Hospital Domestic Assistant - Cleanliness & Patient Care

Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust; Appley Bridge; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 17,000; Part time

Job summary

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are recruiting a Domestic Assistant for Wrightington Hospital. The role involves carrying out cleaning duties to maintain high standards of cleanliness across hospital wards and non-clinical areas.

Training will be provided and posts vary in hours per week. Post 1: 8 hours/week (Sat/Sun 16:00-20:00); Post 2: 15 hours/week (Mon-Fri 19:00-22:00); Post 3: 20 hours/week (Mon-Fri 17:00-21:00).

Responsibilities

• To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering high standards of cleaning within both the clinical and non-clinical areas.
• To clean specific areas in line with Trust policy and national cleaning standards.
• To provide a cleaning service in accordance with approved methods, standards and frequencies.
• To provide support to terminal cleans/infection cleans ensuring conversance with infection control & procedures in respect of all cleaning duties.
• The removal and cleaning up of uncontained body fluid spillages in line with Trust policy and national cleaning standards.
• To use cleaning equipment, machinery and cleaning materials once trained and ability to spot defects with machinery and report to Supervisor.
• Where required undertake Bioquell Q50- HPV decontamination duties and be fully compliant with all the methods and responsibilities of using this system.
• To adopt a flexible approach when undertaking domestic duties.

Job description

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are recruiting a Domestic Assistant for Wrightington Hospital. The role involves carrying out cleaning duties to maintain high standards of cleanliness across hospital wards and non-clinical areas.

Training will be provided and posts vary in hours per week. Post 1: 8 hours/week (Sat/Sun 16:00-20:00); Post 2: 15 hours/week (Mon-Fri 19:00-22:00); Post 3: 20 hours/week (Mon-Fri 17:00-21:00).