Main area Estates and Facilities Grade NHS AfC: Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours
* Part time
* Flexible working
15 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 17.00 - 20.00)
Job ref 302-25-6915522E
Site Leigh Infirmary Town Leigh Salary £23,615 Per annum, Pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 24/01/2025 23:59 Interview date 31/01/2025
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Job overview
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are currently recruiting for a Domestic Assistant based at Leigh Infirmary. The post will be working 15 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 17.00 - 20.00).
Please note this vacancy may close earlier than the closing date if a high volume of applications is received.
Please be advised, applications are scored against the person specification, detailed in the job advert.
Candidates with highest scores will be invited to the interviews.
Please read the person specification and in your application (Supporting information section) please describe how do you meet these criteria for the role.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for carrying out specific cleaning and other related duties, following set procedure and standards to provide and maintain high standards of cleanliness throughout the hospital and designated wards or departments. To perform domestic duties including:
* General cleaning.
* Isolation cleaning.
* High and low dusting.
* Wet and dry mopping.
* Clean toilets, baths and washbasins.
* Emptying clinical and general waste bins and placing bags in designated areas.
* Scrubbing and buffing floors with mechanical machine.
* Carpet shampooing.
* Using chemicals and cleaning equipment responsibly and within health and safety guidelines.
* Maintaining staff and public safety through appropriate use of warning signage whilst cleaning.
Full training will be provided to the successful candidate.
Working for our organisation
Choose Well – Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering high standards of cleaning within both the clinical and non-clinical areas.
* To clean specific areas in line with Trust policy and national cleaning standards.
* To provide a cleaning service in accordance with approved methods, standards and frequencies.
* To provide support to terminal cleans/infection cleans ensuring conversance with infection control & procedures in respect of all cleaning duties.
* The removal and cleaning up of uncontained body fluid spillages in line with Trust policy and national cleaning standards.
* To use cleaning equipment, machinery and cleaning materials once trained and ability to spot defects with machinery and report to Supervisor.
* Where required undertake Bioquell Q50- HPV decontamination duties and be fully compliant with all the methods and responsibilities of using this system.
* To adopt a flexible approach when undertaking domestic duties.
Person specification
Knowledge
* Understanding importance of cleaning within a Hospital environment
* Knowledge of using electrical cleaning equipment (vacuum, steam cleaner, buffer, floor scrubber-dryer, carpet cleaner)
* Understanding of Infection Control precautions (hand washing, colour coding, PPE, hygiene)
* Understanding of safe usage of chemicals (COSHH) and Health & Safety
Skills
* Basic literacy and numeracy required
* Knowledge / understanding of cleaning and domestic assistant role
* Ability to communicate effectively with a range of people and understand written and verbal communications
* Ability to organise & prioritise day to day tasks
* Ability to be flexible and adaptable to meet service needs, i.e. move area, work Bank Holidays
* Ability to use cleaning equipment, pull out beds to facilitate cleaning; handling refuse sacks; able to stand for long period of time
* Basic IT skills to enable complete of Trust e-learning and use software to book annual leave
Experience
* Experience of cleaning within healthcare environment
* Experience of working with public/customers
Qualifications
* No formal qualifications are required: an induction period, on the job instruction and additional training will be provided on infection control, COSHH, national cleaning standards, use of cleaning equipment/machinery and manual handling.
* NVQ Level 1 & 2 or other recognised cleaning qualifications
Our Trust prefers candidates to submit applications online. Please contact the Recruitment Team on 01942 244000 if you have difficulty applying online.
The Trust reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated closing date if there is a high volume of applications.
We endeavour to inform all applicants of the outcome of their application by email or SMS text message.
Guidance on Completing Your Application
Applications are scored against the person specification, therefore we recommend that you use the supporting information section of your application form to demonstrate how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the role, providing illustrative examples where possible.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Name Marta Marczak Job title Deputy Hotel Services Manager Email address marta.marczak@wwl.nhs.uk Telephone number 01942 822 092 Additional information
or
Sue Middleton Hotel Services Manager
Email: susan.p.middleton@wwl.nhs.uk
Tel:01942 822586
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