• Our hospitals admit more than 220 emergency patients daily.
• We carry out more planned surgical operations than any other Trust in England with almost 50,000 operations taking place in our 52 operating theatres
• We are one of only 5 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres
• We carry out more than 300 elective procedures each working d

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Good standard of general education in numeracy reading and writing

Experience

• Knowledge of cleaning & manual handling techniques
• Knowledge of Infection Control, Knowledge of COSSH
• Experience of cleaning and or in the logistics industry
• Good understanding with food safety requirements
• Good organisational skills
• Ability to work on own initiative

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.

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Please note this position is not eligible for sponsorship. Applicants must be able to demonstrate an existing and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of the contract without sponsorship from the Trust.

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