Job overview
Contract - Permanent
Hours - 37.5 hours per week
Base - Scarborough
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 Scarborough. 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 - 24 hours a day, 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
Working for our organisation
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
6. National terms and conditions for NHS workers
7. Competitive hourly rate of £11.45 .
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% (£16.14per hour ) or all time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight) – time plus 83% (£20.95 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
14. Fantastic discounts for staff, including local restaurants and shops
15. Generous occupational family leave entitlement and occupational sick pay
16. A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
Detailed job description and main 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: yhs-tr.
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 Britain’s 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 Health’s standard Plan for staff on bank contracts or employed in Band 4 or above.
Person specification
Experience & knowledge
Essential criteria
17. Able to understand and follow written and verbal instructions
Desirable criteria
18. Able to use small and large pieces of equipment such as Regeneration oven/dishwashers/Floor machinery
19. Experience of working in cleaning industry
Aptitude & personal qualities
Essential criteria
20. Flexible and adaptable
Education & qualifications
Essential criteria
21. Good basic education which includes reading and writing plus basic numeric skills
22. Customer service training (or to be completed within 6 months of employment start date)
Desirable criteria
23. BICSc Qualification/NVQ Level 2 in Cleaning/Catering or equivalent