Healthcare Cleaning & Patient Care Assistant

QE Facilities Limited; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

QE Facilities Limited, based in Gateshead, is hiring Domestic Assistants to clean patient environments and support meal service in patient areas.

Role involves a variety of cleaning tasks, waste management, and helping with beverages under nursing staff guidance. Experience in domestic or healthcare settings is preferred. The post is full-time and requires flexibility, including bank holidays.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a domestic role or healthcare setting.
• Professional, supportive interactions with patients and clients.
• Ability to work independently with good time management and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Complete daily, weekly, and regular cleaning of all floor surfaces, paintwork, internal glass, fixtures and fittings as defined by QE Facilities policy and service level agreements.
• Organise and remove waste materials in designated areas following waste procedures for domestic and clinical waste.
• Carry out sanitary cleaning in wet areas including toilets, basins, baths and shower cubicles.
• Maintain and replenish cleaning materials and linen in designated areas.
• Respond to remedial cleaning requests after incidents in a timely fashion.
• Report building defects to ensure remedial action is taken.
• Prepare patient areas for service of patient meals; collect cutlery and crockery after meals and wash up.
• Prepare and serve patient beverages under nursing staff guidance.
• Linen changes in on-call rooms and curtain changes in clinical areas.
• Work bank holidays to support service needs.

Skills

Experience in domestic role

Healthcare setting experience

Job description

QE Facilities Limited, based in Gateshead, is hiring Domestic Assistants to clean patient environments and support meal service in patient areas.

Role involves a variety of cleaning tasks, waste management, and helping with beverages under nursing staff guidance. Experience in domestic or healthcare settings is preferred. The post is full-time and requires flexibility, including bank holidays.