Main area General Service Assistant Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 15 hours per week (Every Wednesday 11:00-19:00, and every other weekend (Sat/Sun 11:00-19:00)) Job
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Site Sowenna Town Bodmin Salary £25,272 Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 25/10/2026 23:59
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.
In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The purpose of this post is to work as part of the Sowenna Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient team to provide general domestic service in accordance with Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust protocols and standards for the building.
We are looking for someone who is reliable, motivated and dedicated with attention to detail to providing the very best environment for our patients to join our team.
Please note: If you need sponsorship, please check the requirements for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) on the website to see if you're eligible before applying.
Main duties of the job- Ensure that all floor surfaces, furniture, fixtures, fittings, curtains and equipment in all areas are cleaned and all refuse is collected and disposed of as per protocol.
- Clean all crockery, utensils, kitchen surfaces and equipment to an excellent standard of hygiene.
- To ensure that duties, tasks and responsibilities are carried out to the required standards, within the allocated time scales and due regard to patient, visitors and other staff.
- To be responsible for the monitoring catering and cleaning stock as required by the building.
- To carry out food and beverage preparation and regeneration of cook/freeze in accordance with the food hygiene standards and instruction.
- Reduce the risk of cross contamination by using personal protective equipment provided.
- To be accountable for all keys sets and equipment issued or used throughout the course of duty.
- To perform light porting duties as requested.
- To be involved with the ordering and monitoring of stock as required by the GSA Supervisor.
- This will involve some weekend and bank holiday working as required which salary enhancements will be paid.
- Duties and responsibilities may change within the role due to alteration in service provision. Any such changes will be commensurate with the post holders band and agreed with their line manager.
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