About this role
Job summary
We are now recruiting to one Night Shift Facilities Assistant position at the Samuel Johnson Community Hospital to join the Facilities Team to carry out a comprehensive range of tasks throughout a busy community hospital.
We are looking for caring, compassionate, hardworking and flexible team members that are committed to enhancing our patient experience.
All staff working for UHDB play a key role in the organisation. You must possess good Communication skills, the ability to work as part of a team and have a can-do attitude.
Must be flexible and willing to support the services.
Contracted 37.5 hours per week, working on an internal 4 week rota, covering shifts from 21:00 - 07:00, including weekends and bank holidays.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of a Facilities Assistant working at Samuel Johnson Community Hospital is to work as part of Facilities and ward/department teams to carry out a variety of tasks associated with portering, waste, cleaning, receipt and distribution, patient catering. This can be a physically challenging role. This is a night shift vacancy.
Must have a good understanding of customer care and be able to communicate well with patients, staff and visitors.
Similar work experience and a Food Safety Certificate are desirable but not essential, skills and technical training will be given.
Closing date of applications: 13 August 2026
Interview date: 25 August 2026
This vacancy will close once we have received a maximum amount of candidates.
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond. Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes Key Facts:
We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day. We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week. An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country. Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily. Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres. We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres. We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day. UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Job description Job responsibilities
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Important visa information: Due to UK Home Office immigration rule changes effective from 22 July 2025, applicants sponsored under Occupation Code 6131 (Nursing Auxiliaries and Assistants) may not be eligible to bring dependants under the Skilled Worker route if their Certificate of Sponsorship is issued on or after this date. Applicants are responsible for understanding how these rules apply to their individual circumstances. The Trust cannot provide immigration advice. Further information is available on the Skilled Worker visa: Your partner and children - GOV.UK
Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Good standard of general education in numeracy reading and writing
Desirable
Ability to work on own initiative
Experience Essential
Knowledge of cleaning & manual handling techniques Knowledge of Infection Control, Knowledge of COSSH. Experience of cleaning and or in the logistics industry
Desirable
Good organisational skills
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 details Employer name University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address Samuel Johnson Community Hospital
Trent Valley Road
Lichfield
WS13 6EF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)