South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Environmental Support Worker

The closing date is 25 February 2026

Job summary

This post is to work in Ward 37

We are looking for another Environmental Support Worker at The James Cook University Hospital in order to maintain a high quality clean safe and comfortable environment for our patients.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as an integral part of the ward team and be responsible for the co-ordination of all patient facilities services in the ward area.

The main elements of the role are ensuring the delivery of cleaning to patient bed areas and side rooms, transferring patients from base wards to speciality wards or to departments for diagnostic procedures and ensuring minor maintenance issues are reported together with other specified tasks to meet the individual patient needs as determined by the ward sister/manager.

Please note this post will close at sufficient applicants.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

Your Leadership Impact

Service Improvement for Beginners

After you complete these one and a half days of training, you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Date posted

11 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year Per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

328-GEM-7572801

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Desirable

GCSE's A-C (Maths & English) or equivalent qualification or experience

Experience

Essential

Experience of basic cleaning techniques and an understanding of the principles of cleanliness
Previous experience of working with the public
To have an understanding of health and safety at work

Knowledge

Essential

Ability to work on own initiative
Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the workload and individual patient contact

Person Specification

Qualifications

Desirable

GCSE's A-C (Maths & English) or equivalent qualification or experience

Experience

Essential

Experience of basic cleaning techniques and an understanding of the principles of cleanliness
Previous experience of working with the public
To have an understanding of health and safety at work

Knowledge

Essential

Ability to work on own initiative
Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the workload and individual patient contact

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

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Employer's website

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