Fleet Ancillary Premise Cleaner

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 9,000 - 12,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Contributory Pension

NHS Discounts

Car lease schemes

Employee assistance and counselling

Job summary

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is seeking a Premise Cleaner for Harrogate Ambulance Station. The role covers cleaning, decontamination and related tasks to meet infection prevention standards across sites, including entrances, washrooms, kitchens, gym, offices and more.

You will log activities, manage stock and adapt to ad-hoc cover as needed. A flexible, can-do attitude and ability to work alone or as part of a team are essential.

Qualifications

• Previous workplace premise cleaning experience within last two years.
• Willingness to undertake role specific training including NVQ 2 Cleaning & Support Services or agreed equivalent.
• Flexibility to work out of hours to meet service and development/training requirements.

Responsibilities

• Clean, decontaminate and maintain cleanliness across our stations and sites.
• Record daily activities and complete worksheets/reports.
• Operate cleaning equipment and follow trust cleaning protocols and schedules.

Skills

Premise cleaning experience

Teamwork

Flexible hours

Driving licence B

Basic IT skills

Literacy and numeracy

Education

NVQ 2 Cleaning & Support Services

Tools

Hand held data devices

Keyboard input

Job description

Yorkshire Ambulance Service: Ancillary Services Team, are offering an opportunity for a shift 16 hours per week, Premise Cleaner at our Harrogate Ambulance Station., Duties will include Station/Site Cleaning: To undertake cleaning, decontamination, and other associated tasks to meet the high standards of cleanliness and Infection Prevention and Control measures required across our stations and sites. To ensure that all activities are performed in line with the Trust Cleaning Protocols, procedures, and specific daily work schedules. Achieving and maintaining all required standards of cleanliness across the organization. Our cleaning schedules include entrances and foyers, public and staff washrooms/toilets, kitchens, canteens/restaurant's, gym's, shower rooms, training rooms, corridors, stairs, landings, lifts, offices, contact centres, storerooms, dirty utility rooms, crew rooms, external areas, and other associated areas. To ensure adequate stocks of cleaning materials are maintained and to record all daily activities. This will include urgent spillage and ad-hock cleaning and deep cleaning as requested or where identified. Use of basic IT; access and inputting of information is essential. For example: Emails and time sheets. (full support given), Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification, for a full breakdown of duties and requirements within this role. A flexible and can-do attitude towards ad-hoc changes in scheduled work, and any potential alternative location support cover within your shift is required. Due to the required site support needs and the nature of the Emergency Services health care provision, short notice changes can occur within task and duties. Can you work alone to effectively plan essential given tasks to ensure overall completion, within limited time restraints and communicate effectively with senior staff? When completing this application, please ensure you read the person specification and ensure you describe how you meet these specifications within your application. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a very basic 1215-minute Physical Capability Assessment.

• Previous workplace premise cleaning experience within last two years., Ability to work individually or as a team.
• Willingness to undertake role specific training including NVQ 2 Cleaning & Support Services or agreed equivalent.
• Flexibility to work out of hours to meet service and development/training requirements, Current 'B' Class driving Licence which is valid in the UK., Good literacy and numerical skills in order to complete daily worksheets and reports.
• Awareness of Workplace Health and Safety, COSHH, Risk Assessments preferably associated to standard procedures and practices within the cleaning services sector, Basic IT Skills including use of keyboard, hand held data devices and telephones. Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.
• We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live. We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.
• Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
• 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.
• Contributory Pension.
• NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.
• Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes.
• Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.
• Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.
• Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.