Relief Domestic Assistant

NHS National Services Scotland; Coupar Angus; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team as a Relief Domestic Assistant, where your role is crucial in maintaining cleanliness and hygiene across various healthcare settings. This position offers the opportunity to work in a supportive environment, ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness in wards, health centers, and GP practices. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication skills, adaptability, and a commitment to confidentiality. This role is perfect for those looking to make a positive impact in their community while working in a dynamic and sometimes challenging environment. If you are reliable and responsible, this is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the health and well-being of others.

Qualifications

• Ability to work in teams or independently, including lone working.
• Good verbal and written communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Undertake cleaning responsibilities across various healthcare settings.
• Ensure the highest standard of cleanliness in wards and offices.

Skills

Teamwork

Verbal Communication

Written Communication

Adaptability

Health and Safety Awareness

Confidentiality

Reliability

Job description

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Position

Relief Domestic Assistant

Banding

2

Roster

Monday-Sunday

Contracted Hours

25

Shift Times

Between hours of 08:00-21:00

Locality

Angus Locality

Site

Stracathro Hospital & Susan Carnegie Centre, Brechin HC, Links HC

The Domestic Services Department is recruiting for Relief Domestic Assistants to undertake cleaning responsibilities across Angus locality in order to deliver the highest standard of cleanliness within the healthcare setting. This includes areas such as wards, side rooms, theatres, offices, health centres, and GP practices.

You must have the ability to:

1. Work as part of a team or on your own initiative, including lone working.
2. Possess good verbal/written communication skills and communicate information effectively.
3. Respond constructively to unpredictable situations and cope under pressure.
4. Complete domestic-related paperwork.
5. Have awareness of basic health and safety and infection control issues associated with the role.
6. Carry out tasks in a methodical manner.
7. Follow instructions.
8. Complete mandatory training, both online and face-to-face.
9. Undertake a range of duties in a safe and competent manner, which includes walking and standing for most of the shift, bending, stretching, pushing, pulling, and lifting, using appropriate aids.
10. Cope with working in busy clinical and non-clinical environments, including areas with increased heat, secure units, and areas with distressed patients.
11. Work in environments that may be classed as infected.
12. Have a professional approach.
13. Understand the importance of maintaining and observing confidentiality.
14. Be reliable and responsible.
15. Learn and adapt.

All Domestic Assistants are required to work throughout NHS Tayside at various sites/areas as needed.

Informal enquiries to: Carrie Gill, Kym McCagh, David Gordon
Telephone: [phone]

You will be required to complete the Health Care Support Workers Workbook to ensure you are competent in your role and must comply with the Code of Conduct throughout your employment.

NHS Tayside has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is granted by UK Visa and Immigration, and we are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees.

Please be advised that this job role does not qualify for a skilled worker visa/sponsorship.

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