Hospital Support Assistant - Zone 4 | Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK healthcare provider is seeking a Hospital Support Assistant to join their facilities team in Grimsby. The role involves supporting cleanliness and patient feeding services, working on a shift basis. Candidates will be responsible for maintaining high standards of hygiene and food safety while collaborating directly with team members, patients, and visitors. The organization values flexible working arrangements, supporting a commitment to employee well-being and diverse perspectives. This position offers a dynamic work environment within the NHS framework.

Responsibilities

• Support all cleaning and catering duties within the hospital.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness and food hygiene.
• Work directly with team members, patients, and visitors to provide a safe service.

Job description

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.

Responsibilities

1. This post is a role designed to support all cleaning and catering duties within the hospital.
2. 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.
3. Working directly with team members, patients and visitors providing a safe and effective service.

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.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/

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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.

This advert closes on Sunday 7 Dec 2025