Soft Facilities Assistant

NHS; Bromyard, Ross-on-Wye; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job description

We have a Bank zero hour agreement post for a Soft Services Assistant. These hours are flexible, part time posts that are needed to cover from 0700 - 2100 and over a 7 day cover on all sites. Sites include Ross on Wye, Hereford Clinics, Leominster and Bromyard and we would match you to the site that you would prefer to work.

The Soft Services Assistant posts are an absolute essential role for our Trust. They provide Clean Environments and a Nutritious Catering Service within one of our three community hospitals and a Clean Environment for our clinics across Herefordshire. These roles are important and valued roles within the Estates Teams. The roles will be accountable to Site Supervisors based on site and are key front line workers who are expected to liaise with ward staff, patients, visitors and contractors.

As part of the Soft Services Team, the Assistant posts are dual posts responsible for:

• Maintaining the levels of cleanliness of all environments to the standards set within the National Standards of Cleanliness (2021).
• To maintain a wide range of general catering duties ensuring a high quality service in line with Food Hygiene regulations at all time.

We will work with you to ensure relevant training and supervision is available and you will be expected to problem solve day to day issues that may arise.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for individuals who can deliver and achieve a high standard of cleaning in both clinical and non clinical settings, ensuring that COSH requirements are adhered to.

In a catering role you will prepare all types of hot and cold foods including special and therapeutic diets. Other duties include associated cleaning and completion of compliance paperwork.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more details about the role and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working in Cleaning or Catering field previously
• Awareness of importance of Infection Prevention and Control processes

Good level of communication skills

• Aware of expectations of the role
• Can describe importance of the role
• Application form completed appropriately
• GCSE in English and Maths

Able to identify risks of poor cleanliness

• Knowledge of infection control
• Awareness of risks
• Aware of importance of personal hygiene in food preparation areas

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.