Main area Domestic Support Worker Grade NHS AfC: Band 2 Contract Permanent: 33.75 Hours Part time - 33.75 hours per week (07:30-14:45 Monday-Friday) Job ref 435-UHMBB250125
Employer East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Furness General Hospital Town Barrow in Furness Salary £23,615 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 12/02/2025 23:59
Domestic Support Worker Higher Level
NHS AfC: Band 2
* Lancashire and South Cumbria Provider Collaborative (OneLsc)
The five provider NHS trusts in Lancashire and South Cumbria are working together as partners, delivering joint priorities to improve health and healthcare.
We want to ensure patients have equal access to the same high-quality care wherever they live. We also want our colleagues to have the same high-quality experience wherever they work.
One Lancashire and South Cumbria (One LSC) and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Job overview
Would you like to be a part of a Team ensuring high standards of cleanliness are achieved for patients, visitors and staff?
Are you passionate about service delivery and keen to develop in a role with a support setting?
Do you want to go home at the end of your shift knowing that you helped make your local hospital a great place to be cared for?
If you have answered yes to any of the above then we want to hear from you!
Here, employees and patients are at the heart of everything we do. We have exciting new opportunities to join our Facilities department at Furness General Hospital as a Domestic Assistant to support the Trust in delivering a clean and safe environment for patients, visitors and staff.
Main duties of the job
* To be responsible for a high standard of cleanliness in Clinical areas, public areas and external areas using the appropriate recognised cleaning methods.
* Responsible for identifying areas to be cleaned, plan and organise a cleaning programme with relevant ward or departmental staff, ensuring Patient, Staff and Visitor safety is not compromised.
* Operating cleaning equipment, machinery in accordance with manufacturer’s instruction ensuring that it is in a good clean working order, reporting faults immediately to supervisor.
* Undertake deep clean/isolation cleans following national and local guidelines.
* Carry out spot cleaning to ensure spillages and incidents are dealt with swiftly and efficiently, supported by Clinical staff as appropriate.
* To adhere to all relevant COSHH assessments and Safety Data sheets when preparing, using and disposing of cleaning chemicals.
Working for our organisation
All our hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
* Evidence in good literacy and numeracy skills
* Possess or is willing to work towards a BIC's Qualification or equivalent NVQ Level 2
* Health and Safety
* Knowledge of COSHH
Experience
* Previous cleaning experience
* Ability to work on your own or in a team without direct supervision
* Knowledge of cleaning in a healthcare establishment
* Knowledge of the potential of cross contamination within a healthcare setting
Skills, ability and knowledge
* Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
* Ability to plan your own workload
* Be able to understand written and spoken instructions
* Be able to use heavy equipment on a regular basis
* Be able to handle hazardous cleaning chemicals on a regular basis
* Knowledge of infection control in the cleaning environment
* Deal with a diverse range of people face to face
* Ability to communicate within a team and provide diverse feedback to colleagues and line managers
Personal Qualities
* Reliable
* Presentable, polite and friendly manner
* Be adaptable and flexible to the changing needs of the service
* Ability to rectify cleaning standards in a timely manner
* Ability to travel
PLEASE NOTE THAT SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL.
The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be Effortlessly Inclusive.
The trust operates a No Smoking Policy.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview.
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.
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