Facilities Operatives - Newport/Torfaen

Job overview

We are seeking motivated and reliable Facilities Operatives to join our Facilities team across our Newport/Torfaen 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.

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.