NHS
Soft Facilities Assistant - Ross On Wye
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Job Description
- Req#: C9229-25-0481?language=en&page=40&sort=publicationDateDesc
- 16.5 with the potential for additional shifts
- Full training for both Catering and Healthcare Cleaning
- Preference of sites you wish to work in
- NHS Pension scheme
- Generous annual leave entitlement.
- Good level of communication skills
- Basic Literacy Skills
- Food Hygiene Certificate ( or willingness to complete)
- Good customer service skills /experience
- Ability to follow instructions and organise own work to meet the team objectives, adapting work to meet any changing priorities which may need to meet tight timescales.
- Understanding of health and safety processes
- Previous experience in cleaning or catering environment
- Good level of communication skills
- Basic Literacy Skills
- Food Hygiene Certificate ( or willingness to complete)
- Good customer service skills /experience
- Ability to follow instructions and organise own work to meet the team objectives, adapting work to meet any changing priorities which may need to meet tight timescales.
- Understanding of health and safety processes
- Previous experience in cleaning or catering environment
Job summary
Have you been out of work, looking for a second job or looking for new challenges? Are you flexible and motivated to learn about Healthcare Cleaning and Catering?
What we can offer you:-
We offer a range of hours that can suit your personal circumstances with shifts lasting 5.5 hours at times ranging from 0700 - 2100 hours over a 7 day period. We could work around when children are at school or when they return home in the evening or around any caring commitments or other employment you may have.
If you would prefer to only work at certain times we could offer our bank posts for you so that you only work when you can do any shifts. We can guarantee hours if you would like us to.
Shift pattern would be 07:00- 13:00, 0900 - 1500, 13:00-19:00 and 1500 - 2100 or we would try to work around these hours to suit individual circumstances.
For Further information please speak to Chris Bryne 07928739685 email
Chris.bryne@wvt.nhs.uk
Main duties of the job
To maintain the levels of cleanliness throughout the hospital environment to the laid down standards based on the National Standards of Cleanliness and ensuring that a continuity of service is maintained whilst adhering to all relevant policies and procedures.
To carry out a wide range of general catering duties ensuring a high quality service in line with Food Hygiene Regulations at all times.
Ability to problem-solve day to day issues that may arise.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals 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.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your 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.
Details
Date posted
11 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£24,169 a year pro rata, per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
229-COR-7326015
Job locations
Ross on Wye Community Hospital
Alton Street
Ross On Wye
HR9 5AD
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Experience
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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.
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Ross on Wye Community Hospital
Alton Street
Ross On Wye
HR9 5AD
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Ross on Wye Community Hospital
Alton Street
Ross On Wye
HR9 5AD
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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