Specialist Cleaning Assistant

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Huddersfield; Vor Ort; GBP 21.000 - 24.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is hiring a Specialist Cleaning Assistant in Huddersfield to perform specialised cleaning in cleanrooms and general areas within a MHRA approved facility. The role involves transporting waste, handling bags up to 25 kg, and adhering to GMP, COSHH, and health-and-safety training.

The successful candidate will contribute to patient care by maintaining high cleanliness standards across production, warehousing, and office spaces, with emphasis on

Qualifikationen

• Ability to work within set timeframes and procedures.
• Previous cleaning experience in similar environments.
• Basic computer skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail and adherence to safety standards.
• Experience with cleaning in pharmaceutical/industrial settings is desirable.

Aufgaben

• Clean general areas and cleanrooms in a cGMP/MHRA environment.
• Transport waste daily in line with procedures, handling bags up to 25 kg.
• Clean warehousing, offices, plant rooms and external areas as required.
• Follow written procedures and participate in in-house training (GMP, COSHH, health and safety).

Kenntnisse

Time management

Cleaning experience

Written procedures

Attention to detail

Safety training

Ausbildung

GCSEs or equivalent incl English & Maths

NVQ in Cleaning and Maintenance

Jobbeschreibung

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Cleaning Assistant

The closing date is 15 November 2026

The post holder will contribute to patient care by providing high standards of cleanliness to Huddersfield Pharmacy Specials (HPS).

HPS manufactures sterile and non-sterile medicine in a dedicated MHRA approved facility.

The post holder will perform specialised cleaning of cGMP manufacturing areas (cleanrooms) as well as warehouse, office and communal area cleaning.

This vacancy is for:

• 1 x fixed term position (going permanent)

Main duties of the job

The post holder is required to perform general cleaning daily in "general areas" which includes the following:

• Warehousing (stores areas, goods loading bay)
• Office areas
• Toileto Non-Classified production areas
• Plant rooms
• External building areas

The post holder is required to transport waste daily from the area's serviced to waste carts and the waste compounds. This may involve the moving of bags up to 25 kg. The transporting of waste includes the pushing of full cages and carts to the disposal area outside the unit and extracting the waste bin bags and placing them into the waste containers.

• The role requires frequent light to moderate, long periods of physical effort with the occasional intense physical effort for short periods. This is typically in the cleanroom areas wearing restrictive garments.

This job description is an outline only and is not definitive or restrictive in any way. It will be regularly reviewed and may be amended in the light of changing circumstances following consultation with the post holder.

About us

We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS - yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff and the local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification below for full details about the role.

Qualifications

• 3 x GCSE's or equivalent at Grade 4 (C) or above including English language and mathematics
• NVQ in Cleaning and Maintenance

Knowledge

• Able to demonstrate working within set timeframes and procedures
• Previous cleaning experience
• Able to complete in house training program covering the principles of Good Manufacturing Practice, specialised cleaning of manufacturing areas, COSHH etc, Health and Safety Training Lifting and Handling Training using Trust based computer training system.
• Basic computer skills
• Able to understand and follow written procedures
• Able to pay meticulous attention to detail
• Previous cleaning experience of cleaning surgical, pharmaceutical or food processing areas

relationships

• Flexibility in working hours
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to communicate well with colleagues

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.

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust