Cleaning Assistant Part Time

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust; Salisbury; Sur place; GBP 21 000 - 25 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

NHS Pension Scheme

Annual Leave 27–33 days (Agenda for Ch

Cycle to work

Uniform provided

On-site facilities

Career development opportunities

Résumé du poste

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Cleaning Assistant to maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene across allocated areas. The role requires adherence to the organisation’s cleaning policy, stock control, and participation in regular audits.

The successful candidate will work Saturdays and Sundays from 7.00am to 12 noon, with duties including replenishing supplies and handling cleaning equipment according to established guidelines.

Qualifications

• NVQ 2 or equivalent in Cleaning or related experience.
• Knowledge of cleaning procedures and standards.
• Experience in a role dealing with customers in a service setting.
• Experience with end of tenancy cleans or education cleaning sector knowledge.

Responsabilités

• Maintain clean and hygienic conditions in allocated areas to required standards.
• Follow Colour Coding for cleaning equipment and materials.
• Manage stores and cleaning equipment, ensuring secure storage and stock control.
• Replenish supplies and maintain prescribed stock levels.
• Monitor hygiene standards and conduct periodic deep cleaning as required.
• Participate in cleaning audits and inspections.
• Assist in HPV room decontamination processes as needed.

Connaissances

Cleaning knowledge

Customer service

Formation

NVQ 2 or equivalent

Description du poste

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used, then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Job overview

Please note: We are unable to provide sponsorship for this position due to Government guidelines.

To ensure areas are maintained in a clean and hygienic condition to pre-determined standards, following established procedures, as per the Trust’s Cleaning Policy.

Shift - Saturday and Sunday 7.00am to 12 noon

Main duties of the job

• To maintain clean and hygienic conditions in all allocated areas, to ensure cleaning quality standards are met and complied with.
• To observe the Trust’s ‘Colour Coding’ for cleaning equipment and materials.
• To take responsibility for the stores, cleaning equipment and associated products, following the prescribed Housekeeping, Security and Health and Safety guidelines, ensuring stock is stored in a secure and safe manner.
• To replenish supplies in all allocated areas and to ensure stocks are maintained at the prescribed level and reduce stock consumption wherever possible.
• To monitor own area of work to ensure this meets required quality standards of hygiene.
• To conduct periodic deep cleaning in order to achieve and maintain pre-determined cleaning standards.
• To be able to carry out duties in a major incident, fire, site security or any other emergency ensuring effective contribution.
• To be able to carry out any task to the standard set by the Department.
• To put into practice, training and instruction given and contribute appropriately to the efficient delivery of the Service.
• To participate in cleaning audits i.e. internal place inspection for your area.
• A Cleaning Assistant is expected to always be courteous and maintain high standards of personal hygiene.
• Assist in HPV (room decontamination) processes.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is part of the Bath, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) Hospitals Group, alongside Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. Together, we are committed to delivering outstanding, sustainable healthcare through collaboration, innovation and excellent patient care.

With a history spanning more than 250 years, SFT combines a proud heritage with a forward-looking approach to healthcare. We employ more than 4,000 staff, provide around 470 beds and deliver acute, specialist and regional services across Wiltshire and beyond.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to creating an inclusive, supportive workplace where colleagues feel valued, developed and empowered to reach their potential. Flexible working helps colleagues balance work and personal commitments while meeting the needs of patients.

We offer NHS benefits including the NHS Pension Scheme, generous annual leave, staff discounts and onsite facilities.

Salisbury offers an exceptional quality of life, combining a historic city with beautiful countryside, access to the south coast and excellent transport links. Find out more at Experience Salisbury.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NVQ 2 or willing and able to attain or equivalent experience in Cleaning

Experience

• Knowledge of cleaning
• Cleaning in similar environment
• Experience of working in a job role where you have had to deal with customers in some capacity
• End of tenancy cleans , education cleaning sector similar knowledge

We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. Take a look at our Employee Value Proposition (EVP) for more detailed information https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/media/2lfatov2/employee-value-proposition-document-v12-final.pdf

These include but aren't limited to:-

• Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
• Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 year.
• Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
• Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
• An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
• Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
• Cycle to work scheme
• Uniform provided (where required)
• 40% bus discount exclusive to SFT employees (period tickets only)
• On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
• On site health and fitness club
• On site car parking (fees and restrictions apply)
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.

Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa eg those with graduate visa's) should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.

We continue to encourage and support our staff to participate in the seasonal respiratory vaccination programme in order to protect themselves, colleagues and their patients.

GETTING TO WORK

We offer parking on site at Salisbury District Hospital, a daily charge applies. We encourage our staff to utilise other green methods of getting to work such as cycling or walking where possible, and our Trust is well connected through the bus services to the city centre and other areas.

OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY

We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to develop, to apply for promotions and to work flexibly.

The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, martial status and age.

OTHER INFORMATION

If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to replay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary. Many staff use the DBS update service at a cost of £16 per annum but you need to sign up for this via their website.

Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.

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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.