Job summary
Someone once called our team the 'Backbone of our Hospitals' and it has certainly stuck! We couldn't run our hospitals without you and the fantastic work you will do keeping our wards, departments and areas clean, tidy, reducing the risk of infections and effectively helping keep our staff well and our patients safe.
1 x 35hrs Mon - Friday 07:00 - 14:30
1 x 21hrs 7on/7off rota Friday - Thursday (including weekend) 07:00 - 14:30
1 x 14hrs7on/7off rota Friday - Thursday (including weekend)16:00 - 20:00
Main duties of the job
In a nutshell, your duties will include general cleaning of the wards, departments, public and staff areas, with your colleagues as part of our Domestic Team. As you would expect, we do have set cleaning standards and NHS guidelines to work towards, so whilst there is no experience required, we will fully train you on all of this. The work can be physically demanding and we don't shy away from this, however, we know that this will also be what motivates you.
Of course we want you to be friendly, reliable and conscientious as this role isn't just about vacuuming and cleaning, it's about being part of a whole team of staff working together to ensure the best environment for our patients to receive their treatments.
About us
We know you will love the work you do, seeing how you make such a big impact in keeping everything ticking over smoothly, your dedication will shine through. We want you to be proud to wear the purple coloured domestic assistant uniform, feeling a strong and vital part of our hospital team.
There are all sorts of training opportunities to ensure you have all the right knowledge to do the role and we actively encourage you to develop and support you to progress within the organization if that's what you are looking for!
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Communicate verbally with the Domestic Supervisor and colleagues by phone and radio and through written procedures, ensuring an effective exchange of information about cleaning tasks and service needs.
- Communicate with a range of clinical and non-clinical staff, patients and visitors to understand service needs.
- Carry out cleaning duties in designated area of responsibility.
- Take responsibility for the equipment held within area of work and designated cleaning room.
- Assist with cleaning duties in any area of the organisation as required to support service delivery.
- Maintain accurate and complete records of all cleaning activities.
- Assist staff carrying out maintenance work on existing and new hard and soft floor coverings
- Identify and report all equipment defects and stock shortages
- Where work schedules indicate clean kitchen areas set following standards to maintain food safety.
- Identify and report any potential risks within the working environment e.g. pest sightings or building environment faults.
- Follow policies and procedures in relation to buildings security and access.
- Pro-actively support the continued improvement of the domestic service.
- Supporting new domestic services assistants using the department Buddy System.
- Maintain and develop own competence for the Domestic Assistant role.
- Removal and disposal of rubbish ready for collection.
Have a look at what other domestics think about this role https://vimeo.com/691336498/e6fc5ff3d5
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Communicate verbally with the Domestic Supervisor and colleagues by phone and radio and through written procedures, ensuring an effective exchange of information about cleaning tasks and service needs.
- Communicate with a range of clinical and non-clinical staff, patients and visitors to understand service needs.
- Carry out cleaning duties in designated area of responsibility.
- Take responsibility for the equipment held within area of work and designated cleaning room.
- Assist with cleaning duties in any area of the organisation as required to support service delivery.
- Maintain accurate and complete records of all cleaning activities.
- Assist staff carrying out maintenance work on existing and new hard and soft floor coverings
- Identify and report all equipment defects and stock shortages
- Where work schedules indicate clean kitchen areas set following standards to maintain food safety.
- Identify and report any potential risks within the working environment e.g. pest sightings or building environment faults.
- Follow policies and procedures in relation to buildings security and access.
- Pro-actively support the continued improvement of the domestic service.
- Supporting new domestic services assistants using the department Buddy System.
- Maintain and develop own competence for the Domestic Assistant role.
- Removal and disposal of rubbish ready for collection.
Have a look at what other domestics think about this role https://vimeo.com/691336498/e6fc5ff3d5
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Good general education to GCSE standard
Desirable
- NVQ or other recognised Cleaning qualification
- COSHH certificate
- Health and Safety qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience working with the public
- Cleaning experience
Desirable
- Previous experience of dealing with people
- Experience of using electrical cleaning equipment i.e. vacuum cleaners, scrubber dryers, floor buffing equipment
- Previous NHS experience in a similar role
- Knowledge of National Standards of Cleaning and NHS colour coding
- Experience of working in a multi skilled environment
- Knowledge of information governance and data protection
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Good general education to GCSE standard
Desirable
- NVQ or other recognised Cleaning qualification
- COSHH certificate
- Health and Safety qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience working with the public
- Cleaning experience
Desirable
- Previous experience of dealing with people
- Experience of using electrical cleaning equipment i.e. vacuum cleaners, scrubber dryers, floor buffing equipment
- Previous NHS experience in a similar role
- Knowledge of National Standards of Cleaning and NHS colour coding
- Experience of working in a multi skilled environment
- Knowledge of information governance and data protection
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.
