Domestic Assistant

Dorset HealthCare; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced weekend pay

Generous annual leave

Job summary

Dorset HealthCare is recruiting Domestic Assistants to join the Facilities Team at Alumhurst Road, Bournemouth, for our CAMHS High Intensity Environment/PICU unit. This full-time role covers cleaning across the site to NHS standards.

You will be trained, DBS checked, and work 37.5 hours weekly, with potential flexible shifts and weekend enhancements. Generous annual leave is included.

Qualifications

• Reliability and motivation required for hospital cleaning.
• Ability to follow NHS cleaning standards and procedures.
• Willingness to undertake required training and DBS checks.

Responsibilities

• Clean lavatories and basins to NHS standards.
• Vacuum carpets and mop clinical floors.
• Dust, wipe surfaces, theatres/windows, and replenish dispensers.

Skills

Reliable

Motivated

Job description

Are you looking for a role that makes a difference? We are now recruiting reliable and motivated Domestic Assistants to join our Facilities Team in our brand-new purpose built 8 bed inpatient CAMHS High Intensity Environment/ PICU unit at Alumhurst Road, Bournemouth.

Cleaning duties include dusting, cleaning of lavatories and basins, kitchen, vacuuming carpeted floors/mopping of clinical floors, cleaning of clinical areas, internal windows/glass panels, replenishing product dispensers, wiping of window blinds and ensuring the National Cleaning Standards are constantly maintained.

Join our friendly Facilities Team at Alumhurst Road, the following roles are available:

This is a full time post of 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday between 07.00am and 07.00pm

There may be a need to change this pattern to work flexibly within the team to cover the needs of the service. Additional hours are usually available to cover annual leave and sickness absence.Any additional hours where they are worked at weekend attract additional enhanced levels of pay! Generous annual leave allowance included.

Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful., Cleaning - duties across the site, working to NHS cleaning standards, as the cleaning rota requires. - weekly duties supporting the delivery of items throughout the site

For all duties, full training, support and uniform will be provided, shadowing current experienced staff to enable the successful candidate to become confident in their role.

You will be required to undertake a Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression course and it is a condition of your employment that you successfully complete all aspects of this course; if this is not achieved you will not be able to commence working in the post.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of.

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.