Domestic Cleaner

EMAS Community Response Team; Waingroves; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 29,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible shifts

NHS Pension

Annual leave 27–33 days pro rata

Job summary

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is seeking a part-time Domestic/Station Cleaner for Ripley Ambulance Station. The role involves keeping the station clean according to a set schedule and supporting the cleaning team to uphold high standards of hygiene.

The position offers flexible shift patterns within a family-friendly trust, with opportunities for training and development, and a perception of contributing to essential patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience in cleaning and able to work with limited supervision.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Awareness of health and safety requirements in cleaning duties.

Responsibilities

• Ensure cleanliness and upkeep of Ripley Ambulance Station according to schedule.
• Support the cleaning services team to maintain high standards of cleanliness.
• Be prepared to cover additional sites or shifts as required.

Skills

Communication

Reliability

Flexibility

Punctuality

Job description

Main area Domestic / Cleaning Services Grade NHS AfC: Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 20 hours per week (Mon - Friday 4 hours per day) Job ref 335-A-2095

Site Ripley Ambulance Station Town Ripley Salary £25,272 Unsocial and weekend rates for Band 2 will apply when applicable. Salary period Yearly Closing 11/10/2026 23:59

We are East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), an organisation focused on delivering a high standard of emergency and urgent care to our patients across the region.

The East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) provides Emergency, Urgent and Non-Emergency pre-hospital care and transport across six counties (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Rutland and Northamptonshire).

Job overview

If you are caring, compassionate and want a job that helps to make a difference, then this is the right opportunity for you.

This job is the perfect job for someone who is looking to start their career into the NHS, within cleaning services or for those who are already experienced in this field. For those who are ambitious, we offer a range of training and development opportunities to help you climb the career ladder.

The role of Domestic / Station Cleaner plays a key part in our EMAZING Team. The successful candidate, following a schedule, will be responsible for the cleanliness of Ripley Ambulance Station. You will support the cleaning services team by helping to improve the standards of cleanliness and assurance of cleanliness within our sites.

This is a physically demanding role with elements of reaching, crouching, moving between rooms & the movement of items etc.

Main duties of the job

We are a family friendly organisation,and we are committed to improving the working lives of our staff. We offer varied shift patterns and hours of work to enable you to get the right work / life balance.

The main area of work for this role is Ripley ambulance Station; however, you may be asked to support in covering other stations and fixed sites from time to time, dependent on service requirements. This will either be within your existing hours or overtime may be offered.

Working for our organisation

Working for us not only provides job satisfaction of knowing that what you do makes a real difference to our patients, but we offer a range of other great benefits too:

• Flexible approach to working patterns, we understand the importance of a work life balance and have a wide selection of rotas for part-time and full-time staff
• Holiday entitlement of 27 days rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years, plus public bank holiday entitlement (pro rata for part time).
• Pay enhancements for out of hours, shift and overtime working, career and salary progression and annual personal development review.
• Uniform will be provided where this is a requirement of the role
• Expert training and support from our dedicated in-house education team.
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme.
• Occupational Health support along with an Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Discounts in over 200+ stores including Holidays, Days out, Car insurance, Restaurants and Clothing.
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes and cycle to work.
• An exceptional place to work to provide with high-quality emergency care to save lives and make a difference to people
• A first‑class employer, promoting equality, diversity and inclusion of our employees. We are a Rainbow Accredited organisation, and a Veteran Aware and Disability Confident employer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To be considered for this role, it would be advantageous if you have previous cleaning experience and are able to work with limited supervision.

To be successful, you would need to be able to demonstrate that you;

Are able to communicate verbally with others clearly & courteously.

• Are polite, reliable and responsible
• Have an understanding of Health and Safety, COSHH and Risk Assessments
• Have the ability to comply with standard operating procedures and organisational policies
• Be prepared to undertake training and development

For a full job description and person specification, please view the attachments included with this advertisement.

Person specification

Knowledge and Skills

• Understanding of Health and safety matters as they relate to cleaning duties
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Able to understand and follow written/verbal instructions and procedures.
• Awareness of risk assessment
• Knowledge of COSHH
• Awareness of Infection Prevention and Control

Experience

• Experience of working without supervision
• Previous work experience as a domestic cleaner.

Personal Attribues

• Flexible approach to duties and willingness to provide cover for colleagues
• Punctual
• Demonstrates through and methodical approach to work
• Displays initiative and an ability to work without supervision
• Display enthusiasm for high standards of customer care
• Reliable and conscientious approach
• Willingness to travel between sites across the Trust footprint (including having access to a vehicle with appropriate level of insurance)
• Ability to extend hours to cover if necessary

The East Midlands has a lot to offer:

Making a Difference

Action Packed Roles

Support and Belonging

Accessibility

If you have any accessibility requirements at any point during the recruitment process, then please contact the recruiting manager.

If you haven’t heard back from us within eight weeks of the closing date please consider your application unsuccessful.

Due to the high volume of applications received we are unable to provide updates on the progress of applications and only successful candidates at shortlisting stage will be contacted, regrettably feedback will not be provided. If you are unsuccessful at this stage please refer back to the job description, person specification and advertised requirements for ways to improve your future applications.

Internal candidates applying for vacancies must have completed their probationary period (stated within your contract) at point of application.

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer,committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We actively encourage interest from across our diverse communities. Black and Minority Ethnic staff are currently under-represented within our workforce, and we welcome applications from within these communities.

We are keen to promote a positive work-life balance. We recognise the importance of being able to spend quality time with family and friends and to engage in your own personal interests outside of work, which alongside work helps us to lead healthy and fulfilling lives. We are committed to embedding the NHS People Promise to support colleagues to work flexibly in a way that works for our patients, for us and for you. Many of our staff already work flexibly in many different ways, including job share, part-time or other flexible working patterns. Please talk openly to us at interview about flexible working opportunities. In addition, if a role is advertised as home based, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations, so please talk to us about the options available to you. If it works for our service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

At EMAS we believe that our culture should be built upon our core values and that our behaviour should reflect these. Our values – respect, integrity, contribution, teamwork and compassion - underpin everything we do – how we deliver our services and how we work with each other. We believe that it’s our people who make EMAS what it is.

Our Vision -Respondingto patient needs in the right way,developingour organisation to become outstanding for patients and staff, andcollaboratingto improve wider healthcare.

Please note we reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy if an internal member of staff on our redeployment register expresses an interest and is successful for this vacancy, or if a sufficient number of applications is received.

Please be aware if you are applying for a Frontline role, an Enhanced DBS clearance check will be required, and depending on the nature of other non-patient facing roles this check may also be required if offered a position with EMAS (Al l spent and unspent convictions must declared).

If you are not part of the update service, you will be liable for the payment and this will be deducted from your first months’ salary. The current cost of an enhanced DBS check is £55.38.