Domestic Assistant

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Domestic Assistant to help keep wards and theatres clean to high standards. Training will be provided, and flexible shifts are available across full-time and part-time roles.

No prior experience is required, and full development plans can support your progression within the department. Applications welcome from a diverse workforce.

Qualifications

• Good communication with Trust staff.
• Experience using cleaning machines and chemicals.
• Understanding of infection control and safety.

Responsibilities

• Clean wards, departments and theatres to required standards.
• Follow infection control guidelines and national cleanliness standards.

Skills

Communication

Cleaning machines

Infection control

Education

NVQ / City and Guilds

Tools

Cleaning chemicals

Job description

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, w e’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job overview

Would you like to work within a large multi disciplinary team?

Hotel servicesare looking to increase the team of Domestic Assistants working within the Royal Victoria Infirmary Site.

The ideal candidates will be motivated to the highest standards and be flexible to business demands.

• Full Time/Part Time posts available

Main duties of the job

As a Domestic Assistant you will work to clean wards/departments and theatres to the highest standards in compliance with work schedules that also adhere to Infection Control guidelines and in line with national standards of cleanliness.

No experience is essential as all training will be given and tailored personal development plans can be discussed for any future progression with the department.

We have varied shifts available which include the following:

Full time: 7:30-15:30 or 12:00-20:00 Mon-Fri (37.5 hours per week)

Part time: 7:30-11:30, 10:00-14:00, 16:00-20:00 or 17:00-20:00 Mon-Fri (15 or 20 hours per week)

Part time: 7:30-15:30 or 7:30-11:30 Saturday and Sunday (15 or 8 hours per week)

Part time: 21:30-6:15 2 or 3 nights a week (15.5 or 23.25 hours per week)

Working for our organisation

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To perform cleaning and other associated task in any ward, department, operating theatre, laboratory, corridor, catering area, office or residential accommodation as may be required and shall include all or any of the under mentioned tasks, which may include working as a team member

Person specification

KNOWLEDGE

• Literate – basic education
• Understanding of infection control in relation to cleanliness
• Understanding of Health and Safety
• Knowledge of COSHH

SKILLS

• Good communication skills, must be able to communicate with other members of Trust staff
• Previous use of cleaning machines and chemicals

EXPERIENCE

• Previous Domestic experience

QUALIFICATIONS

• NVQ / City and Guilds Qualifications

Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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.