Facilities Assistant (Relief Domestic)

NHS; Stockport; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Greater Manchester is seeking a Facilities Assistant (Relief Domestic) to provide cleaning services across various facilities. The role involves ensuring adherence to health and safety standards while maintaining cleanliness in clinical areas. Candidates should have relevant experience and qualifications. This position may require flexible working hours, including weekends.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Flexible working opportunities

Access to Continued Professional Development

Health and Wellbeing activities

Staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Qualifications

• NVQ 2 or equivalent experience in cleaning services.
• Experience applying COSHH practices and health & safety techniques.
• Good communication & IT skills; punctual and reliable.

Responsibilities

• Perform general cleaning duties in clinical and administrative areas.
• Follow cleaning schedules to maintain required cleanliness levels.
• Report incidents and ensure compliance with trust policies.

Skills

Cleaning services experience

COSHH knowledge

Health & Safety knowledge

Communication skills

IT skills

Punctuality

Reliability

Education

oNVQ 2 or equivalent experience

Job description

We are looking to recruit a Facilities Assistant (Relief Domestic) position to work at Stepping Hill Hospital and Cover Stockport Community Areas. Working Pattern Monday to Sunday 5 days over 7 day rota.The postholder will be a member of the Trust's Facilities team and will provide a comprehensive relief cleaning service for Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust cleaning service for Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust (PCFT). The Facilities Assistant (Domestic) will work across the Trust's in-patient and/or community settings as assigned, which may include working on wards, clinics or admin areas.The role will include weekend working to provide relief support as required as per a weekly rota.

Main duties of the job

The Facilities Assistant (Relief Domestic) is responsible for carrying out relief cover to provide general cleaning duties at PCFT. Cleaning duties will be carried out in all areas including clinical, sanitary and administration areas, in accordance with the cleaning schedule, policy, procedures, Carry out tasks in line with Trust policy, national cleaning standards and local instruction.o Ensure that infection control, COSHH and health and safety procedures are always followed, including:o Follow the cleaning schedules that have been provided for each area to ensure the areas achieve the required levels of cleanliness at all times.o Report any incidents or near misses as per Trust policy.o Ensure that cleaning equipment and machinery is stored correctly and left in a clean condition and to report any defects to the supervisor.o Dispose of all categories of waste safely and in accordance with Trust guidelines.o Work on a weekly rota to cover relief shifts during periods of absence and annual leave, which may include weekend and evening working.o To be familiar with and comply with all Trust and departmental policies, procedures.o Attend mandatory training and other training as required. This may include training online using a mobile phone or computer.o Work as part of the team to ensure cleaning tasks are completed in all areas.o Carry out other reasonable duties as required by the supervisors.

About us

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Job responsibilities

The Job description and person specification for this role has been attached separately to this advert, should further information be sought ahead of an interview, please use the contact details below.

Person Specification

• oNVQ 2 or equivalent experience.
• oExperience of cleaning services, COSHH, Colour Coding
• oKnowledge of Health & Safety Techniques
• oExperience working to the NHS National Cleaning standards, Colour coding, COSHH
• oKnowledge of Health & Safety
• oGood Communication & IT Skills, Punctual & Reliable

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.