Facilities Environmental Assistant - Hallam Street

Job description

Job responsibilities

They will hold a multi-skilled role where their key responsibilities will be as follows:

• To ensure the environment is cleaned to National standards.
• Deliver meal/beverage service
• Bed making
• Manage linen quality
• Report Maintenance issues
• Water Flushing
• Removal of all waste from area of work
• Assist in the preparation and serving of meals for both patients and colleagues
• Compliance to Food Hygiene regulations and to comply with HACCPAssist in the movement of all waste, linen and food which may require the use of electric tug vehicles or Trust vehicles
• Site litter picking and ensure external site compounds are kept cleaned an maintained ensuring all waste is segregated as per legislation
• Assist with the movement into secure areas of stores deliveries and to deliver items to wards/departments when instructed to do so

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Good basic education - ability to read and write numerical skills
• Level 2 Food Hygiene Qualification or work towards

Desirable

• NVQ level 1 in Food Preparation or ability to work toward
• Qualification in Healthcare Cleaning

Experience

Desirable

• Must have experience of working in a Mental Health/ Learning Disabilities service.
• Experience of working in a Housekeeping/Catering/Portering Healthcare Service

Knowledge

Essential

• Must have a good knowledge of Health & Safety including COSSH, Safe Systems of Cleaning Tasks or to work towards on commencement
• Ability to follow procedures and manuals
• An understanding of operational techniques in delivering facilitoes services
• Must have good knowledge of food hygiene including temperature control and HACCP

Desirable

• Must have a full knowledge of cleaning

Skills/Personal qualitiies

Essential

• Good communication skills, oral and written
• Able to deliver operationally, to multitask and work under pressure meeting consistently demanding deadlines
• Reliable, flexible, friendly, approachable
• Performance orientated /customer focused
• Computer literate
• Must be a good communicator, to mix with a variety of people.
• Must be flexible in working practices and hours.
• Must be able to follow clear instructions
• Must have empathy and understanding of patient's needs

Desirable

• Ability to drive, full clean driving licence

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hallam Street

Hallam Street

West Bromwich

B71 4NH

Employer's website

https://www.blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)