Facilities Management Assistant; FMA) Job Liverpool area,England UK,Maintenance/Cleaning

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.

We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.

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Job overview

Facilities employ a variety of support staff to help maintain a clean, safe and welcoming environment.

Within our estate, we operate a variety of different services and environments, including:

Inpatient mental health facilities (including high, medium and low secure facilities).
Staff and service user residential accommodation.
Rehabilitation areas.
Respite areas.
General office buildings.

Whilst the location and service group may differ, the role of the Facilities Management Assistant (FMA) remains an integral part of our service delivery, carrying out facilities and catering tasks and ensuring that cleaning standards are achieved and maintained.

Main base of working will be Hope Centre.

Main duties of the job

To work as members of a team, carrying out facilities tasks as allocated:

Cleaning of clinical/ward areas, inclusive of toilets.
Waste disposal.
Basic food preparation.
Fridge and food temperature monitoring.
Collating service user menu orders.
To assist colleagues and their line manager, carry out the tasks assigned to the team or individual.
To undertake all mandatory training.
To take part in performance management and Personal Achievement and Contribution Evaluations (PACE).
To comply with all relevant policies and procedures.
To take responsibility for the completion of all duties in a safe and efficient manner, and to maintain regular contact with their line manager.
To stand in for other FMA's as required.
To liaise with all relevant parties in a friendly and helpful way as is required to ensure the achievement of all duties and responsibilities.
To work unsupervised and use own initiative in line with service requirements.
To ensure timely and accurate completion of documentation, and to enter and use data on information systems.
To undertake cleaning duties in accordance with cleaning schedules and instructions.
Any other duties that may be reasonably expected and that are commensurate with the grade.

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