Hospital Support Assistant - Endoscopy Saturday & Sunday

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Job summary

A healthcare services provider in Grimsby is seeking a part-time Hospital Support Assistant to join their Endoscopy department. The role involves supporting cleanliness and catering duties during weekends. Candidates should have Level 1 English and Maths, and previous experience in cleaning or catering within an NHS environment is preferred. The position promises a supportive and flexible working environment while ensuring high standards of service to patients and team members.

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate effective spoken English and mathematics.
• Previous cleaning or catering experience within the NHS is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support cleaning and catering duties within the hospital.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness and food hygiene.
• Work with team members, patients, and visitors providing a safe service.

Skills

Cleaning duties

Catering duties

Teamwork

Education

Level 1 English & Maths

Food safety awareness training

Job description

Main area Domestic Services Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 8 hours per week (Endoscopy Saturday & Sunday 4pm - 8pm) Job ref 208-49917F-25-1

Employer Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site DPOW Town Grimsby Salary £24,465 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 28/12/2025 23:59

Band 2

Job overview

Are you looking for your next career?

Why not join us as a Hospital Support Assistant in our busy fast pace hospital environment?

The facilities team are looking for a member of staff to join their team to support the cleanliness of our Endoscopy department, working 4pm - 8pm Saturdays & Sundays.

Main duties of the job

• This post is arole designed to support all cleaning and catering duties within the hospital.
• The post holder is a member of a team dedicated to providing and maintaining high standards of cleanliness and food hygiene in accordance with the Trust’s Standards of Cleanliness and Food Safety Legislation.
• Working directly with team members, patients and visitors providing a safe and effective service.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/

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“We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

Person specification

Education and Qualification

• • Level 1 English & Maths or ability to demonstrate effective standard of spoken English and use of mathematics.
• • To have gained or have previously received food safety awareness training, or willing to undertake a period of induction and on the job training to meet food safety standards required for the post.
• Previous experience of cleaning or catering within the NHS

Occupational Experience

• General experience of cleaning or catering duties
• Experience of an NHS environment or care setting
• Experience of working with Customers
• Experience of Cleaning
• Experience of Catering
• Does the application show examples of working as part of a team
• DOes the application form show experience of working in fast paced, changing environment

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people 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.