Facilities Technician (XN02)

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

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Job summary

CLEANERS AND HOUSEKEEPERS WANTED!

Do you want to make a difference to your local community?

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is looking for flexible and reliable individuals to work as Facilities Technicians (Patient Environment) at both Leeds General Infirmary and St James's Hospital. We currently have permanent vacancies, for Facilities Technicians to work as Ward Housekeepers on Wards, department areas or public spaces.

Various posts are available for Monday to Friday work patterns -

POST TYPE ONE: 0700-1330/0730-1400 -

POST TYPE TWO: 1200-1900/1200-1830 -

POST TYPE THREE: 1300-1930 -

POST TYPE FOUR: 1500 / 1600-1930 -

POST TYPE FIVE: 1400-2200

Successful applicants will be invited to an interview assessment centre held on 20th May. Each assessment centre will be recruiting for positions available at BOTH sites regardless of the interview location A full enhanced DBS check will be required for all roles

PREVIOUS APPLICANTS FROM THE LAST 3 MONTHS NEED NOT APPLY

Main duties of the job

The roles will provide cleaning within either wards, departments or public areas, dependant on which role the successful candidates are

appointed into. Within ward areas the role is also required to complete full catering services to Patients.

- Ensuring the environment is cleaned to the highest standards.

- Catering duties involve a caring, Patient centred approach to meal & beverage services.

- There will be an expectation to complete ad-hoc duties when required.

- The ideal candidates will be enthusiastic, good team players and able to work on their own initiative and be able to demonstrate the Leeds Way Values, these being:-

- Patient Centred

- Accountable

- Collaborative

- Fair

- Empowered

Full Training and a uniform will be provided.

About us

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the largest employers in Leeds, employing over 20,000 staff and providing care to 1.6 million patients every year. The Estates and Facilities team keep the Trust's sites running and manage one of the largest estate portfolios across the NHS.

With over 2,500 staff, we provide a range of facilities management services and ensure our buildings and environments are fit for purpose, clean and safe. Whether we're cleaning wards, maintaining buildings, monitoring environmental impact, providing staff childcare, delivering hot meals to patients or patrolling our sites, we support the delivery of patient care.

Guided by our Leeds Way Values, we are committed to creating the best place to work and being the employer of choice for estates and facilities in the region. By joining the team, you'll have access to a friendly support network with ongoing training, career progression and an excellent benefits package Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles.

As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Date posted

05 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£20,270 to £21,318 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9298-FAC-015

Job locations

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder is member of the facilities operational team and will be responsible for carrying out any duties commensurate with the grade of post. The role includes provision of catering, cleaning, portering, receptions, logistics and traffic management across any of the Trust sites. The role requires flexibility in approach to the duties required as these may alter throughout the course of a work day/week, however the post holder will have one primary role that they will orientate towards on a daily basis. High standards of quality will be expected to be delivered in line with Facilities/LTHT practices and policies. The post holder will be expected to have basic knowledge of a number of administrative and operational functions and utilise both facilities and LTHT IT systems in order to complete their job role. The nature of the role requires the use of responding to some tasks via a defined communication system.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

- To have basic literacy & numeracy - GCSE or equivalent in maths /
english

Desirable

To have Food Safety level 1 Cleaning / Housekeeping NVQ or equivalent
Health and Safety level 1
- NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care

Skills and Behaviours

Essential

To be able to work under own initiative and as part of a team
- To Conduct themselves in a polite professional appearance/ manner at all times
- To be able to prioritise workload with competing de

Desirable

To be Able to carry out physical tasks and be physically fit (with reasonable adjustments if necessary)

Experience

Essential

To have experience of cleaning commercially in previous roles
- To have experience of catering commercially in previous roles
- To have experience of working within a customer facing role

Desirable

To have experience of working within a health care setting
- To have experience of cleaning
- To have experience of catering
- To have experience of IT skills/computer literate
- To have experience of infection / cross contamination control practice

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

- To have basic literacy & numeracy - GCSE or equivalent in maths /
english

Desirable

To have Food Safety level 1 Cleaning / Housekeeping NVQ or equivalent
Health and Safety level 1
- NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care

Skills and Behaviours

Essential

To be able to work under own initiative and as part of a team
- To Conduct themselves in a polite professional appearance/ manner at all times
- To be able to prioritise workload with competing de

Desirable

To be Able to carry out physical tasks and be physically fit (with reasonable adjustments if necessary)

Experience

Essential

To have experience of cleaning commercially in previous roles
- To have experience of catering commercially in previous roles
- To have experience of working within a customer facing role

Desirable

To have experience of working within a health care setting
- To have experience of cleaning
- To have experience of catering
- To have experience of IT skills/computer literate
- To have experience of infection / cross contamination control practice

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.