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Job summary

Main area
Cleaning & Catering
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (various shift patterns available)
Job ref
419-6389165-CC-FM
Employer
York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management’
Employer type
NHS
Site
Scarborough Hospital
Town
Scarborough
Salary
£22,383 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

Employer heading

York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management’ logo

Cleaning & Catering Operative - Scarborough

Band 2

Please note that contact with applicants will usually be by email, and so please check all of your mail folders regularly (unfortunately some providers filter our messages into junk mail folders).

Our Values

  •  We are KIND
  •  We are OPEN
  •  We pursue EXCELLENCE

 We are looking for applications from people who share our values to help make us a valued and trusted partner within our care system, that delivers safe effective care to our local population.

People for Patients. Our People, our Patients, our Priority

Job overview

Contract - Permanent

Hours - Various part time hours available

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  approachable and flexible Cleaning & Catering Operatives to join our team at Scarborough General Hospital.  Experience is not necessary as full training will be given, but a willingness to learn and develop your skills is essential.

The main function of this post is to participate in maintaining levels of cleanliness throughout a designated area and providing a catering service.

Please note this role is not eligible for sponsorship. 

Main duties of the job

The main responsibilities of the role are maintaining levels of cleanliness throughout a designated area and provide a catering service on the wards.

Your duties will include, but are not limited to;

  • Ensuring that the ward/area you are assigned to is cleaned in accordance with the work schedule for that area. This will include lifting items and operating cleaning machinery, some of which is industrial standard
  • Undertaking specialist cleaning as required under the guidance of the Facilities Supervisor and/or Nurse in Charge and/or Infection Prevention Dept
  • Assisting with the distribution of meals to wards
  • Plating up of meals, ensuring the dietary requirements of patients are met
  • Making and distributing hot drinks and cleaning and refilling water jugs

Working for our organisation

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

    • National terms and conditions for NHS workers
    • Competitive minimum 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% (£16.14 per 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
    • Onsite staff shop and discounted restaurant on main site

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit you application at the earliest opportunity. 

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: yhs-tr.[email protected]

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 Britain’s 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. 

 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.

Person specification

Skills and attributes

Essential criteria
  • Able to work alone and with others as part of a team using initiative

Education, qualifications and training

Essential criteria
  • Good basic education which includes reading and writing plus basic numeric skills
  • Basic understanding or a willingness to complete appropriate qualifications and training which includes infection prevention and control • Food Hygiene Level 2
  • Customer service training (or to be completed within 6 months of employment start date)
Desirable criteria
  • BICSc Qualification/NVQ Level 2 in Cleaning/Catering or equivalent
  • Training in industrial cleaning equipment

Experience and Knowledge Required

Essential criteria
  • Effective oral and written communication skills
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in cleaning industry
  • Previous experience of working in the NHS
  • Able to use small and large pieces of equipment such as Regeneration oven/dishwashers/Floor machinery

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Good Business CharterVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employer

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Maria Richardson
Job title
Assistant Facilities Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01723 7712221
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