Job summary
- Main area
- Estates and Facilities
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent: part time hours evenings
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (07:00 - 15:00)
- Job ref
- 326-7829515-FF
- Employer
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- East Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Redhill
- Salary
- £24,465 per annum plus high cost allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Ward Host
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
How would you like to work for one of the top 10 acute Trusts in the country named as best place to work?
We are a trust that is growing and embarking on partnerships with other trusts. We need special people to join us who are motivated to live the Sash values and deliver to our patients compassion, safety, quality dignity and respect demonstrating a one team approach. In return you will be rewarded with a range of benefits including opportunities for personal development and a contributory pension scheme.
Good patient nutrition and hydration are important for speedier patient recovery. Your role will ensure that all our patients’ nutritional needs are met and your flexible attitude will mean that you go the extra mile for those patients who have special requirements. You need to have excellent customer care skills and enjoy making a difference. If you have the motivation, skills and experience and would like to be part of a successful organisation please apply.
These roles are all part time only.
Main duties of the job
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:
- Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
- National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
- We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
- Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation’s top priority
- Our workforce are amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
good written application form
Essential criteria
- Achieved grades / education
- previous customer services experience at least three years
Desirable criteria
- food safety completed through food safety agency before start date
- three years previous customer service
three years previous customer services
Essential criteria
- 18+
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties 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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicola Berry
- Job title
- Facilities Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01737768511
- Additional information
Nicola Berry - Facilities Manager on ext 6997
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