# Facilities Operatives - Blaenau Gwent & Monmouthshire > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/facilities-operatives-blaenau-gwent-and-monmouthshire/e7749f80-a1a9-4713-b5d5-b432a6d6d5d6 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/facilities-operatives-blaenau-gwent-and-monmouthshire/e7749f80-a1a9-4713-b5d5-b432a6d6d5d6.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Aneurin Bevan University Health Board - **Location:** Nevill Hall Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Facilities operative - **Salary:** £26300.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - You will be expected to work flexibly across services and cover a 7‑day rota, including weekends and bank holidays. - **Closing date:** 2026-10-07T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-02T13:40:58.779Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8340173 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8340173?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://abuhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking motivated and reliable Facilities Operatives to join our Facilities team across our Monmouthshire/Blaenau Gwent Sites within Aneurin Bevan University Health Board This is a varied and essential support role, helping to ensure our hospitals run safely, efficiently and compassionately. You will work flexibly across a range of facilities functions, including domestic cleaning, catering services, and hospital portering, with full training provided. You will be a key part of a large multidisciplinary team delivering high‑quality services to patients, visitors and staff, while upholding the Health Board’s values, dignity, and infection prevention standards. You will be expected to work flexibly across services and cover a 7‑day rota, including weekends and bank holidays. Why work for us? Play a vital role in supporting patient care and hospital services Full training and development opportunities provided NHS pension scheme and staff benefits A supportive, inclusive working environment Unsocial Hours Enhancements In addition to basic salary, the following Agenda for Change unsocial hours enhancements apply: - Nights (8.00pm – 6.00am): Time + 41% - All day Saturday: Time + 41% - All day Sunday (and Public Holidays): Time + 83% These enhancements apply where shifts are worked within the stated periods and can increase take home pay. If you have previously applied and have since gained new relevant experience, we welcome your application. ### Main duties of the job Depending on service need, your duties will include some or all of the following: Domestic Services Delivering high standards of cleaning across patient and non‑patient areas Working to agreed cleaning schedules and outcome‑based standards Carrying out routine, specialist, discharge and rapid‑response cleaning Safely using cleaning equipment, machinery and approved chemicals Catering Prepare basic food items (e.g., sandwiches, salads, beverages) Pick and pack regeneration food trollies, Monitor and record all food temperatures Maintain excellent standards of food hygiene, cleanliness and infection control, following policies and procedures Carry out cleaning duties in kitchens, ward pantries and service areas Support retail catering services, including till operation and customer service Maintaining stock levels and safe storage of provisions, equipment and materials Working closely with clinical teams and Facilities colleagues Portering Transporting patients including sensitive transfers Transportation of goods, specimens, blood products, equipment and linen across hospital sites Waste management collection and environmental duties, including litter collection Receipt and disturbing, receiving and distributing goods Treating patients, visitors and staff with courtesy, dignity and respect ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description, Person Specification and candidate summary attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply. ### 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. Welsh language skills are desirable ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to follow instructions and procedures - Strong customer care and communication skills - Flexible to the needs of the service and able to work as part of a team - Willingness to undertake mandatory training (e.g., food hygiene, infection control) - Ability to undertake maunual handling requirements of the role - Ability to remain effective under pressure - Self Motivated and enthusiastic - Ability to work under pressure - Able to cope with the movement of the deceased ### Qualifications **Essential** - Basic general education - Literate and numerate **Desirable** - Experience in healthcare, facilities, cleaning, catering or hospitality - NVQ / BIFM Level 2 or willingness to work towards - Previous NHS experience ## Documents - [jd&ps - english (pdf, 152.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10664222) - [candidate summary (pdf, 536.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10664224) - [flexible working policy (pdf, 584.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3033) - [agile hybrid working framework (pdf, 5.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2695) - [functional requirements form 1 (pdf, 720.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10664223) - [abuhb values & behaviour framework (pdf, 2.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3066) - [home working policy and guidance (pdf, 380.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2696) - [guidance notes for applicants nov 25 (pdf, 322.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2844) - [nwssp recruitment services privacy notice (pdf, 404.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1633) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.