Soft Facilities Assistant - Ross On Wye

Wye Valley; Ross-on-Wye; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

Wye Valley NHS Trust in Ross-on-Wye is seeking a part-time Main area Estates Grade Band 2. The role offers 16.5 hours per week with a pattern negotiable and full training in catering and healthcare cleaning.

Shifts typically run 07:00–13:00, 09:00–15:00, 13:00–19:00 or 15:00–21:00 across 7 days. Bank posts may also be available to fit around personal commitments. Salary £25,272 pro rata per annum.

Qualifications

• Good level of communication skills.
• Basic literacy skills.
• Food Hygiene Certificate ( or willingness to complete).
• Ability to follow instructions and organise own work to meet the team objectives.
• Understanding of health and safety processes.

Responsibilities

• To maintain the levels of cleanliness throughout the hospital environment to the laid down standards based on the National Standards of Cleanliness and ensuring that a continuity of service is maintained whilst adhering to all relevant policies and procedures.
• To carry out a wide range of general catering duties ensuring a high quality service in line with Food Hygiene Regulations at all times.
• Ability to problem-solve day to day issues that may arise.

Skills

Communication

Literacy

Health and safety

Following instructions

Education

Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

Main area Estates Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 16.5 hours per week (Minimum of 16.5 hrs per week, pattern and hours negotiable) Job ref 229-COR-8337751

Site Ross on Wye Community Hospital Town Ross On Wye Salary £25,272 pro rata, per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 27/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

Have you been out of work, looking for a second job or looking for new challenges? Are you flexible and motivated to learn about Healthcare Cleaning and Catering?

What we can offer you:-

• 16.5 with the potential for additional shifts
• Full training for both Catering and Healthcare Cleaning
• Preference of sites you wish to work in
• Generous annual leave entitlement.

We offer a range of hours that can suit your personal circumstances with shifts lasting 5.5 hours at times ranging from 0700 – 2100 hours over a 7 day period. We could work around when children are at school or when they return home in the evening or around any caring commitments or other employment you may have.

If you would prefer to only work at certain times we could offer our bank posts for you so that you only work when you can do any shifts. We can guarantee hours if you would like us to.

Shift pattern would be 07:00- 13:00, 0900 – 1500, 13:00-19:00 and 1500 - 2100 or we would try to work around these hours to suit individual circumstances.

For Further information please speak to Catherine Prosser at [e-mail] or on 01885 485717

Main duties of the job

To maintain the levels of cleanliness throughout the hospital environment to the laid down standards based on the National Standards of Cleanliness and ensuring that a continuity of service is maintained whilst adhering to all relevant policies and procedures.

To carry out a wide range of general catering duties ensuring a high quality service in line with Food Hygiene Regulations at all times.

Ability to problem-solve day to day issues that may arise.

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Person specification

Education & Qualifications

• Good level of communication skills
• Basic Literacy Skills
• Food Hygiene Certificate ( or willingness to complete)

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Ability to follow instructions and organise own work to meet the team objectives, adapting work to meet any changing priorities which may need to meet tight timescales.
• Understanding of health and safety processes

Experience

• Previous experience in cleaning or catering environment

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.