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Facilities Management Assistant (Domestic/ Cleaner)

Band 2

Main area Facilities Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent: 3.30-7.30pm Monday to Friday Hours Part time - 20 hours per week (Monday to Friday 15.30pm to 19.30pm) Job ref 350-TWS6813536-C

Site Clock View Hospital Town Liverpool Salary £23,615 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 03/03/2025 23:59

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.

We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.

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 Cleaning, Catering and Portering, ensuring National cleaning standards, PLACE requirements and CQC standards are met.

Main duties of the job

The Facilities Management Assistant will work as part of a team at Clock View Hospital, carrying out Cleaning and Catering duties to maintain high standards in line with National Standards. We are looking for a team member with a flexible approach, able to work to deadlines and demonstrate 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 independently 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 is beneficial; however, full training will be given. This post is subject to a standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.

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. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health, including mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Essential responsibilities include: 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; and experience of dealing with people.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NHS experience and training in safety, health, and catering or cleaning tasks.
• CIEH Foundation Certificate in Food Hygiene, or equivalent.

Knowledge/Experience

• Experience of working in a similar role (cleaning or catering).
• Experience of working in the NHS.
• Experience of dealing with people.

Values

• Accountability
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Transparency and honesty

Skills

• Able to function as a member of a team and support the management objectives of the department and trust.
• Able to deal with requests from 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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As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification.

Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties, and as such, this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, necessitating a submission for Disclosure to the DBS.

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