Facilities Management Assistant (FMA) | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£25,272 per annum pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Liverpool, L15 2HE
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	14 Sept 2026
Closing date:	14 Oct 2026

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Summary

Facilities employ a variety of support staff to help maintain a clean, safe and welcoming environment.

Within our estate, we operate a variety of different services and environments, including:

Inpatient mental health facilities (including high, medium and low secure facilities).

Staff and service user residential accommodation.

Rehabilitation areas.

Respite areas.

General office buildings.

Whilst the location and service group may differ, the role of the Facilities Management Assistant (FMA) remains an integral part of our service delivery, carrying out facilities and catering tasks and ensuring that cleaning standards are achieved and maintained

Main base of working will be Hope Centre.

To work as members of a team, carrying out facilities tasks as allocated :

Cleaning of clinical/ward areas, inclusive of toilets.

Waste disposal.

Basic food preparation.

Fridge and food temperature monitoring.

Collating service user menu orders.

To assist colleagues and their line manager, carry out the tasks assigned to the team or individual.

To undertake all mandatory training.

To take part in performance management and Personal Achievement and Contribution Evaluations (PACE).

To comply with all relevant policies and procedures.

To take responsibility for the completion of all duties in a safe and efficient manner, and to maintain regular contact with their line manager.

To stand in for other FMA’s as required.

To liaise with all relevant parties in a friendly and helpful way as is required to ensure the achievement of all duties and responsibilities.

To work unsupervised and use own initiative in line with service requirements.

To ensure timely and accurate completion of documentation, and to enter and use data on information systems.

To undertake cleaning duties in accordance with cleaning schedules and instructions.

Any other duties that may be reasonably expected and that are commensurate with the grade

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Please see detailed job description for more information on the role, the main responsibilities, and values.

This advert closes on Sunday 27 Sep 2026

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