Facilities Operatives - Newport/Torfaen in Cwmbran

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Job overview: We are seeking motivated and reliable Facilities Operatives to join our Facilities team across our Newport/Torfaen Sites within Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. This is a varied and essential support role, helping to ensure our hospitals run safely, efficiently, and compassionately. You will work flexibly across a range of facilities functions, including domestic cleaning, catering services, and hospital portering, with full training provided.

You will be a key part of a large multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality services to patients, visitors, and staff, while upholding the Health Board’s values, dignity, and infection prevention standards. You will be expected to work flexibly across services and cover a 7-day rota, including weekends and bank holidays.

Why work for us?

• Play a vital role in supporting patient care and hospital services
• Full training and development opportunities provided
• NHS pension scheme and staff benefits
• A supportive, inclusive working environment
• Unsocial Hours Enhancements: Nights (8.00pm – 6.00am): Time + 41%; All day Saturday: Time + 41%; All day Sunday (and Public Holidays): Time + 83%

Depending on service need, your duties will include some or all of the following:

• Domestic Services: Delivering high standards of cleaning across patient and non-patient areas, working to agreed cleaning schedules and outcome-based standards, carrying out routine, specialist, discharge, and rapid-response cleaning, safely using cleaning equipment, machinery, and approved chemicals.
• Catering: Prepare basic food items (e.g., sandwiches, salads, beverages), pick and pack regeneration food trollies, monitor and record all food temperatures, maintain excellent standards of food hygiene, cleanliness, and infection control, following policies and procedures, carry out cleaning duties in kitchens, ward pantries, and service areas, support retail catering services, including till operation and customer service, maintaining stock levels and safe storage of provisions, equipment, and materials, working closely with clinical teams and Facilities colleagues.
• Portering: Transporting patients including sensitive transfers, transportation of goods, specimens, blood products, equipment, and linen across hospital sites, waste management collection and environmental duties, including litter collection, receipt and distribution of goods, treating patients, visitors, and staff with courtesy, dignity, and respect.

Working for our organisation: Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation serving the communities of Gwent. With more than 14,000 staff and volunteers, we provide safe, high-quality, and compassionate care across hospitals, GP practices, community services, and mental health settings.

As a University Health Board, research, education, and innovation are central to our work, supporting evidence-based practice and continuous improvement. Our work is guided by the Gwent Strategy 2025–2035, which sets out our long-term ambition to create a fairer and healthier future for our population. We focus on prevention, reducing health inequalities, and working in partnership with local authorities, voluntary organisations, and communities to improve health and wellbeing.

We are committed to creating an inclusive, supportive workplace where people feel valued, respected, and able to develop. Our values of Kindness, Integrity, and Respect shape how we care for patients and how we treat one another. We offer a wide range of learning and development opportunities, flexible working where possible, and a comprehensive NHS benefits package. Working for ABUHB means being part of an organisation that values its people and offers the chance to build a meaningful and rewarding career while making a real difference to the lives of others.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.