Soft Facilities Domestic Assistant - Community Clinics

Wye Valley NHS Trust; Hereford; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Hereford is looking for motivated individuals to join their Soft Facilities team as Domestic Assistants. Responsibilities include maintaining cleaning standards in clinical and office environments, ensuring compliance with NHS standards, and adhering to safety regulations. Ideal candidates will have good communication skills and a clean driving license. Flexible hours are available, making this role suitable for those seeking evening work.

Qualifications

• Good communication skills in reading and writing.
• Ability to move and handle materials safely.
• Experience in cleaning is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Deliver cleaning in clinical and non-clinical settings.
• Provide general cleaning services adhering to NHS standards.
• Report any faults to the Supervisor.

Skills

Good customer service skills

Understanding of health and safety processes

Ability to follow instructions

Education

Good level of written and verbal communication skills

Basic literacy skills

Moving and Handling knowledge

Full Clean Driving Licence

Job description

Soft Facilities Domestic Assistant - Community Clinics

We are seeking motivated flexible individuals who would like to become Cleaning staff to become members of our Soft Facilities team working within central Hereford, cleaning in both clinical and office environments.

These extremely vital roles are the lifeblood of the NHS and are pivotal in preventing infections and providing our clinical staff with the environment to offer the highest standard of care to our patients.

You will be part of a mobile team of 3, working together to ensure that our clinics and offices are compliant with the National Cleaning Standards. Hours for these posts are 1700 - 2230 hours so ideal for individuals seeking out of hours working. The hours available are:-

2 shifts - 11 hours

3 shifts - 16.5 hours

4 shifts - 22 hours

If you are interested or have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Helen Beavan 07811 044634

Main duties of the job

We are looking for individuals who can:

• Deliver and achieve a high standard of cleaning in both clinical and non-clinical settings, to the standards set within the NHS National Standards of Cleanliness (2021) - TRAINING PROVIDED
• Provide a range of general cleaning services to clinic rooms, offices and toilets/showers including vacuuming, wet and dry mopping and damp dusting.
• Ensure all chemical and cleaning solutions are used correctly.
• Carry out all cleaning tasks in accordance with the work schedule.
• Wear protective clothing necessary for tasks to be completed.
• Always observe site rules and regulations.
• Report all machine and building faults to Supervisor.
• Full clean driving licence essential.

If you would like to work evenings or earn some additional money - apply now!

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

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Good level of written and verbal communication skills
• Basic literacy skills
• Moving and Handling knowledge
• Full Clean Driving Licence

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Good customer service skills / experience of dealing with General Public / Patients / Relatives
• Understanding of health and safety processes
• 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

Experience

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

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.