Hospital Support Assistant - Zone 4

NHS Foundation Trust; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Grimsby is seeking a Hospital Support Assistant to join their team. The ideal candidate will support cleanliness and food hygiene services. You will work on a shift basis and contribute to a safe environment for patients and visitors. Experience in cleaning or catering is a plus, and candidates should have Level 1 English and maths skills. The organization values flexible working arrangements for its employees.

Qualifications

• Level 1 English & Maths or effective standard of spoken English.
• Food safety awareness training or willingness to train.

Responsibilities

• Support all cleaning and catering duties within the hospital.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness and food hygiene.
• Provide safe and effective service to team members, patients, and visitors.

Skills

Effective standard of spoken English

Ability to use mathematics

Experience of cleaning or catering duties

Ability to work effectively within a team

Education

Level 1 English & Maths

Food safety awareness training

Job description

Job overview

Are you looking for your next career?

Why not join us as a Hospital Support Assistant in our busy fast pace hospital environment?

The facilities team are looking for a member of staff to join their team to support the cleanliness and patient feeding services in the hospital.

This is contracted position working on a shift basis, a mix of 6am - 2pm, 2pm - 10pm and 10pm - 6am shifts

Main duties of the job

• This post is a role designed to support all cleaning and catering duties within the hospital.
• The post holder is a member of a team dedicated to providing and maintaining high standards of cleanliness and food hygiene in accordance with the Trust’s Standards of Cleanliness and Food Safety Legislation.
• Working directly with team members, patients and visitors providing a safe and effective service.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi‑role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on : patient / service user and staff experience, service delivery and work‑life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well‑being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

“We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children / vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

Person specification

Education and Qualification

Essential criteria

• Level 1 English & Maths or ability to demonstrate effective standard of spoken English and use of mathematics.
• To have gained or have previously received food safety awareness training, or willing to undertake a period of induction and on the job training to meet food safety standards required for the post.

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience of cleaning or catering within the NHS

Occupational Experience

Essential criteria

• General experience of cleaning or catering duties

Desirable criteria

• Experience of an NHS environment or care setting
• Experience of working with Customers
• Experience of Cleaning
• Experience of Catering

Desirable criteria

• To demonstrate experience of working effectively within a team
• To demonstrate ability to use own initiative within the workplace
• To demonstrate a passion for joining the NHS
• To demonstrate an above average level of education

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