Healthcare Cleaner

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Burton upon Trent is seeking a Healthcare Cleaner to maintain high standards of cleanliness across its services. The ideal candidate will support healthcare teams through various cleaning duties, ensuring a safe environment for patients and staff. Development opportunities, professional support, and staff benefits such as discounted gym membership are offered in this role.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of cleaning standards and practices.
• Ability to work alone or as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the highest standards of cleaning service to the ward at all times.
• Perform cleaning of wards, outpatient areas, and residential areas.
• Maintain cleanliness standards to contribute to a positive patient experience.

Skills

Basic knowledge of cleaning standards and practices

Ability to work alone or as part of a team

Job description

Overview

Our Domestic Services Department pride ourselves on the high standards of cleanliness throughout our services. Healthcare Cleaners are a valued member of the Healthcare Team and are respected for the work they do. Healthcare Cleaners provide a range of cleaning duties across the Trust and support services to ensure a safe, efficient and effective service to all patients, staff and visitors is delivered. As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together. Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

We are looking to fill multiple roles with varied hours, including:

• 6am-9:30am Monday - Friday (17 1/2 hours)
• 7am-1:30pm Monday - Friday (30 hours)
• 7am-1:30pm Saturday-Sunday (12 hours)
• 1:30pm-8pm Monday - Friday (30 hours)
• 4:30pm-8pm Monday - Friday (17 1/2 hours)
• Possibility of additional hours as required

Responsibilities (Main duties)

• Deliver the highest standards of cleaning service to the ward at all times, observing work schedules and the National Specifications for cleanliness in the NHS requirements.
• Perform cleaning of wards, outpatient/clinical areas, and residential areas, including changing window nets, curtains, screens and bed curtains; wipe/wash nets and shower curtains periodically; make beds as required.
• Damp wipe all furniture, fixtures and fittings, ledges, pipes, tiles, glass partitions, walls, doors and panels, and internal window blinds.
• Work independently or as part of a team to maintain cleanliness standards and contribute to a positive patient experience.

Qualifications and requirements

• Basic knowledge of cleaning standards and practices.
• Ability to work alone or as part of a team.

Benefits

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• Ongoing support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key facts

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.