Cleaning & Catering Assistant

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Job description

Main area Cleaning/Catering Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent: and Fixed Term - Various Contracts Available Hours

• Part time
• Other

32.5 hours per week (Other Shifts Available) Job ref 387-EF-0399-MF

Employer University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Bristol Royal Infirmary Town Bristol Salary £24,169 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 06/04/2025 23:59

Cleaning & Catering Assistant

Band 2

As an organisation we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.

Are you looking for a new challenge and want to be a part of our amazing team? We are currently recruiting Cleaning/Catering Assistants to help us keep our hospital clean, and our patients fed.

With a new hourly rate of £12.36 per hour on weekdays, £17.03ph for weekday nights (after 8pm) & Saturdays, and £22.11ph for Sundays and Bank Holidays, there isn't a better time to join the team!

Main duties of the job

As a Cleaning and Catering Assistant, you will be helping to support the clinical team in their delivery of a high standard of patient service and clinical care to the people of our local population.

You will be responsible for maintaining a safe, clean & hygienic environment, whilst providing a catering service to our inpatients. Your main responsibilities will be to clean the hospital to the required standard following NHS cleaning protocols; you will lead in the cleaning of clinical and non-clinical areas. You will also be responsible for the serving of food to our patients, providing a basic catering service.

We also offer great benefits which include:

• Starting salary of £12.36 per hour!
• This post also attracts pay uplift for unsociable hours if worked.
• 27 days holiday per year pro rata
• Paid statutory holidays
• Contributory pension scheme
• Flexible working hours

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond.

As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• Basic Education – Reading and writing plus basic numeric skills
• NVQ Level 1 or Cleaning Experience in a similar field

Knowledge and Experience

• Previous NHS experience

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.