Facilities Management Assistant (Domestic/ Cleaner)NHS

Job summary

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

3-7pm Monday to Friday - 20 hours per week

Main duties of the job

An opportunity has arisen for a Facilities Management Assistant (Cleaning and Catering ) 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 15.00pm to 19.00pm 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.

Job description

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.

About us

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.