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FM Assistant (Domestic Services)
The closing date is 17 October 2025
FM Assistant Band 2 - £12.51 per hour (£24,465 per annum pro rata) Saffron Walden Community Hospital 10 hours per week Working Saturday and Sunday every week. Shift pattern either 07:30-13:30 or 08:00-13:00 This post will include Unsocial Hours Payments as follows: Saturday - Time plus 41% of the salary Sunday - Time plus 83% of the salary
Please note you must have right to work in the UK to apply for this position.
Due to current Home Office Guidelines, we are unable to sponsor this job role.
To participate in the provision of the in-house FM services to a specified area within the Trust, which may include in-patient wards, admin/clinical areas and retail outlets.
The FM services comprises of the cleaning, catering, portering, bed making and laundering services, however some of these services are unit specific. Therefore sections of this job description may not be relevant to all staff and will be identified where appropriate but are not exhaustive.
You will be responsible for maintaining a clean and hygienic environment for patients, trust staff and visitors in line with the National Standards of Cleanliness.
As part of the Facilities Team you are expected to have a flexible approach, excellent interpersonal, customer skills, the ability to use a degree of initiative to prioritise and organise your duties to the role.
Main duties of the job
Domestic Service including Rapid Response (CAT)
* Undertake a variety of duties which will include vacuuming, sweeping, scrubbing and mopping floors; high/low dusting; cleaning vertical and horizontal surfaces, mirrors, chairs, bed frames, bins, sani-bins, toilets, sinks, baths and showers; cleaning cookers, regeneration ovens, fridges/freezers, microwaves and others items in the kitchens; restocking consumables such as toilet tissue, handtowels, soap; descaling taps and replacing bin liners.
* To report to the supervisor any problems for example, with floor coverings, surfaces etc which will have a detrimental effect on your ability to clean.
* To ensure that the correct colour coded equipment (mops, cloths, buckets etc) is used. Responsible for keeping all equipment used in a clean, safe & tidy condition.
* To use any machinery /equipment (ie vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, regeneration ovens) in such a way that you will not either endanger yourself or any other person in the area in which you are working. Report to the supervisor any faults or broken equipment as soon as possible. Only using equipment for the task it is intended for, use safety signs and circuit breakers when appropriate.
* To ensure that recyclables, general/clinical waste is disposed/stored/segregated in accordance to Trust policy/procedure.
About us
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
* Season Ticket Loans
* NHS discounts for staff
* Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
* Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
* The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
* Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
* Day One Flexible Employer
* Join our Staff bank
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings.
Job responsibilities
Schedule for those ward(s) / areas.
This will include vacuuming floors; sweeping, scrubbing and mopping floors; high and low dusting; wiping over and polishing (where applicable) both vertical and horizontal surfaces, mirrors, chairs, bed frames, bins, sani-bins; cleaning toilets, sinks, baths and showers; cleaning cookers, regeneration ovens, fridges, holding fridges, microwaves and others items in the kitchens; defrosting fridges on a regular basis; restocking consumables such as toilet tissue, handtowels, soap; descaling taps; and bins and replacing bin liners.
To work with your supervisor and other interested parties when the work schedule for the area you are assigned to is reviewed.
To ensure that you inform your supervisor if there are any problems for example, with floor coverings, surfaces etc which will have a detrimental effect on your ability to clean those areas properly.
To ensure that whilst you carry out your duties you only use the correct colour coded mops, cloths, buckets etc that have assigned to those areas and that these items are properly cleaned and stored or disposed of at the ends of your shift.
Person Specification
Application form and interview
* Health and Safety Awareness
* Domestic Experience
* Previous NHS experience
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 name
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
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