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York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management (LLP)

Facilities Operative - Scarborough

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Job summary

Contract - Permanent

Hours - 37.5 hours per week

Base - Scarborough

Are you looking for a post based within our York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management Team?

Are you a strong team player, kind, friendly and motivated?

Then we may have the role for you!

York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management (YTHFM) are looking for an approachable and flexible Facilities Operative to join our team in Scarborough. Experience is not necessary as full training will be given, but a willingness to learn and develop your skills is essential.

The working pattern for this role is via a rolling rota that covers the hours that the department is operational - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Overtime/additional hours may also be available at times, for those who wish to do this.

Main duties of the job

Duties include:

  • Linen Room - distributing and assisting with deliveries of linen
  • Portering - helping with patient flow and movement of equipment around the hospital
  • Domestic Duties - cleaning wards/departments and serving tea/coffee/food to patients
  • Environment - removing and segregating waste
  • Catering - working in the kitchen alongside the Catering team

About us

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

  • National terms and conditions for NHS workers
  • Competitive hourly rate of £11.45.
  • Enhanced Pay for unsocial hours worked - unsocial hours are any hours worked on weekends or between the hours of 8pm and 6am. At Band 2, the enhancements are: all time on Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8 pm and before 6 am - time plus 41% (£16.14per hour) or all time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight) - time plus 83% (£20.95 per hour).
  • Paid training
  • Free uniform
  • 27 days paid holiday (pro rata for part time) plus bank holidays
  • Increased paid holiday allowance after 5 and 10 years service
  • Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
  • Fantastic discounts for staff, including local restaurants and shops
  • Generous occupational family leave entitlement and occupational sick pay

YTHFM are currently funding level 1 membership of a Tailored Healthcare Cash Plan for all substantive Band 2 and 3 staff, on a trial basis and as a gesture of goodwill. This provides employees with access to a range of benefits, including refunding the costs of optical and dental services, physiotherapy and wellbeing treatments, up to defined limits. This does not form part of our terms and conditions of employment and could be withdrawn at any time. We also offer discounted membership of Westfield Health's standard Plan for staff on bank contracts or employed in Band 4 or above.

Details

Date posted

24 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

419-5747942-FO-FM

Job locations

Scarborough Hospital

Woodlands Drive

Scarborough

YO12 6QL


Job description

Job responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: recruitment@york.nhs.uk.

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements

Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.

Job description

Job responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: recruitment@york.nhs.uk.

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements

Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.

Person Specification

Experience & knowledge

Essential

  • Able to understand and follow written and verbal instructions

Desirable

  • Able to use small and large pieces of equipment such as Regeneration oven/dishwashers/Floor machinery
  • Experience of working in cleaning industry

Aptitude & personal qualities

Essential

  • Flexible and adaptable

Education & qualifications

Essential

  • Good basic education which includes reading and writing plus basic numeric skills
  • Customer service training (or to be completed within 6 months of employment start date)

Desirable

  • BICSc Qualification/NVQ Level 2 in Cleaning/Catering or equivalent
Person Specification

Experience & knowledge

Essential

  • Able to understand and follow written and verbal instructions

Desirable

  • Able to use small and large pieces of equipment such as Regeneration oven/dishwashers/Floor machinery
  • Experience of working in cleaning industry

Aptitude & personal qualities

Essential

  • Flexible and adaptable

Education & qualifications

Essential

  • Good basic education which includes reading and writing plus basic numeric skills
  • Customer service training (or to be completed within 6 months of employment start date)

Desirable

  • BICSc Qualification/NVQ Level 2 in Cleaning/Catering or equivalent

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

York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management (LLP)

Address

Scarborough Hospital

Woodlands Drive

Scarborough

YO12 6QL


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management (LLP)

Address

Scarborough Hospital

Woodlands Drive

Scarborough

YO12 6QL


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Assistant Facilities Manager

Brian De-Alker

Brian.De-Alker@ythfm.nhs.uk

01723342263

Details

Date posted

24 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

419-5747942-FO-FM

Job locations

Scarborough Hospital

Woodlands Drive

Scarborough

YO12 6QL


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