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Job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic and reliable Estates & Facilities Multi Skilled Operative to join our Estates & Facilities team.
About the Role
This is a varied and hands-on role supporting the effective day-to-day running of Estates & Facilities services across Royal Papworth Hospital and Trust accommodation sites.
The successful candidate will work across a wide range of Estates and Facilities activities including monitoring hospital assets, supporting hard and soft FM services, assisting with patient catering and linen services, carrying out routine audits and inspections, and helping maintain a safe and compliant healthcare environment.
The role also includes monitoring supporting outsourced services under the Trust's PFI contract and liaising with contractors, clinical teams and service users to ensure high standards are maintained across the estate.
Main duties of the job
Main duties will include:
* Monitoring and reporting Estates and Facilities issues across Trust sites
* Supporting hard and soft FM contract monitoring activities
* Flushing tap and shower outlets and replacing tap filters
* Assisting with office furniture and equipment moves
* Supporting patient catering and linen distribution services as required
* Carrying out environmental and health & safety inspections
* Recording faults and escalating issues appropriately
* Assisting with audits and compliance checks
* Providing guidance and support relating to FM processes and procedures
You will be supported by experienced Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and will receive training appropriate to the role.
About You
We are looking for someone who:
* Has good communication and organisational skills
* Can work independently and as part of a team
* Has a flexible and proactive approach to work
* Is able to work across multiple sites when required
* Demonstrates excellent customer service skills
* Understands the importance of health, safety and compliance within healthcare environments
* Hold a full clean driving licence, including the entitlement to drive a van, for travel between Trust sites.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour
Details
- Date posted: 23 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 3
- Salary: £25,760 to £27,476 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 175-2526-FI1813
- Job locations: Royal Papworth Hospital, Papworth Road, Cambridge Bio Medical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0AY, United Kingdom, Waterbeach Accommodation, Royal Papworth Hospital Accommodation, Waterbeach Barracks, Denny End Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9GU, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- *Team player
- *Good interpersonal skills
- *Good timekeeping, adaptable and flexible
- *Good numerical, oral and written communication skills
- *Able to carry out a variety of minor repairs and maintenance tasks
- *Able to work under pressure, meet deadlines
- *Basic IT skills
- *Hold a full clean driver's licence that permits the holder to drive a commercial vehicle (van)
- *Knowledge of stock control
- *Knowledge of quality standards
- *Manual Handling tasks
- *Able to undertake repetitive tasks
- *Able to use own initiative
- *Follow instructions/procedures carefully
- *Take responsibility of the role and work in an organised manner
- *Able to undertake shift working patterns as the service requires
- *Confidential
- *Prioritise workload, meet tight deadlines
- *To observe Trust regulations and safe working practices
- *Willingness to undertake training
Desirable
- *Competent in auditing and evaluating services
- *Possess a knowledge and understanding of the functionality of a hospital / general building maintenance processes
Qualifications
Essential
- *GCSE Grade C or above level of education in English and Maths, or NVQ level 3 or equivalent relevant experience
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
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