Facilities Management Assistant (Domestic/ Cleaner)
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Estates and Facilities Department for an enthusiastic team member for a Facilities Management Assistant (FMA) . The post is suited to a motivated and experienced Domestic services worker to work in Clockview Hospital.The postholder(s) will provide a Cleaning, Catering and Portering, ensuring National cleaning standards, PLACE requirements and CQC standards are met.
Main duties of the job
An opportunity has arisen for a Facilities Management Assistant (Cleaning , Catering and Portering ) to work part of a team at Clock View Hospital, to carry out Cleaning and Catering duties and help us maintain the high standards already set within this department and in line with National Standards.We are looking to recruit a team member who has a flexible approach to their workload, can work to deadlines and show high standards of quality in their work.
You must have good communication skills, a pleasant personality, a positive attitude and a willingness to work within an acute mental health ward environment providing a high standard of cleanliness at all times. You must also possess the ability to work within a team or on your own as necessary with an understanding of health and safety in relation to safe working practices.
Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday 15.30-19.30 hours; 20 hours per week , Some experience in a similar role would be beneficial however full training will be given This post is subject to a standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check. *The closing date given is a guide. We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants, so we advise you to submit your application early to prevent disappointment.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
NHS experience and training in safety, health and catering or cleaning tasks. Experience of working in a similar role (cleaning or catering). Experience of working in the NHS. Knowledge of the National Standards of Cleanliness and NHS Colour Coding.Experience of dealing with people.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- NHS experience and training in safety, health and catering,or cleaning tasks.
- CIEH Foundation Certificate in Food Hygiene, or equivalent.
KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria- Experience of working in a similar role (cleaning or catering)
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of dealing with people
Values
Essential criteria- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discrete
Skills
Essential criteria- Able to function as a member of a team and support the management objectives of the department and trust
- Able to deal with requests form service users, managers and staff in a friendly and helpful way
- flexible
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Able to work both independently and as part of a team
- Able to carry out manual tasks
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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust’s guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.
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We reserve the right to close any vacancy earlier than advertised in exceptional circumstances once we have received a high volume of applications.
The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (01516761452 or email [email protected]) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form.The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
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