Cleaning Operative

Northumbria Group.; Ashington; Remote; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Enhanced pay for evenings/nights/week-

Benefits including leave and pension

Job summary

NHFM is seeking friendly, flexible cleaning operatives to join the Wansbeck General Hospital team in Ashington. We offer 18–30 hour posts with shifts 7am–1pm, 12pm–6pm or 1pm–7pm, including weekends and Bank Holidays.

You will maintain high cleanliness standards across wards, departments and offices, supporting infection control and NHS Agenda for Change terms. Salary £25,272 pro rata per annum.

Qualifications

• Basic numeracy and literacy skills.
• NVQ Level 1 or 2 or equivalent.
• GCSE Maths and English.
• Basic Food Hygiene Level 1 (to be achieved within 6 months of start date).
• Customer Service training.

Responsibilities

• Clean floors and surfaces to maintain hygiene.
• Undertake deep cleans in areas with infection.
• Remove rubbish including domestic and clinical waste.
• Clean toilets, sinks, showers and staff areas.
• Report faults to Ward Manager or Domestic Supervisor.
• Participate in training and safety drills.

Skills

Basic numeracy

Basic literacy

Education

NVQ Level 1 or 2

GCSE Maths and English

Basic Food Hygiene Level 1

Job description

Main area Domestic Services Grade NHS AfC: Band 2 Contract Permanent: 18-30 Hour posts available Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

18 hours per week (Cleaning operative 20 Hour, 18 Hour, and 30 Hour posts available) Job ref 319-8331233JN

Site Wansbeck General Hospital Town Ashington Salary £25,272 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/10/2026 23:59

NHFM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Established in 2012, NHFM provide specialist project management services for large and small capital developments, estates maintenance and a full range of facilities services for all of Northumbria Healthcare Trust’s sites.

Come and work for us and we can offer you:

• Competitive rates of pay
• Enhanced rates of pay for working evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays
• Favourable employment terms and conditions – we mirror NHS Agenda for Change terms and conditions ( https://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook ) which includes up to 33 days annual leave + bank holidays per year, generous maternity and paternity leave provisions, occupational sick pay, and much more
• Fantastic staff benefits including car lease, home electronics, cycle to work and priority access to vaccinations, physiotherapy, counselling, among many more
• A great employee experience - we score very highly on our employee satisfaction metrics

We work closely with Kids First Nurseries that are based within our trust grounds at Wansbeck, North Tyneside and Hexham hospitals to care for our Trust family's children, they offer care for children from 6 weeks old up to 4 years. There are a number of funding options run by the government to help working parents, including Early Years Funding and Tax Free Childcare.

Flexible working offers choice in where, when, and how we work, ensuring patients remain at the heart of all we do. It’s open to everyone, and we aim to find solutions that work for both you and the organisation. All arrangements must be reasonable and balanced to maintain safe and effective patient care.

Work for us and you will be making a real difference to the NHS and the thousands of people who use our services each year. Visit our website www.nhfm.co.uk for more information about who we are and benefits of working for us.

Whilst NHFM are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Job overview

We are looking for friendly, flexible and conscientious people with a love of cleaning to join our team of cleaning at Wansbeck General Hospital.

Various positions open - 18 to 30 hour posts.

Shifts worked are usually either 7am - 1pm, 12pm-6pm or 1pm - 7pm and will include working a share of weekends and Bank Holidays.

Other hours may also be available.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

Quite simply, the NHS could not function without our cleaning operatives!

Every single service in the Trust relies on the cleaning operative teams to keep the place clean and safe for patients, visitors and staff. You’ll be part of a team striving to maintain the highest cleanliness standards in wards, departments, corridors and offices, and in doing so making a real difference to the NHS.

Working for our organisation

NHFM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Established in 2012, NHFM provide specialist project management services for large and small capital developments, estates maintenance and a full range of facilities services. Carrying out facilities management for a state-of-the-art specialist emergency care hospital -

The Northumbria, three general hospitals - North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham hospitals - and a number of smaller community hospitals and clinic sites, we cover one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country.

Work for us and you will be making a real difference to the NHS and the thousands of people who use our services each year. Visit our website www.nhfm.co.uk for more information about who we are and benefits of working for us.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To complete a range of routine work procedures such as:

• Cleaning of floor areas as scheduled by means of vacuuming, mopping, buffing and spray cleaning.
• Undertake “deep cleans” in areas where infection is present
• Removal of rubbish including domestic and clinical waste from designated areas to disposal point.
• Cleaning of sanitary areas, toilet, sinks, shower cubicles and staff changing areas.
• Damp dusting of all surfaces, ledges, shelves, curtain rails.
• Cleaning of internal glass.
• Taking down and putting up of curtains.
• Scheduled cleaning of chairs.
• Scheduled cleaning of carpets.
• To wash walls (shoulder height) fitting and windows where required.
• Use all equipment and materials in a correct and safe manner.
• Report all faults queries or problems to the Ward Manager/Domestic Supervisor.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness in all work areas.
• Carry out any urgent spot cleaning and spillage.
• Participate in training programmes relevant to efficiency, fire drills, hygiene, the requirements of the health and safety at Work regulations and other courses as deemed necessary for the efficient working of the department.
• Any other duties as deemed appropriate.

Person specification

Qualifications / Professional Registration

• Basic Numerate & Literate Skills
• NVQ Level 1 or 2 or equivalent
• GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent)
• Basic Food Hygiene and/or Level 1 Food Safety Certificate or must be achieved within 6 months of start date

Experience and knowledge

• Customer Service training

The successful applicant will be an employee of the subsidiary and not Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and those who have been looked after by the care system as a child or young person (for example, in foster care, children's homes, kinship or local authority care) who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.

Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line CQC and statutory guidance.

Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!

Certificate of Sponsorship

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.

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.

Name Lillian Key Job title Domestic Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01670 529895 Additional information

Supervisor team 01670 529895

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