Job summary
- Main area
- SSA
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Covering 24 hour period)
- Job ref
- 229-MED-7810734-A
- Employer
- Wye Valley NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wye Valley Trust
- Town
- Hereford
- Salary
- £25,272 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Service Support Assistant (EXTERNAL to NHS staff HFDS & Worcs)
Band 2
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Job overview
***EXTERNAL to NHS staff across Herefordshire & Worcestershire only***
This position works under direct supervision of the Clinical Site Manager on shift in support of a 24/7 patient flow service undertaking tasks and duties delegated. The main element of the role is to provide specialist cleaning to areas within Wye Valley Trust to minimise the risk of cross contamination.
This is a vital role to ensure the safety of patients moving around the Trust.
Main duties of the job
Providing 24/7 support to patient flow by maintaining the cleanliness of the environment as and when directed by Clinical Site Manager
To use equipment provided as required for the task
Complete all audit and quality standards documentation as required
To recognise and report to appropriate senior staff any equipment failure or environmental factors that has the potential of an adverse impact.
Working for our organisation
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The main element of the role is to provide specialist cleaning to areas within Wye Valley Trust to minimise the risk of cross contamination.
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view ‘supporting documents’ linked to this vacancy.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Secondary Education
- English Language O’ level / equivalent
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential criteria
- IT literate: email
- Able to demonstrate understanding of hygiene standards in a clinical environment.
- Ability to follow instruction / work on own
- Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing to a wide range of people
Experience
Essential criteria
- Willing to develop skills and competencies relevant to the role
Desirable criteria
- Working in a Hospital environment or similar environment
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katie Richards
- Job title
- SSA Supervisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01432 355444
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