Healthcare Cleaning Operative - Theatre

NHS; Hereford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Hereford is seeking a Healthcare Cleaning Operative to maintain the cleanliness of the theatre environment. This role offers full-time and part-time opportunities for candidates with or without previous healthcare experience. You will be trained in domestic duties, ensuring adherence to safety and hygiene standards. The ideal candidate should possess good customer service skills, be flexible, and maintain a high standard of personal hygiene. Opportunities for career development within the NHS are available.

Benefits

Opportunity to undertake Level 2 Healthcare Cleaning Operative qualification

Great work-life balance

Qualifications

• Experience in cleaning and/or catering is an advantage.
• Ability to work as part of a team and individually.
• High standard of personal hygiene required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness in the theatre environment.
• Adhere to infection prevention standards.
• Ensure correct waste disposal procedures.

Skills

Good customer service skills

Ability to follow instructions

Understanding of health and safety processes

Education

Good level of written and verbal communication skills

Basic literacy skills

Job description

Healthcare Cleaning Operative - Theatre Department Hereford County Hospital Permanent, Band 2 - With the Opportunity to Undertake the Level 2 Healthcare Cleaning Operative qualification through the NHS Academy offer.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is currently in the process of building three new day case theatres. This is an exciting venture and will support the Trust in addressing waiting times for the patients of Herefordshire and beyond and present excellent opportunities for staff who are interested in a career in theatres. To find out more please click on the following link https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/work-with-us/elective-surgical-hub.aspx

This is a fantastic opportunity to take yourfirst stepsinto a career in the NHS as a Healthcare Cleaning Operative within the theatre department at Wye Valley NHS Trust.

We have a number of full time and part time opportunities available to applicantswith or without previous health care experience,who are wanting to develop a career in health care.

Our Healthcare Cleaning Operatives are a vital part of the theatre team ensuring that our theatres are cleaned and maintained to the highest standards. You will work as part of a team and will be trained in all aspects of domestic duties in a very busy clinical environment.

Main duties of the job

This role will provide you with the opportunity to work as part of a team, with support and guidance. You will have scope to take responsibility for developing your own skills and demonstrate a commitment to learning.

• To work as part of a team to maintain levels of cleanliness in the theatre environment in line with the national standards of cleanliness.
• To carry out a wide range of cleaning duties and adhere to infection prevention standards to ensure the environment is clean and tidy.
• To ensure the equipment and materials are used and stored safely.
• To ensure correct waste disposal procedures.
• To minimize hazards in the working area and report any identifiable hazards to the line manager.
• To adhere to all safe systems of work applicable to the work area.
• To demonstrate effective communication, both orally and in writing, to ensure dissemination of information.
• To maintain confidentiality at all times.

The Healthcare Cleaning Operative have the following core shifts: 0800-1400; 1500-2100; 1800-0200; 2000-0200Candidates will be expected to be flexible within these shift times.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Good level of written and verbal communication skills
• Basic literacy skills

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Good customer service skills / experience of dealing with General Public / Patients / Relatives
• Ability to follow instructions and organise own work to meet the team objectives, adapting work to meet any changing priorities which may need to meet tight timescales
• Understanding of health and safety processes

Experience

• Previous work in cleaning and/or catering would be an advantage

Personal Attributes

• Good written / verbal communication skills, flexible, motivated, keen, able to work as part of a team & individually
• Flexible with working hours
• High standard of personal hygiene
• Ability to fulfil any travel requirements of post
• Ability to deal with clinical waste, smells, bodily excretions / fluid and dirt

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.