Domestic Assistant

NHS; Winchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Winchester is looking for Domestic Staff to ensure a clean and safe environment for patients, staff, and visitors. Key responsibilities include general cleaning in clinical and non-clinical areas, deep cleaning, and serving beverages to patients. The ideal candidate should possess effective communication skills and experience in a healthcare setting. This position offers weekend and bank holiday pay enhancements, contributing to the overall health and wellbeing services provided.

Benefits

Enhanced pay for weekends and bank holidays

Support for health and wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Knowledge of manual handling and health and safety regulations.
• Experience of working in a healthcare environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform general cleaning in both clinical and non-clinical areas.
• Deep clean areas and equipment.
• Serve patient beverages.

Skills

Effective communication with patients and staff

Teamwork

Education

Good general education at GCSE level or equivalent

Job description

Job summary

Domestic staff provide a clean and safe environment for our patients, staff and visitors and help to reduce the spread of Health Care Acquired Infections. This role will involve general cleaning in both clinical and non-clinical areas.

Main duties of the job

• High dusting walls, ceilings, curtains rails, doors
• Damp dusting furniture, fittings, ledges and paintwork
• Vacuuming floors daily
• Deep Cleaning of areas and equipment
• Serving patient beverages

We provide enhanced hours for Saturdays and Sundays as well as enhanced pay for bank holidays. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers a wide range of support for health and wellbeing services to support you in the workplace.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

• Good general education at GCSE level or equivalent

Experience & Knowledge

• Knowledge of manual handling and health and safety regulations
• Experience of working in a healthcare environment

Skills & Ability

• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, ward staff and Domestic team.
• Ability to work well as part of a team.

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 details

Employer name: Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Winchester, Romsey Road, Winchester, SO22 5DG