FMA Domestic Cleaner

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Coalville; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Facilities Management Assistant (FMA) Domestic cleaner to support the Estates and Facilities Department at Hollins Park. The role involves delivering a high-quality cleaning service, adhering to National Standards of Cleanliness, PLACE requirements and CQC standards within the NHS framework.

The post requires experience in domestic services with focus on cleanliness, health and safety, and effective communication with service users and staff.

Qualifications

• GCSE/O'Levels or experience.
• Foundation certificate in food hygiene level 2

Responsibilities

• NHS safety, health and catering or cleaning tasks.
• Experience of working in a similar role (cleaning or catering).
• Experience of working in the NHS.
• Knowledge of the National Standards of Cleanliness and NHS Colour Coding.
• Experience of dealing with people.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Flexibility

Interpersonal skills

Record keeping

Manual tasks

Mental health awareness

Willingness to training

Education

GCSE/O'Levels

Food hygiene Level 2

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Estates and Facilities Department for an enthusiastic team member for a Facilities Management Assistant (FMA) Domestic cleaner.

The post is suited to a motivated and experienced domestic services candidate to work at Hollins Park.

The successful candidate will provide a cleaning service around this Division ensuring National cleaning standards, PLACE requirements and CQC standards are met

Main duties of the job

The provision of a high quality professional centered service ensuring all policies and procedures and standards are adhered to.

To work to a high standard to meet national Standards of Cleanliness.

Work to an agreed cleaning schedule and complete relevant documentation.

Responsible for ensuring all cleaning equipment and cleaning agents are available.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Job responsibilities

NHS experience and training in safety, health and catering or cleaning tasks.

Experience of working in a similar role (cleaning or catering).

Experience of working in the NHS.

Knowledge of the National Standards of Cleanliness and NHS Colour Coding.

Experience of dealing with people.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GCSE/O'Levels or experience
• Foundation certificate in food hygiene level 2

Skills

• Able to function as a member of a team and support the management objectives of the department and Trust
• Able to deal with requests from service users, managers and staff in a friendly and helpful way
• Flexible
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Able to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Able to carry out manual tasks
• Able to maintain accurate records.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the needs of people with mental health problems
• Willingness to undertake further training as required.

Experience

• Experience working in a similar role.
• Training in Health & Safety and catering or cleaning tasks
• Experience of working in the NHS specifically Mental Health/ Community environment

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the National Standards of Cleanliness.
• Knowledge of COSHH and HACCP.
• Knowledge of using cleaning equipment

Values

• Continuous improvement - committed to making improvements to our services for the benefit of all.
• Accountability - taking ownership to anticipate, develop and deliver high quality care
• Respect - how we treat others in an inclusive and supportive way
• Enthusiasm - demonstrate our passion and pride for what we do and how we do it.
• Support - actively supporting others with compassion and courage.

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.