Cleaner

NHS; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare services provider is looking for a Cleaner to join the Peninsula Heart Clinic in Plymouth. The role involves maintaining cleanliness in both clinical and non-clinical areas while adhering to Health and Safety and infection control policies. Candidates should have experience in a clinical cleaning environment. This position is crucial in supporting patient care by ensuring high standards of hygiene and cleanliness.

Qualifications

• Awareness of COSHH Regulations required.
• Must be able to carry out light manual handling.
• Experience in a clinical cleaning environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Carry out cleaning duties in both clinical and non-clinical areas.
• Follow Health and Safety, COSHH, and Infection Control policies.
• Ensure all ward areas and public areas are kept clean and tidy.
• Participate in deep cleans to follow infection control policy.
• Report maintenance faults and check stocks for cleaning consumables.

Skills

Awareness of COSHH Regulations

Able to work unsupervised

Light manual handling

Experience in a clinical cleaning environment

Job description

Regents ParkHealthcare (RPH) is looking for a Cleaner to join our Peninsula Heart Clinic(PHC), based in Plymouth. Peninsula Heart Clinic is a joint venture betweenUniversity Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust and Regent's Park Healthcare (aleading provider of cardiac services with locations across the UK).

Main duties of the job

The Cleaner at Peninsula Heart Clinic will carry out cleaning duties to the highest standard (both clinical and non-clinical areas of the PHC, including windows and the outside of the building), as well as supporting stores management. A cleaner must have a passion for delivering excellent customer service and commitment to patient services. The cleaning duties involve working to various protocols and procedures and working within clinical guidelines and regulations, which is an important aspect to our organisation.

About us

As the parent company of the Peninsula Heart Clinic, Regent's Park Healthcare is the UK's leading managed cardiac services provider and our mission is to provide world-class cardiac services using a specialist model that leverages innovation, the best-in-knowledgeclinical pathways and smarter operating processes.

We have been developing innovative solutions in partnership with NHS hospital cardiology departments since 2002. We are proud to have built an integrated national platform which operates cardiology services across 42 NHS hospitals and which to date has delivered over 100,000 cardiology procedures. Our company prides itself on its ability to deliver high-quality, cost-effective cardiac care through excellent service, efficient operations management, well-trained staff and uncompromising professionalism. The Peninsula Heart Clinic combines a friendly, family feel with the delivery of truly world class healthcare services.

Job responsibilities

In no particular order,the type of responsibilities and duties are outlined below:

To follow all Health and Safety,COSHH and Infection Control policies and observe personnel duty of care inrelation to equipment, procedures, and resources, including managingcontractors on site.

To undertake general clinicalcleaning duties in line with pre agreed work plans and schedules that meetthe government clean hospitals audit level.

To ensure all ward areas, theatres/CathLab, clinical, public areas, and staff working areas are kept clean and tidyby damp dusting, dust control mopping, damp mopping.

To partake in and complete deepcleans to remove infections following the agreed infection control policy.

To use the cleaning equipment asinstructed, to keep it clean and free from damage and to report any faults.

To clean and restock sanitary areasand report faults to General Manager.

To collect clinical waste andgeneral waste to external refuse area.

To flush water outlets and submitmonthly records in line with Trust Policy and to undertake water qualitychecks.

To check around the externalfacilities for cleanliness and security.

To take all dirty laundry to thelinen room and collect clean laundry.

To report maintenance faults to GeneralManager.

To check cleaning consumables stock,complete order sheets and put stock away.

To complete training to usespecialist cleaning equipment such as mechanised floor scrubbing machines,buffing, polishing and steaming equipment to maintain and clean areas.

To be responsible for keepingmandatory training up to date.

To attend any relevant trainingcourses as required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Awareness of COSHH Regulations
• Able to carry out light manual handling
• Able to work unsupervised
• Previous experience of hygiene cleaning in a clinical environment

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.