Job summary
- Main area
- Housekeeping and Catering
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (working 5 days over 7 per week)
- Job ref
- 342-EFM041-0624
- Employer
- Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- AWP Southmead Mental Health Hospital Site
- Town
- Bristol
- Salary
- £22,383 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 16/07/2024
Employer heading
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Band 2 General Hotel Services Assistant - Southmead, Bristol
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
Housekeepers support the Nursing Staff to provide an appropriate environment for patient care. Duties will include general cleaning of all Ward/Departmental areas and the preparation and presentation and service of Patients meals and beverages.
Housekeepers will be expected to demonstrate a flexible attitude to their work to meet the needs of the Ward and the Patients.
Come and join our freindly and hardworking team of housekeepers and catering assistants working in our Mental Health inpatient facilities at Southmead Hospital for a fixed term of 6 months with full and or part time hours available.
Our hours for morning workers are from 07:30 to 13:30
Our hours for evening workers are from 16:00 to 19:00
All shifts are 5 days over 7 days working.
Main duties of the job
GHSA (General Hotel Services Assistants) are expected to help out with all cleaning and catering related activities at ward level, where there may be constant distractions and contact with service users displaying disturbed and challenging behaviour on a frequent basis.
Working for our organisation
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Helping out with the cleaning and catering at ward level and in community units within staff and patient areas.
Person specification
must be computer literate
Essential criteria
- evidence of being able to use a computer to complete short tests
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Michael Hunt
- Job title
- Support Services Business Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07702 158974
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