The Domestic Assistant plays a crucial role in maintaining a clean, safe, and hygienic environment for patients, staff, and visitors.
Responsibilities include cleaning and sanitising patient areas, communal spaces, and restrooms, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards.
Domestic Assistants also assist with the proper disposal of waste, restocking supplies, and reporting any maintenance issues to ensure that the facility operates smoothly. Their work directly contributes to patient comfort and safety, making it an essential position within the healthcare team.
Strong attention to detail, the ability to work efficiently under pressure, and effective communication skills are vital for success in this role.
• To clean all areas/wards/departments effectively in accordance with the areas risk rating and frequencies specified.
• Clean infected room/areas on the ward in line with the Terminal Clean Policy.
• Change curtains in line with the curtain programme or as required for Terminal and deep clean processes.
• Carry out all cleaning duties to the required National specification for Cleanliness (NSC) and ensure all operational documentations are filled in appropriately.
• Respond to cleaning incidents/emergency as required by line management.
• Carry out standard clean to ensure all daily, weekly, and periodic cleaning tasks are completed as scheduled by management.
With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
For more information on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached job description.
We look forward to your application!
This advert closes on Friday 27 Dec 2024