Domestic Assistant

NHS Scotland; Scotland; On-site; AUD 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave 35 days

NHS pension scheme

Annual incremental salary progression

Paid sick leave increasing with length

NHS discounts and more

Job summary

NHS Lanarkshire in Scotland is seeking a dedicated Domestic Services operative to provide a clean, safe environment for patients, staff and visitors across NHSL premises. You will perform a range of cleaning tasks using machinery and manual methods, following daily schedules and reporting issues to the supervisor.

The role requires compliance with health and safety guidelines, including COSHH and PaMOVA training if identified.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of cleaning standards and related procedures.
• On-the-job training and induction typically 4–6 weeks to achieve full competency across duties.
• Working knowledge of Health & Safety including risk assessment.
• PaMOVA training level 1 and 2 if identified following a risk assessment.

Responsibilities

• Undertake a range of cleaning tasks using machinery, equipment and cleaning appliances with manual handling.
• Ensure cleaning is completed to required standards and report any areas not cleaned due to access issues.
• Use cleaning materials in line with Health & Safety and COSHH guidelines.
• Clean all equipment, furniture/fittings and surfaces as per Daily Weekly Cleaning Schedules.

Skills

Cleaning standards

COSHH training

PaMOVA training

Health & Safety awareness

Job description

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

Provide domestic service to patients, staff and visitors of NHS Lanarkshire, (NHSL) premises through the use of effective and efficient methods, which deliver a ‘safe’ and welcoming environment and meet the required NHSL and Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI )standards. To work alongside and support new staff in the working environment.

In This Key Role, You Will

• Undertake a range of cleaning tasks which require the use of machinery, equipment and cleaning appliances involving manual handling and lifting
• To ensure all cleaning is undertaken to the required standards and report to supervisor any areas not cleaned due to access issues etc
• Utilise cleaning materials and agents in keeping with Health & Safety responsibilities and Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) guidelines.
• To undertake the full range of duties, cleaning all equipment, furniture/fittings and surfaces including the arm of the bedside communication systems, bed frames, patient chairs etc, as identified in the Daily Weekly Cleaning Schedules (DWCS)/ job schedules.

What You'll Bring

• Knowledge of cleaning standards and related procedures.
• Required to undertake on the job training and induction (this will generally take 4-6 weeks, depending on hours/days worked ), to achieve full competency across a range of duties
• Working knowledge Health & Safety including participation in risk assessing individual tasks
• Required to undertake Prevention, Assessment & Management Of Violence & Aggression (PaMOVA) training level 1 and level 2, if identified following a appropriate risk assessment
• Undertake NHS Lanarkshire compulsory training
• Undertake mandatory Health Care Support Workers (HCSW) standards

What We Offer

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

• Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Andrea Cooke on [e-mail].

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Stephanie McNeill, Recruitment Administrator on [e-mail].

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