Assistant Housekeeper

NHS; Slough; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking dedicated team members for full-time cleaning roles at their community diagnostic centre in Slough. Responsibilities include maintaining cleanliness in patient areas and ensuring a comfortable environment. Ideal candidates should demonstrate teamwork and communication skills, with training provided for all aspects of the role, including handling waste and use of cleaning equipment. A flexible approach to work is essential.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Training opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Experience in cleaning preferred, but full training is provided.
• Good numeracy and literacy skills required.

Responsibilities

• Damp dust/polish desks, furniture, and fittings in various areas.
• Ensure cleanliness of lavatories and restock consumables.
• Collect and properly segregate waste as per policy.

Skills

Basic Cleaning Skills

Good Communication

Teamwork

Education

Basic Education

NVQ level 1 in cleaning and support services building interior

Job description

Job roles available include Full time 09:00-17:00, Full time 22:00-06:00 and a Full time flexi mixed day and night shift cover

The community diagnostic centre in slough are looking for hardworking , enthusiastic team members required to work as part of the facilities team, contributing to the provision of a comfortable and effective visit for Patients, by ensuring that the departments are maintained to a high standard of cleanliness. Cleaning experience preferred, however full training is given. Good customer skills necessary.

Main duties of the job

• Vacuum/mop sweep/damp mop/spot clean/spray buffing of floor surfaces, using machinery as required.
• Vacuum carpeted areas, daily removal of spots or stains, and shampooing of carpets using machinery on Housekeeping supervisors
• Collection and tagging of all rubbish, removing bags, clinical waste bins, sharps bins and flattened cardboard containers to designated collection points .
• Ensuring that waste is correctly segregated at the collection point, and placed into locked containers, as required by Trust Policy.
• Replace bags on stands/containers, with the correct colour code, and ensure that containers are clean.
• Damp dust lockers, over-bed tables, chairs, beds, ledges, over-bed lights, pipes, radiators (remove cages as instructed) bed and locker wheels.
• Use cleaning equipment and technology as required

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

Job responsibilities

• Damp dust/polish desks, furniture, fittings at Nurses station, and in offices, day room, and any other ancillary rooms attached to the area.
• Damp clean all telephones.
• Clean showers, hand basins and all fittings.
• Clean lavatories inside and outside of bowl. Clean seat, handle, cistern and surrounding area, including sanitary bin.
• Ensure that lavatory brushes and holders are thoroughly clean after use.
• Top up paper hand towel containers with appropriate consumables. Check and refill toilet roll containers. Check and refill hand soap, hand cream and hand gel dispensers. Ensure that all containers are clean inside and out.
• Clean and polish mirrors and glass on doors and partitions.
• Use cleaning equipment and technology as required and trained.

Person Specification

Education

• Basic Education
• Good Numeracy and literacy
• NVQ level 1 in cleaning and support services building interior

Knowledge

• Basic Cleaning Skills
• Able to work as a member of a team
• Able to communicate verbally and understand instructions
• Understanding of reasons for cleaning

Special Requirments

• Flexible approach to work
• Respect for patient privacy and confidentiality

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£25,768 a yearper annum, pro rata incl. HCAS