Band 2 Domestic Assistant Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Evasion-design.com; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking dedicated domestic assistants to enhance patient experience by maintaining cleanliness and safety in clinical environments. This role involves adhering to national cleaning standards, ensuring infection prevention measures, and providing a welcoming atmosphere for patients and visitors. Join a team committed to delivering outstanding care and making a positive impact in the community. If you're passionate about cleanliness and patient well-being, this is the perfect opportunity for you to contribute to a leading healthcare organization.

Qualifications

• Experience in cleaning and maintaining clinical environments.
• Knowledge of infection control measures and health & safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure cleaning tasks are performed to national standards.
• Report maintenance issues and assist with continuous improvement.

Skills

Cleaning Standards

Health & Safety Compliance

Infection Prevention

Attention to Detail

Tools

Electrical Cleaning Machinery

Job description

BCHC is looking to recruit a number of domestic assistants to its team at Moseley Hall Hospital. The domestic will enhance the patient’s experience by ensuring that the clinical environment is clean, well presented, and maintained in a way which maximises the patient’s sense of comfort, safety, and well-being.

Main duties of the job

1. To ensure the environment is cleaned in line with the national cleaning standards
2. Using electrical machinery
3. Cleaning medical/hard equipment
4. Report maintenance issues

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 best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Responsible for the safe and effective delivery of the Cleaning service.
2. Undertake scheduled cleaning tasks, including the cleaning of clinical equipment, as per schedules.
3. Uphold all Infection Prevention and Control measures as required within the Trust.
4. Ensuring that all domestic consumables are available at all times in the appropriate dispenser/holder.
5. Undertake ad-hoc cleaning tasks as required by the Senior Housekeeper and/or clinical staff.
6. Ensuring Health & Safety in the workplace legislation is adhered to.
7. Ensuring that the ward communal areas, in particular dining areas, are kept clean and presentable for patients and visitors.
8. Assist with the curtain change programme.
9. Report the need for any estates maintenance requests to the Senior Housekeeper.
10. Identify areas for continuous improvement and liaising with the Senior Housekeeper to develop those improvements.

This advert closes on Friday 25 Apr 2025.