Domestic Assistant

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Wigan; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Domestic Assistant to maintain cleanliness standards at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary. This role includes responsibilities such as general cleaning, isolation cleaning, and working within infection control guidelines. The ideal candidate will need basic literacy and numeracy skills, with no previous experience required. Full training will be provided. This is a part-time position of 20 hours per week, with shifts from 14:00 to 18:00, working from Saturday to Wednesday.

Benefits

Excellent Pension & Life Assurance Package

27 to 33 days annual leave

Health and wellbeing support

Career progression opportunities

NHS discount schemes

Qualifications

• Understanding the importance of cleaning within a hospital environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a range of people.
• Flexibility to meet service needs.

Responsibilities

• Carry out specific cleaning duties to maintain cleanliness.
• Support terminal cleans and ensure infection control compliance.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Basic literacy and numeracy

Effective communication

Organizational skills

Flexibility and adaptability

Education

No formal qualifications required

Tools

Electrical cleaning equipment

Job description

Overview

Choose Well - Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are currently recruiting for a Domestic Assistant based at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan

Working Saturday to Wednesday

20 hours per week - 14 : 00 - 18 : 00

Please be advised, applications are scored against the person specification, detailed in the job advert.

Candidates with highest scores will be invited to the interviews.

Please read the person specification and in your application (Supporting information section) please describe how do you meet these criteria for the role.

Please note this vacancy may close earlier than the closing date if a high volume of applications is received.

Main duties

The post holder is responsible for carrying out specific cleaning and other related duties, following set procedure and standards to provide and maintain high standards of cleanliness throughout the hospital and designated wards or departments.

To perform domestic duties including :

• General cleaning.
• Isolation cleaning.
• High and low dusting.
• Wet and dry mopping.
• Clean toilets, baths and washbasins.
• Emptying clinical and general waste bins and placing bags in designated areas.
• Vacuum Cleaning.
• Scrubbing and buffing floors with mechanical machine.
• Carpet shampooing.
• Using chemicals and cleaning equipment responsibly and within health and safety guidelines.
• Maintaining staff and public safety through appropriate use of warning signage whilst cleaning.

Full training will be provided to the successful candidate.

Working for our organisation

Choose Well – Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. We are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

Good basic salary plus an attractive package of benefits which include :

Excellent Pension & Life Assurance Package (over 20% employer contribution)

Excellent annual leave entitlements 27 to 33 days per annum dependent upon service.

Paid occupational maternity, paternity, and adoption leave dependent upon service.

Training opportunities and eLearning resources.

Health and wellbeing support.

Career Progression opportunitieswithin Estates & Facilities and the NHS.

Access to salary sacrifice schemes for items such as lease vehicles and buy a bike schemes.

NHS Discount schemes to access hundreds of discounts and savings from everything to High Street Stores to restaurants, family holidays and more.

Long Service Awards.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering high standards of cleaning within both the clinical and non-clinical areas.
• To clean specific areas in line with Trust policy and national cleaning standards.
• To provide a cleaning service in accordance with approved methods, standards and frequencies.
• To provide support to terminal cleans / infection cleans ensuring conversance with infection control & procedures in respect of all cleaning duties.
• The removal and cleaning up of uncontained body fluid spillages in line with Trust policy and national cleaning standards.
• To use cleaning equipment, machinery and cleaning materials once trained and ability to spot defects with machinery and report to Supervisor.
• Where required undertake Bioquell Q50- HPV decontamination duties and be fully compliant with all the methods and responsibilities of using this system.
• To adopt a flexible approach when undertaking domestic duties.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Understanding importance of cleaning within a Hospital environment
• Knowledge of using electrical cleaning equipment (vacuum, steam cleaner, buffer, floor scrubber -dryer, carpet cleaner)

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of Infection Control precautions (hand washing, colour coding, PPE, hygiene)
• Understanding of safe usage of chemicals (COSHH) and Health & Safety

Skills

Essential criteria

• Basic literacy and numeracy required
• Knowledge / understanding of cleaning and domestic assistant role
• Ability to communicate effectively with a range of people and understand written and verbal communications
• Ability to organise & prioritise day to day tasks
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable to meet service needs, i.e. move area, work Bank Holidays

Desirable criteria

• Ability to use cleaning equipment, pull out beds to facilitate cleaning; handling refuse sacks; able to stand for long period of time
• Basic IT skills to enable complete of Trust e-learning and use software to book annual leave

Experience

Essential criteria

• No previous experiance required

Desirable criteria

• Experience of cleaning within healthcare environment
• Experience of working with public / customers

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• No formal qualifications are required : an induction period, on the job instruction and additional training will be provided on infection control, COSHH, national cleaning standards, use of cleaning equipment / machinery and manual handling.

Desirable criteria

• NVQ Level 1 & 2 or other recognised cleaning qualifications