Main area: Facilities
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 2
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 25 hours per week (Monday to Friday evenings - 16:00 to 19:30 & Friday morning - 06:30 to 14:00)
Job ref: 354-EF-20267-B
Employer: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Amberstone Hospital
Town: Hailsham
Salary: £22,383 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/11/2024 23:59
Facilities Assistant
Welcome from our Chief Executive
Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, and enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care.
Job overview
Working within a Mental Health Hospital setting. To provide the highest possible standards of domestic services, food service, hygiene, and safety to service users without constant supervision, and be able to work as part of a team.
To observe current Health & Safety Regulations, and strictly adhere to the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Policy, Infection Control Policy, and Waste Disposal Policy.
Main duties of the job
General Cleaning:
1. Clean specified areas, including associated fittings, such as cupboards, work surfaces, and dining tables.
2. Move light equipment, e.g. tables, chairs, and couches, to facilitate cleaning, considering manual handling risks.
3. Clean high-level surfaces, e.g. ledges, pipes, wardrobes, lights, and picture rails.
4. Clean paintwork, walls, doors, and internal glass as defined in work schedule.
5. Clean toilets, showers, and hand basins; wall coverings and mirrors.
6. General floor cleaning, including shampooing/buffing when required.
Catering:
1. Loading Burlodge trolley with patient food and setting oven.
2. Unloading and preparing for service to patients and recording food safety information.
3. Clearing away after meals, temperature testing, and informing kitchen of shortages or wastage.
Person specification
Qualifications
* General education to GCSE level or equivalent - Maths and English.
* Able to communicate effectively.
Knowledge/Experience
* Has worked in a customer-focused environment.
* Experience of working as part of a team.
* Previous experience of cleaning equipment.
* Lived experience of Mental Health / NHS work experience.
Physical
* Able to safely undertake manual handling requirements.
Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities.
In the event of an excessive number of applicants, the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.
Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
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