Job summary

Looking for a role where you can make a difference every day? Join our Facilities team and help provide a clean, safe and welcoming environment for patients, visitors and staff.

We are recruiting Cleaning & Catering Assistants to support services across our hospitals. As a key member of the team, you will help maintain high standards of cleanliness and support patient meal services, contributing directly to patient experience, comfort and safety.

We're seeking enthusiastic, reliable and customer-focused individuals who take pride in their work and enjoy being part of a team.

If you're looking for a role where your work truly matters and where every shift helps support outstanding patient care, we'd love to hear from you.

Competitive pay rates include:

• £12.92 per hour for weekday shifts
• £18.22 per hour for weekday nights (after 8pm) and Saturdays
• £23.64 per hour for Sundays and Bank Holiday

Main duties of the job

What you'll be doing:

• Cleaning clinical and non-clinical areas in line with NHS standards and infection prevention procedures.
• Maintaining wards, patient areas, bathrooms and communal spaces to a high standard.
• Preparing and serving food and beverages to patients.
• Cleaning kitchen and food service areas.
• Safely handling waste, linen and cleaning equipment.
• Working as part of a friendly team to deliver excellent support services

The shifts we have available are:

• Monday to Friday 07:10-13:30 - 30 hours a week
• Monday to Friday 16:30-19:30 - 15 hours a week
• Two week rolling rota - 30 hours a week
• Two week rolling rota - 21 hours a week

We also offer great benefits which include:-

• Starting salary of £12.92 per hour!
• This post also attracts pay uplift for unsociable hours if worked.
• 27 days holiday per year pro rata
• Paid statutory holidays
• Contributory pension scheme
• Flexible working hours

About us

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond.

As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.