Facilities Support Services Assistant - Cleaning, Catering & Portering

Job overview

We are hoping to recruit two members of staff to join our Facilities Team at Weymouth Hospital and its associated sites such as Littlemoor Health Centre and Portland Hospital.

This multiskilled role is working in a friendly hospital environment,  helping with cleaning and catering and porter duties.

This is a Part time role of 23.50 hours per week, the hours of work will be flexible to cover service demands and staff leave  - the hours of work will be 7am to 8pm each day depending on shifts. It may be that some shifts are short, such as 4pm-8pm, or other shifts longer such as 7am-2pm, depending on what is needed per week.

The total contracted hours will be 23.50 per week, with opportunities to do more as shifts arise,  to cover annual leave and sickness absence.

Any additional hours where they are worked at weekend attracts additional enhanced levels of pay and you will receive a generous annual leave allowance.

Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.

Main duties of the job

Porter duties - Receiving deliveries and supporting in unloading deliveries such as stores, linen and catering deliveries.

Cleaning – duties across the site, working to NHS cleaning standards, as the cleaning rota requires. – weekly duties supporting the cleaning of clinical areas, cleaning toilets, emptying bins amongst many duties of a cleaning service throughout the site.

Catering – all onsite training will be provided, experience preferred but not essential. Supporting our catering service within the main hospital kitchen, basic catering duties such as making fresh sandwiches and salads.

A full UK driving license is desired for this role as you may be required to use the hospital vehicle to deliver meals to a nearby site.

For all duties, full training, support and uniform will be provided, shadowing current experienced staff to enable the successful candidate to become confident in their role.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification.  When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate’s individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements.  Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.

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Recommend a friend or family member and earn cash!

Do you have a friend or family member you would recommend to join us? Or do you know someone who wants to return to practice in the NHS? If the person you refer is appointed by the Trust and completes their probationary period you will receive £500 reward payment for the introduction! Please contact the recruitment team if you require further info!