Domestic Assistant

Shropshire Community Health Nhs Trust; Ludlow; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization in Ludlow is seeking a Domestic Assistant to maintain high cleanliness standards in the hospital. Ideal candidates will be reliable, flexible, and self-motivated, with strong interpersonal skills. The role includes completing daily cleaning schedules and ensuring the proper use of cleaning equipment and materials. Uniform provided, and adherence to hygiene standards is essential.

Qualifications

• Must maintain high standards of cleanliness in the hospital.
• Ability to work effectively alone and as part of a team.
• Must adhere to relevant policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Complete daily cleaning schedules.
• Ensure correct use of mechanical cleaning equipment.
• Maintain stock and manage cleaning materials.

Skills

Enthusiastic

Reliable

Flexible

Good interpersonal communication skills

Self-motivated

Organised

Job description

Overview

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is recruiting for a Domestic Assistant based at Ludlow Hospital. Working as a Domestic Assistant you will be maintaining the high levels of cleanliness throughout the hospital, whilst adhering to relevant policies and procedures.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who is reliable, flexible, well organised, self‑motivated, has good interpersonal communication skills and is able to work effectively alone and as part of a team. Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Responsibilities

• Completing cleaning schedules on a daily basis.
• Ensuring the correct use of mechanical cleaning equipment.
• Ensuring stock is maintained, ensure the correct use of cleaning materials.

Uniform, as provided, must be worn at all times in the hospital environment and must not be worn to and from work. A high standard of personal hygiene must be obtained.

Company Profile

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.

Equal Opportunity

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.

Pay and Classification

NHS AfC: Band 2

Visa Sponsorship

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.