FM Assistant - Mid Essex

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Rochford; On-site; GBP 28,722,000 - 40,907,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

Excellent pension up to 14.5%

Staff discounts

£8K relocation package

Season ticket loans

Job summary

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an FM Assistant Band 2 to clean and maintain hygienic environments across Rochford Hospital, with a guaranteed minimum of 10 hours per week and a 2pm–7pm shift to be discussed at interview.

You will work within the Facilities Team, contributing to cleaning, catering, portering, bed making and laundering services as needed, while ensuring standards for patient, staff and visitor areas.

Qualifications

• Experience in cleaning and maintaining hygienic environments.
• Ability to work a 2pm–7pm shift and part-time hours.
• Good interpersonal and customer skills.
• Willingness to work as part of a facilities team.

Responsibilities

• Clean all areas according to work schedules (toilets, corridors, offices, clinic rooms, store rooms).
• Maintain a clean and hygienic environment for patients, staff and visitors.
• Support in-house FM services across areas including cleaning, catering, portering, bed making and laundering services where applicable.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Flexible working

Customer service

Job description

Job overview

FM Assistant Band 2 - £12.92 per hour (£25,272 per annum pro rata)

Rochford Hospital

Minimum of 10 hours per week - Shift pattern 2pm - 7pm - Days to be discussed at interview

Clean all areas required in the work schedules which include toilets, corridors, offices, clinic rooms, store rooms. etc which includes dusting, mopping, wiping, changing bins.

Main duties of the job

To participate in the provision of the in-house FM services to a specified area within the Trust, which may include in-patient wards, admin/clinical areas and retail outlets.

The FM services comprises of the cleaning, catering, portering, bed making and laundering services, however some of these services are unit specific. Therefore sections of this job description may not be relevant to all staff and will be identified where appropriate but are not exhaustive

You will be responsible for maintaining a clean and hygienic environment for patients, trust staff and visitors in line with the National Standards of Cleanliness.

As part of the Facilities Team you are expected to have a flexible approach, excellent interpersonal, customer skills, the ability to use a degree of initiative to prioritise and organise your duties to the role.

Working for our organisation

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service.
• Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
• Season ticket loans are interest‑free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Please be aware that, due to current allocation constraints, Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) are being prioritised for registered roles at this time.

Important note: please ensure that as part of your application, you include professional references with business contact information covering your last three years of employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.

As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email [e-mail] and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre‑employment checks.

Please note -

staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered ‘suitable alternative employment’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.