Band 2 Domestic Assistant

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 24,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare provider dedicated to enhancing patient experiences through cleanliness and safety. As a Cleaning Operative, you will play a vital role in maintaining a clean and welcoming environment for patients, ensuring adherence to national cleaning standards and infection control measures. This part-time position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the health and well-being of the community while working in a supportive environment that values flexibility and personal development. If you're passionate about making a difference and ensuring high standards of cleanliness, we want to hear from you!

Benefits

Full NHS terms and conditions

Extensive holidays

Attractive relocation payment

Discounts for local and national retailers

Dedicated well-being services

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2 in Domestic Services or equivalent required.
• Relevant experience in a healthcare setting is essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure cleaning standards are met in clinical environments.
• Report maintenance issues and undertake scheduled cleaning tasks.

Skills

Good communication skills

Ability to follow instructions

Empathy and understanding of patient needs

Flexibility in working practices

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Domestic Services

Good basic education

Tools

Electrical machinery (e.g., Rotary machines, Steam cleaners)

Job description

Find out more about applying to join Team BCHC.

Join our team

Community services are a key part of the NHS of the future. Be part of that future now. Join us and help achieve better care and healthier communities.

Main area: Facilities
Grade: Band 2
Contract: 12 months (fixed term)
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week (cover 7 day service, various hours)
Job ref: 820-6960032-COR

Site: West Heath Hospital
Town: Birmingham
Salary: £23,615 per annum (pro rata)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 23/02/2025 23:59

Job overview

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

*** Previous applicants need not apply ***

The cleaning operative will enhance the patient’s experience by ensuring that the clinical environment is clean, well presented, and maintained to enhance the patient’s sense of comfort, safety, and well-being.

Main duties of the job

• To ensure the environment is cleaned in line with the national cleaning standards.
• Using electrical machinery.
• Cleaning medical/hard equipment.
• Report maintenance issues.
• Undertake enhanced cleaning when required.

Working for our organisation

IMPORTANT

• Please ensure you check your TRAC account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process.
• Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including BUSINESS EMAIL ADDRESS, telephone contact details, and postal address.

Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics, and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents, and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre, and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Responsible for the safe and effective delivery of the Cleaning service.
• Undertake scheduled cleaning tasks, including the cleaning of clinical equipment, as per schedules.
• Uphold all Infection Prevention and Control measures as required within the Trust.
• Ensuring that all domestic consumables are available at all times in the appropriate dispenser/holder.
• Undertake ad-hoc cleaning tasks as required by the Senior Housekeeper and/or clinical staff.
• Ensuring Health & Safety in the workplace Legislation is adhered to.
• Report the need for any estates maintenance requests to the Housekeeping Supervisor.
• Identify areas for continuous improvement and liaising with the Housekeeping Supervisor to develop those improvements.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• NVQ Level 2 British Institute of Cleaning Science in Domestic Services or equivalent and a willingness to undertake within 6 months of employment.
• Good basic education Ability to read and write and numerical skills.

Experience

• Relevant experience of working within a healthcare setting.
• Experience of using electrical machinery, e.g., Rotary machines, Steam cleaners.

Skills and Knowledge

• Good knowledge of COSHH, Health & safety in the workplace, and Safe Systems of Working.
• Full understanding and knowledge of cleaning schedules and frequencies.

Personal Qualities

• Good communication skills to engage with a variety of people.
• Flexible in working practices and hours.
• Ability to be able to follow clear instructions.
• Ability to show empathy and understanding of patient’s needs.
• Good understanding of policies and procedures.
• To be proactive in ensuring effective relationships are maintained.
• To work well and effectively in a team or alone.

Other job requirements

• To deliver the highest levels of customer service promoting a professional and caring manner.

Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme

BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long-term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much as possible.

We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage/civil partnerships.

Promoting Workforce Equality

In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.

The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.

Flexible Working

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.

In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!

Benefits of working for us:

• Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements.
• Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
• Discounts for local and national retailers.
• Dedicated well-being services for all employees.
• Flexible working where possible.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Application numbers

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust
3, Priestley Wharf
Holt Street
Birmingham Science Park
B7 4BN

Office hours: Monday to Friday: 8.30 am - 5.00 pm

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