General Services Assistant

Cornwall Partnership; St. Austell; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

DBS checks provided

Job summary

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a General Services Assistant to support Hotel Services across St Austell Community Hospital. The role covers cleaning, catering and portering tasks to ensure a high standard of care for patients. Part-time posts (22.5 hours) are available, with a permanent contract and a pro-rata salary.

Experience in care settings is valued; Basic Food Hygiene Certificate is desirable. Training and support will be provided to meet NHS policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Good maths and English basics.
• Experience in a care setting.
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide cleaning across hospital departments.
• Assist with basic food preparation for patients.
• Perform portering tasks as required to support the service.
• Follow NHS policies and procedures and maintain safety standards.

Skills

Health & Safety awareness

COSHH

Cleaning standards

Basic IT skills

Education

Maths and English (basic)

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Care setting experience

Job description

Main area Hotel Services - General Services Assistants Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent: To cover a 7-day service between the hours of 07:00-20:00 including weekends and Bank Holidays Hours 22.5 hours per week (A number of part time post available - to be discussed at interview) Job ref 201-26-980

Site St Austell Community Hospital Town St Austell Salary £25,272 Per Annum / Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 11/11/2026 23:59

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

Strategic Themes

• Care based on what matters to people.
• Care provided at home or close to home.
• Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Care

• Care based on what matters to people.
• Care provided at home or close to home.
• Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Organisation

• Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
• Technology enabled care.
• Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
• Safe, efficient, effective and productive.

Great People

• A place people love to work and feel valued.
• Living our values with staff (all voices count).
• Attract, grow and develop talent.
• Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.

Great Partner

• Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
• Joined-up community services.
• Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
• Reduce our impact on the environment.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

We are currently looking for friendly adaptable staff willing to work within our supportive team providing cleaning, portering and basic food preparation for our patients. The ability to follow hospital policies and procedures and to carry out other duties as requested to meet the needs of the service are all essential.

Previous experience in a similar position with the Basic Food Hygiene Certificate is desirable but not essential, as training and support will be given.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this role involve providing Hotel Services support working in all the departments across the hospital providing cleaning, catering & portering tasks which include basic food preparation in order to provide a good service to our patients in line with NHS Policies and procedures.

Working for our organisation

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 5,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 10 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

Person specification

Knowledge and abilities

• Aware of Health & Safety legislation
• Aware of COSHH

Skills and Aptitude

• Ability to carry out cleaning tasks to a high standard
• Basic IT skills

Education / Qualifications

• Good basic level of ability in Maths and English
• Experience of working in a care setting
• Experience of preparing and serving meals for a range of clients with different dietary requirements

At Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we are proud to prioritise the development of our people. To support this, the following opportunities are available:

• Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management
• Protected CPD time for registered staff
• Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
• Leadership and Management development programmes
• Coaching and mentoring opportunities
• A full clinical induction programme for operational skills
• Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff
• A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff

Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include:

• Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health
• Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
• Free DBS checks where required
• Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust welcomes and values individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health joining our workforce. We aspire to have a culture that develops, promotes and supports lived experience roles - throughout the organisation.

If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses.

Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on 01208 834644

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Glynn Geach Job title GSA Supervisor Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01726 873094 Additional information or 07799868764

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