St Leonard's Hospice
Facilities Assistant
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Are you looking for a new rewarding role? Do you want to work for a charity that provides care to those at the end of their life?
St Leonard’s Hospice are recruiting a skilled and motivated person to join the Hospice’s Team as a Facilities Assistant.
The Facilities Team performs a crucial function in ensuring the Hospice estate, including the retail outlets, are kept safe with servicing, maintenance and repairs completed in a timely manner and to a high standard.
The role incorporates a variety of tasks including:
- Performing basic maintenance/ DIY/ painting tasks
- Portering duties including some manual handling
- Transporting patients and staff to appointments
- Using our Facilities Management system to log tasks and procure items
By doing this role, you will meet and work with a range of colleagues across the organisation and genuinely be making a significant contribution.
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Our ideal candidates will:
- Use maintenance and DIY skills regularly
- Have basic administration and IT skills
- Be helpful and professional at all times
- Be a team player
- Have a sympathetic approach to the philosophy and concept of Hospice care
What we can offer you in return:
- Salary above the NHS
- Up to 41 days Annual Leave
- Continuation of NHS pension and annual leave entitlement (T&Cs apply)
- Attractive pension scheme for non-NHS staff
- Training and development opportunities
- A supportive and friendly working environment
- Extensive employee discounts on shops, holidays and lifestyle choices and Blue Light Card discounts
- Day shifts which allow you to have a great work/life balance
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This is a full-time position working 37.5 hours per week between 8am - 4pm, Monday to Friday and there will be a requirement to be a part of the facilities on-call rota.
If you wish to discuss this role further, please contact the Hospice’s HR Team at hr@stleonardshospice.org.uk.
To apply for this role, please complete our online application form. The closing date for this role is 9 August 2026, however we reserve the right to extend or close this post earlier.
We do not have sponsorship status and therefore all our offers are made conditional upon our candidates submitting evidence of their right to work in the UK in conjunction with our other pre-employment checks.
No agencies, please.
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