# Facilities Service Assistant

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Frome Community Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Estates and facilities
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25272.00 to £25272.00
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part-time
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-13T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-29T07:31:04.701Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9184-26-0744
- **Application URL:** https://somersetft.tal.net/vx/candidate/apply/5364?instant=apply
- **Employer website:** https://www.sompar.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job summary

Are you looking for a rewarding role where you can make a real difference to patient care every day?

We are seeking enthusiastic, reliable and motivated Facilities Service Assistants to join our Community Hospital team. This is an important role that helps create a safe, clean and welcoming environment for patients, visitors and colleagues across our hospitals.

### Main duties of the job

- Maintaining high standards of cleanliness throughout wards, patient rooms, offices, kitchens and communal areas.
- Supporting ward teams with housekeeping duties.
- Assisting with the preparation, regeneration and serving of patient meals and beverages.
- Handling linen, waste management and stock replenishment.
- Undertaking environmental and cleaning audits and completing monitoring records.
- Operating cleaning equipment safely and effectively.
- Supporting infection prevention and control measures.
- Working collaboratively with ward teams, patients, visitors and colleagues.
- Responding flexibly to service needs across hospital sites when required.

### About us

At Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, we're committed to supporting our employees with a range of benefits designed to enhance your professional and personal life. We offer:

- Flexible working options to help you balance work and life
- NHS pension scheme for long-term financial security
- Generous annual leave allowance to recharge and relax
- A strong focus on career development to help you grow and achieve your potential

Additionally, you'll gain access to our Blue Light Card, unlocking exclusive discounts on shopping, dining, and leisure activities, as well as NHS-specific perks to support you both inside and outside of work.

We are proud to foster a diverse, skilled, and inclusive workforce, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds.

Why Somerset? Somerset offers the perfect blend of idyllic countryside, outstanding areas of natural beauty, and breathtaking coastlines, with vibrant cities like Bristol, Bath, and Exeter just a short drive away - and only two hours to London.

The region is home to excellent educational facilities, and with affordable housing compared to other parts of the country, it's a great place to build both your career and your future.

Somerset truly has it all - the peaceful countryside and cosmopolitan city life, with something for everyone to enjoy.

### Details

- Date posted: 29 September 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 2
- Salary: £25,272 to £25,272 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Part-time
- Reference number: 184-OL-PU-5364
- Job locations: Frome Community Hospital, Enos Way, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2FH, United Kingdom

### Job responsibilities

For a full breakdown of the role with a detailed person specification please see the full attached job description.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of either catering / cleaning / portering in a commercial environment

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Range of work procedures and practices, base level of theoretical knowledge plus experience relevant to the post
- Facilities in house training program to be completed within agreed time scale

**Desirable**

- NVQ or equivalent relevant to the role
- Food Hygiene Level 2 certificate City and Guilds or equivalent (for Catering duties only)

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