Healthcare Cleaner

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Healthcare Cleaners provide a range of cleaning duties across the Trust and support services to ensure a safe, efficient and effective service to all patients, staff and visitors is delivered.

Basic knowledge of cleaning standards and previous experience of working in a hospital environment, which can include wards, outpatient /clinical areas, offices areas, and public areas.

Working hours for this vacancy is 09:00-15:00 Monday to Friday.

Main duties of the job

Use of mechanical and electrical cleaning equipment is desirable. You must be able to work alone or as part of a team.

If you are proactive and think you can help us to maintain our standards and contribute to the positive experience of our patients, we would like to invite you to apply.

The successful candidates will receive full induction training.

Closing date of applications: 1 July 2024

Interview date: 12 July 2024

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Date posted

26 June 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

320-TWS-1681

Job locations

Florence Nightingale Community Hospital

London Road

Derby

DE1 2QY

Job description

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Application form

Essential

Basic Numeracy /Litracy skills

Desirable

Cleaning experience in healthcare setting
Cleaning certificate and knowledge of COSHH

Person Specification

Application form

Essential

Basic Numeracy /Litracy skills

Desirable

Cleaning experience in healthcare setting
Cleaning certificate and knowledge of COSHH

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.