Domestic Cleaner - Gainsborough Ambulance Station

EMAS Community Response Team; Gainsborough CP; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible rotas

27 days holiday pro rata

NHS Pension

Training & development

Employee assistance programme

Discounts in stores

Job summary

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is recruiting for a part-time Domestic/Station Cleaner at Gainsborough Ambulance Station. The role is 6 hours per week (3 hours Sat & 3 hours Sun) with a pro rata salary of £25,272 per year.

The position offers a family-friendly rota, NHS Pension, training, and a range of benefits. The cleaner will help maintain high cleanliness standards, follow health and safety policies, and support the EMS team across the site.

Qualifications

• Previous cleaning experience is advantageous.
• Able to communicate clearly with colleagues and supervisors.
• Understanding of health and safety, COSHH and risk assessments.

Responsibilities

• Clean Gainsborough Ambulance Station following a schedule.
• Maintain standards of cleanliness and hygiene across site.
• Work with the cleaning services team with limited supervision.

Skills

Cleaning experience

Clear communication

Health and safety awareness

Job description

Domestic Cleaner - Gainsborough Ambulance Station

Band 2 AFC per annum ( Pro Rata Part Time )

Main area Domestic Grade Band 2 AFC per annum ( Pro Rata Part Time ) Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 6 hours per week (6 hrs per week - 3 hours Sat & 3 hrs Sunday) Job ref 335-A-2120

Site Gainsborough Ambulance Station Town Gainsborough Salary £25,272 Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 01/11/2026 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 arecaring,compassionateand want a job that helps tomake 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 Gainsborough 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

6 hours per week (3 hrs Sat & 3 hrs Sun)

We are afamily friendlyorganisation,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(s) of work for this role is Gainsborough 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.

Experience

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

Knowledge & Skills

• Understanding of health and safety matters as they relate to cleaning duties
• Clear verbal and written communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Able to follow written/verbal instructions and procedures

Personal Attributes

• Good attendance record over previous 12 months
• Physically fit and able
• Smart and clean appearance
• Reliable and conscientious approach
• Punctual
• Demonstrates through and methodical approach to work
• Displays initiative and an ability to work without supervision
• Flexible approach to duties and willingness to provide cover for colleagues

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.