Facilities Operative (Bank) in Swansea inSwansea PUBLISHED FRI 6 JUN 2025 Jump to job information section

If you're passionate about care, innovation and excellence, then HMT could be the perfect place for the next step in your career. We have an exciting opportunity to our join our Ward team at Sancta Maria Hospital, Swansea. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary professional team ensuring a high standard of planned/reactive maintenance, security and portering service for the Hospital, to ensure no disruption to hospital services.

You will use your experience in building maintenance to day-to-day planned maintenance routine duties and repairs, checks and testing of the complete spectrum of services found in a clinical building environment.

At HMT, we take pride in delivering exceptional healthcare through our two private hospitals: St Hugh's Hospital in Grimsby and Sancta Maria Hospital in Swansea. Both hospitals are dedicated to providing expert, patient-centred care in a welcoming and compassionate environment.

HMT Sancta Maria, along with their sister hospital HMT ST Hughs in Grimsby, has a mission to provide safe, high quality care in order to improve the health, wellbeing and independence of their patients. Part of the Healthcare Management Trust, HMT St Hugh's is a non-profit organisation using their surpluses to fund medical research, educational grants and dementia charities

Whether youre working in one of our care homes, hospitals, or as part of our Shared Support Services team, youll find an environment that values teamwork and personal growth.

This role is a bank role and therefore is not contracted to fixed hours; instead, it allows workers to pick shifts that align with their availability. Our Bank workers enable HMT to managing fluctuating demand, such as covering staff absences, busy periods, or unexpected workload increases whilst offering you the flexibility pick up shifts as available.

Appeal of Bank Work

Bank work is a flexible way to join our team, offering opportunities to work across various roles and departments on an as-needed basis. As a Bank worker, you can choose shifts that suit your availability while supporting HMT in delivering essential care. This arrangement provides valuable experience, competitive pay, and the chance to make a meaningful impact, whether you're looking for temporary work, a supplementary income, or stepping into a healthcare career.

Bank work offers a unique combination of flexibility, variety, and the opportunity to provide valuable contributions to our teams while gaining experience in a dynamic healthcare environment.

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Job Description

Duties include:

Work as part of a multi-disciplinary professional team ensuring a high standard of planned/reactive maintenance for the Hospital, to ensure no disruption to hospital services.

Undertake the day-to-day planned maintenance routine duties and repairs, checks and testing of the complete spectrum of services found in a clinical building environment.

Undertake daily audit on Building Management System to ensure all plant and equipment is functioning correctly.

Undertake weekly fire alarm & sprinkler testing

Undertake backup generator full load testing

Undertake weekly nurse call system testing

Undertake all testing around water safety, including temperature checks, TMV servicing & fail-safe checks, infrequently used flushing, descaling/disinfect.

Endoscopy decontamination maintenance including water sampling, Automatic Control Testing & Process Challenging of scope wash.

Liaise with the Facilities Helpdesk / interact with work allocation procedures for daily work plan/issues including assisting with communications with the ward/departments on progress of jobs.

To assist with the provision of Hospital-wide portering services to ensure a high standard of patient care is delivered

To be responsible for the removal of hospital general waste, laundry, clinical waste, Cytotoxic and Sharps disposal bins from the Ward, Theatre and Outpatients Departments and for the safe disposal according to Hospital Policy

To be responsible for the checking and changing of oxygen cylinders on a twice daily basis and to ensure safe storage of medical gases and liaise with Facilities Manager for re-ordering to ensure gas stores are fully stocked

Decant Cryogenic liquid to vessel for consultants when required

To transfer and deliver goods to and from designated areas

Ensure the safety and security of all persons and properties at the Hospital.

Ensure all facilities, Maintenance & security policies and procedures of HMT are followed and adhered to.

Ensure full site is secured during out of hours including intruder alarm setting

Carry out patrols as requested.

Provide a prompt response to any security incidents in line with the SOPs.

To monitor CCTV systems and intruder alarm, ensuring all equipment is operational and any faults are reported immediately to the relative contractor.

Lead for all fire alarm activations and provide fire marshal duties

Emergency 1st aid responders.

Provide additional cover as runner for Resus team when required

Audit medical equipment to ensure all in good working order before use including hospital beds & wheelchairs

General Responsibilities

To be responsible for the health, safety and welfare of yourself and others whilst at work, including colleagues, patients and visitors to the Hospital and for alerting management to any hazards or potential risks to health and safety.

To be fully conversant with the HMT policies relating to Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults and Whistleblowing

To ensure compliance with the HMT Information Governance Policy and GDPR, maintaining an appropriate level of confidentiality around issues that may be personal or commercially sensitive.

To ensure compliance with National and local Infection Prevention and Control guidance and policies

Establishing and maintaining positive working relationships both with colleagues, residents, visitors and other health professionals and agencies.

To act as an ambassador for the HMT company Vision. Ethos and Values

To promote equality and diversity at all times and across all work activities, with an emphasis on protected characteristics and promoting Fairness, Respect, Equality, Dignity and Autonomy (FREDA)

To adhere to HMT policies and procedures.

Attend mandatory training days / courses, on or off site, as per contractual agreement and role requirement

To undertake any other duties and accountabilities which would be lawful, reasonable and appropriate to the role