# Facilities Assistant (Periodic - North)

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, Fairfield General Hospital (Community Sites)
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Estates and facilities
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25,272 per annum, Pro Rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 25 hours per week (10.00 - 15.30)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-01T07:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-18T11:20:45.910Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Bury/Pennine_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Facilities/Facilities-v8237093
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8237093?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Previous applicants need not apply

We are looking to recruit a Facilities Assistant (Periodic) person to work on the Bury & Oldham Community sites.

Monday – Friday - 5 hrs per day = 25 hrs per week - 10.30 - 15.30

The postholder will be based at the Bury site and will work across the Trust’s in-patient and/or community settings as assigned, which will include working on wards, clinics or admin areas.

The postholder will be a member of the Trust’s Facilities team and will provide a comprehensive cleaning service for Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust (PCFT). which includes Periodic and Heavy Duty cleaning. The postholder will carry out periodic cleaning tasks in line with the annual periodic cleaning schedule, in order to meet the requirements of the National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2021. The postholder will work as part of a team to ensure that the standards are achieved. The postholder will be required to drive a Trust vehicle in this role, or the use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust Footprint in line with service needs, which will include moving and collecting cleaning stores, supplies and equipment as required.

### Main duties of the job

Carrying out tasks in line with Trust policy, national cleaning standards and local instruction, which will include:

- Carpet cleaning
- Cleaning ceilings / walls
- Curtain changing
- Roto washing/buffing floors.
- Bathroom/toilet cleaning
- Cleaning ventilation grills and radiators
- Cleaning internal glazing
- Area deep cleans/isolation cleans.
- Carry a mobile phone to respond to ad hoc requests, e.g. urgent delivery, responding to incident such as a flood.
- Ensure that infection control, COSHH and health and safety procedures are always followed.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Job description and person specification for this role has been attached separately to this advert, should further information be sought ahead of an interview, please use the contact details below

### Applicant requirements

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 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

## Person Specification

### Qualifications / Training

**Essential**

- NVQ 2 or equivalent experience. + Full UK driving license
- Experience of cleaning services, COSHH, Colour Coding
- Knowledge of Health & Safety Techniques
- Good liaison & communication skills, punctual & reliable, Complete training via computer

**Desirable**

- Formal cleaning qualification/training + Full UK driving license
- Experience working to the NHS National Cleaning standards, Colour coding, COSHH
- Knowledge of Health & Safety
- Good Communication & IT Skills, Punctual & Reliable

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 136.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10547578)
- [person specification (pdf, 97.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10547579)
- [policy statement on recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 117.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=440)

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