Domestic Assistant

NHS; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 19,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Domestic Assistant to provide a high-quality cleaning service across clinical and non-clinical areas, ensuring a clean and safe environment for patients, staff and visitors.

The post closes on 21 September 2026 with interviews planned for Tuesday 29 September 2026; shift patterns are Monday to Friday 07:00-10:00 (15 hours) and 17:00-20:00 (15 hours).

Qualifications

• Knowledge of infection control and health & safety practices.
• Experience in domestic cleaning.
• Ability to work in a clinical environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard cleaning within clinical and non-clinical areas.
• Operate cleaning machinery following manufacturer instructions.
• Dispose of waste per Trust policy and complete required documentation.

Skills

Infection control

Communication

Education

NVQ / City and Guilds

Tools

Cleaning equipment

Job description

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Domestic Assistant

The closing date is 21 September 2026

Hotel Services are offering exciting opportunities to work within a vibrant, inclusive and busy department.

As a Domestic Assistant you will provide a high quality cleaning service working either individually or as part of a team to ensure a clean and safe environment is maintained for patients, staff and visitors.

If you are highly motivated and want to make a difference to our patients' experience, we would like to hear from you.

• Interview Date Tuesday 29 September 2026
• Monday to Friday 07.00-10.00 - 15 hoursMonday to Friday 17.00-20.00 - 15 hours

Main duties of the job

• To provide a high standard of cleaning within clinical and non-clinical areas reducing the risk of infections by following agreed work schedules, methods and procedures in accordance with the National Standards of Cleanliness.
• Operating cleaning equipment, machinery in accordance with manufacturer's instructions.
• Disposal of waste in accordance with the Trust Waste Policy.
• Accurate completion of all required documentation to support specific service processes , eg Terminal cleans.

About us

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:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

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

Job 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
• To ensure the highest possible standard of cleanliness is achieved and complying with the National Standards of Cleanliness, and the local Infection Control Policy within given areas to minimise the risk of cross infection for staff, patients and members of the public within Trust premises
• Undertake deep clean/isolation cleans following national and local guidelines

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.

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

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.

Employer name

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust