Domestic Assistant

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Liverpool is seeking Domestic Assistants to work in various areas of the hospital. The role involves maintaining high cleanliness standards, preparing patient areas, and ensuring compliance with infection control policies. Ideal candidates will possess domestic experience and flexibility to work varied shifts.

Qualifications

• Domestic experience required.
• Experience in a healthcare environment is a plus.
• Knowledge of colour coding systems helpful.

Responsibilities

• Cleaning all corridors and public areas to high standards.
• Adhering to infection control policies and procedures.
• Working within domestic services department at Broadgreen site.

Skills

Basic numeracy

Basic literacy

Ability to work on own initiative

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

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Job summary

We have vacancies for a Domestic Assistant, working as follows, we are looking for two domestic assistants who are available on Saturday and Sunday to work a two week rota and who are flexible to be trained on different areas as required.

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 all corridors and public areas.
• 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 was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

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Job responsibilities

• Cleaning all corridors and public areas.
• 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