Domestic Assistant

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking a part-time Domestic Assistant to maintain cleanliness across hospital wards and clinics in Liverpool. This role requires previous domestic experience and adherence to infection control policies. The working hours are evenings, from Monday to Friday. The ideal candidate will ensure high standards of hygiene and cleanliness to provide quality service to patients.

Qualifications

• Previous domestic experience.
• Experience in a healthcare environment is preferred.
• Knowledge of colour coding systems.

Responsibilities

• Cleaning wards and clinics to high standards.
• Adhering to infection control policies and procedures.
• Working within domestic services department at Broadgreen site.

Skills

Ability to work on own initiative

Basic numeracy and literacy skills

Ability to work as part of a team

Education

GCSE/Equivalent

Tools

Cleaning machinery

Floor polishing machinery

Job description

Go back Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Domestic Assistant

The closing date is 16 October 2025

We have vacancies for a Domestic Assistant, working as follows

Part time evenings. Monday - Friday 3 hours per day between 5pm and 8pm.

Please note this role requires you to have some domestic experience.

You will be involved in the preparation and service of patients areas, including bedded areas, wards , departments, clinics, theatres or any other non occupied areas.

You will be required to undertake a wide range of cleaning and monitoring duties associated with maintaining a high standard of cleanliness ensuring that at all time a high quality service provision is offered, maintaining Trustvalues.

Main duties of the job

• Cleaning wards and clinics and offices to high standards.
• Cleaning wards and clinics to high standards.
• Adhering to infection control policy's and procedures
• Cleaning experience essential for all posts
• Cleaning external areas across the trust

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.

Job responsibilities

• Cleaning wards and clinics to high standards within the hospital.
• Adhering to infection control polices and procedures
• Flexibility required
• Working within domestic services department at Broadgreen site.
• Cleaning to high standards
• Adhering to polices and produces
• Overtime is also regularly available

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GCSE/Equivalent

Experience

• Previous Domestic experience
• Previous healthcare environment experience
• Previous use of cleaning machinery, floor polishing machinery
• Knowledge of colour coding systems

Knowledge

• A general understanding of why cleanliness in a patient/healthcare environment is important
• Health and safety basic knowledge

Skills

• Ability to work on own initiative
• Basic numeracy and literacy skills
• Ability to work as part if a team

Other

• Willingness and ability to undertake further training as necessary

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.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust