Job summary
Contract - Permanent
Hours - hours covering Monday to Sunday, 6am-8pm shift pattern
Base - Malton
Are you looking for a post based within our York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management Team? Are you a strong team player, kind, friendly and motivated? Then we may have the role for you!
York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management (YTHFM) are looking for an approachable and flexible Facilities Operative to join our team in Malton. Experience is not necessary as full training will be given, but a willingness to learn and develop your skills is essential.
The working pattern for this role is via a rolling rota that covers the hours that the department is operational, 6am-8pm, 7 days a week.
Overtime/additional hours may also be available at times, for those who wish to do this.
Main duties of the job
Duties include:
1. Linen Room - distributing and assisting with deliveries of linen
2. Portering - helping with patient flow and movement of equipment around the hospital
3. Domestic Duties - cleaning wards/departments and serving tea/coffee/food to patients
4. Environment - removing and segregating waste
5. Catering - working in the kitchen alongside the Catering team
About us
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
6. National terms and conditions for NHS workers
7. Competitive hourly rate of £ .
8. Enhanced Pay for unsocial hours worked - unsocial hours are any hours worked on weekends or between the hours of 8pm and 6am. At Band 2, the enhancements are: all time on Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8 pm and before 6 am - time plus 41% (£ per hour ) or all time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight) - time plus 83% (£ per hour ).
9. Paid training
10. Free uniform
11. 27 days paid holiday (pro rata for part time) plus bank holidays
12. Increased paid holiday allowance after 5 and 10 years service
13. Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
Job description
Job responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit you application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: .
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements
Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.
YTHFM are currently funding level 1 membership of a Tailored Healthcare Cash Plan for all substantive Band 2 and 3 staff, on a trial basis and as a gesture of goodwill. This provides employees with access to a range of benefits, including refunding the costs of optical and dental services, physiotherapy, and wellbeing treatments, up to defined limits. This does not form part of our terms and conditions of employment and could be withdrawn at any time. We also offer discounted membership of Westfield Healths standard Plan for staff on bank contracts or employed in Band 4 or above.
Person Specification
Experience & knowledge
Essential
14. Able to understand and follow written and verbal instructions
Desirable
15. Food preparation
16. Previous experience of working in the NHS
Aptitude & personal qualities
Essential
17. Flexible and adaptable
Education & qualifications
Essential
18. Good basic education which includes reading and writing plus basic numeric skills
19. Customer service training (or to be completed within 6 months of employment start date)
Desirable
20. BICSc Qualification/NVQ Level 2 in Cleaning/Catering or equivalent