Domestic Assistant

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust; Basingstoke and Deane; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Part time

Flexible working

Job summary

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is seeking a Domestic Assistant to help maintain a clean, safe environment for patients, visitors and staff at Whitchurch Hospital. You will perform cleaning duties across clinical and non-clinical areas and follow infection prevention standards to support a 7-day service.

The role requires a flexible weekend pattern and early evenings. The position is part-time (15 hours/week) with weekend shifts and bank holidays.

Qualifications

• Ability to demonstrate good numeracy and literacy skills.
• Experience of cleaning including mopping, hoovering and dusting.
• Understanding of importance of cleanliness in a health care environment.
• Good organisational skills and effective communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Perform domestic duties across hospital areas, including mopping, dusting and hoovering.
• Maintain cleaning standards using correct procedures and frequencies.
• Clean non-medical equipment as needed (e.g., televisions).
• Flush all water outlets daily and keep records of completion.

Skills

Numeracy

Literacy

Cleaning

Health & safety

Communication

Team player

Job description

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Main area Domestic Assistant Grade NHS AfC: Band 2 Contract Permanent: To work weekend rota - bank holidays/early evenings to meet needs of 7 day service Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

15 hours per week (Including weekend working pattern plus bank holidays/early evenings to provide 7 day service) Job ref 825-8247906-OPS

Site Whitchurch Hospital Town WHITCHURCH Salary £25,272 per annum / pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 17/09/2026 23:59

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Job overview

Please note that this job does not meet the requirements for work visa sponsorship and as such we will be unable to progress your application if you do not have the right to work in the UK.

We are looking for a Domestic Assistant to help maintain a clean, safe and welcoming environment for patients, visitors and staff. Working as part of our team, you will carry out cleaning duties across clinical and non-clinical areas, follow infection prevention and control standards, use cleaning equipment safely, maintain cleaning records and support the delivery of a high-quality domestic service.

You will be self-motivated and be able to work both independently and as part of a team, maintaining the current high standards to provide an excellent service for patient care and provision of meals, for a 7-day service.

Main duties of the job

To perform domestic duties e.g. mopping, dusting, hovering in all parts of the hospital or other Trust establishments and surrounding areas as required.

To maintain the required standard of cleaning service using the correct procedures and frequencies.

Clean some non-medical electrical equipment i.e. televisions.

Flush all water outlets on a daily basis and record when completed.

Ensure the correct use of mechanical cleaning equipment including floor polisher.

Ensure own cleaning stock is maintained.

Complete cleaning schedules on a daily basis.

Working for our organisation

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Training and Qualificaitons

• Ability to demonstrate good numeracy and literacy skills

Experience

• Experience of cleaning which includes mopping, hoovering and dusting

Knowledge and Skills

• Understanding of importance of cleanliness in a health care environment
• General awareness of safety
• Good organisational skills
• Good communicator, team player, adaptable

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all, values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicants who require this in order to have the right to work in the UK, providing that the role you have been offered meets the requirements set by the Home Office.

Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) will need to meet the salary threshold of £41,700. For a limited number of clinical posts (listed here ), applications to the Health and Care Visa route will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the minimum salary threshold of £25,000 (whichever is higher ). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.

Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here.

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.