Domestic Support Worker

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking dedicated individuals to maintain a clean and hygienic environment for staff and patients. This role involves delivering comprehensive cleaning services across various hospital areas, ensuring adherence to infection control policies and maintaining high standards of hygiene. Join a forward-thinking organization that values teamwork and professionalism, providing you with the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in healthcare. If you're passionate about cleanliness and patient care, this position offers a rewarding career path in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to work under pressure in a busy environment.
• Demonstrate care and compassion with patients and service users.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a full cleaning service to wards, offices, and departments.
• Dispose of domestic and clinical waste according to policies.
• Maintain cleanliness of kitchen and sanitary fittings.

Skills

Teamwork

Ability to understand and carry out instructions

Initiative

Professionalism

Health and Safety understanding

Customer care

Experience in Domestic Environment

COSHH Regulations awareness

Job description

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

To maintain a clean and hygienic environment for Trust staff, patients and their visitors in line with the National Standards of Cleanliness.

Job Purpose:

To deliver a full cleaning service to wards, offices and departments within the hospital at the prescribed times and in accordance with Work Schedules and activity within the area, using own initiative to plan workload.

Main duties of the job

Main Tasks are:

Empty and dispose of domestic and clinical waste in accordance with the Trust's Infection Control and Waste Disposal Policies.

Carry out general cleaning tasks i.e. damp dusting of all furniture, fixtures, fittings, skirting's and interior glass doors.

Carry out high and low level dusting of walls, ledges, perimeter fittings, paintwork.

Clean all sanitary fittings and fixtures.

Supply and replenish consumables i.e. paper towels, toilet rolls, soap etc.

Clean and maintain floor areas/surfaces using the appropriate equipment.

Clean the kitchen, fixtures and appliances.

Clean and maintain Cleaning Store and equipment.

As required and under supervision respond to any requests for ad-hoc and specialist cleaning, adhering to Infection Control Guidelines.

Other Duties:

Report any mechanical defects, pest sightings or building/environment faults to a supervisor.

Collect and return keys after securing door, windows and exits.

Use all PPE as required.

Maintain a high standard of personal hygiene and be presentably dressed at all times wearing the correct uniform and identification.

Use and care of approved cleaning materials and equipment at all times in accordance with the operator instructions.

Maintain appropriate levels of chemicals and equipment in area of work.

Regularly check machinery and equipment, changing filters when necessary and reporting faults as required

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to understand and carry out instructions
• To act on own initiative
• To work under pressure in a busy environment
• To maintain professionalism and demonstrate care and compassion with patients and other service users.
• Understanding of Health and Safety
• Understanding of customer care
• Experience of working in a Domestic Environment.
• Awareness of COSHH Regulations.

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

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust