Facilities Domestic Assistant (Workington)

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Workington; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Job summary

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Facilities Domestic Assistant for Workington Hospital. The role is 20 hours per week, Mon-Fri, 3:30pm-7:30pm. Duties include cleaning clinical areas, offices and public spaces, plus assisting with patient meals and maintaining infection prevention standards.

The post offers full training and is based at Workington Hospital within a supportive NHS environment focused on safe, high-quality care and patient experience.

Qualifications

• Basic cleaning and catering duties within a hospital environment.
• Adherence to infection prevention and control procedures.
• Ability to work in a team and follow safety guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Undertake cleaning of clinical areas, offices and public spaces.
• Provide meals to patients in conjunction with nursing staff.
• Ensure high standards of cleanliness to meet NHS cleanliness guidelines.

Skills

Cleaning skills

Infection control

Teamwork

Education

NVQ Level1 Cleaning & Support Services

BICSc certification

NVQ 2 Cleaning & Support Services

Job description

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Facilities Domestic Assistant (Workington)

The closing date is 09 November 2026

Facilities Domestic Assistant - B2 - 20 Hours per week Monday to Friday 3:30pm-7:30pm - Workington Hospital

Undertake a range of cleaning & catering duties within the Workington Hospital

Maintaining a high cleanliness standard across the trust, to meet the National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2025

Full training will be provided, and main duties will be to keep clinical areas, offices and public areas clean and tidy as well as providing patients with meals.

Main duties of the job

Domestic:

• Collect linen stores as required.
• Comply with infection prevention and control procedures at all times.
• Comply with responsibility to safeguard children and vulnerable adults
• Carry out damp dusting of furniture and fittings and at high and low levels.
• Mop floor areas and maintain floors using electrical equipment when necessary.
• Check electrical equipment is in good condition and currently PAT tested.
• Clean toilets, baths and washbasins.
• Empty all bins and dispose of waste appropriately, ensuring waste management regulations are followed.
• Assist with ward or departmental duties as appropriate.
• Undertake second cleaning of bodily fluids as required
• Guard against the potential risk associated with needle stick injuries, especially in toilet areas.
• Wear uniform and protective clothing provided, as instructed.
• Make beds as requested.
• Ensure attendance at appropriate training.

Catering:

• To ensure, in conjunction with Nursing staff, that patient are provided with appropriate meals
• To ensure, that patient meals are served in a presentable and timely manner and that appropriate cutlery and condiments are supplied
• To ensure that all meal tables and eating areas are suitably prepared for meal times and to make sure they are wiped clean at the end of each meal
• Probe, record temperature of food and serve
• Record waste levels at the end of service

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

Being a clinically led organisation

Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

A positive patient experience every time

A great place to work

Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see ourPolicy for eligible vacancies.

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

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• Junk Mail is checked regularly

Disclosure and Barring Service:

On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.

The changes mean that:

• youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
• the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.

If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.

Unlock Tel: [phone], email [e-mail] or complete the online form on the Unlock website

Please note the cost of the DBS check is increasing from 2nd December and the new cost will be

Standard DBS check £21.50, Enhanced DBS check £49.50 + any admin costs.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

• A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
• 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
• Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
• EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

These schemes are subject to availability

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ Level1 Cleaning & Support Services or equivalent
• BICSc certification or equivalent
• NVQ 2 in Cleaning and Support Services

Knowledge

• Knowledge of cleaning, food handling/hygiene, COSHH procedures.
• Basic Literacy and Numeracy
• Work in a hospital environment
• Work in a domestic role
• Able to work alone and in a team
• Ability to use own initiative
• Able to follow health and safety and hygiene procedures
• Equality issues
• Able to communicate with patients with behavioural issues or severe communication difficulties
• Flexible approach to work

Personal Circumstances

• Willing to learn
• Smart, clean appearance
• High personal standards
• Be able to work shifts

Other Requirements

• Flexibility in shift patterns
• Support equality and value diversity

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.

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust