Domestic Assistant - Leighton Hospital

Job overview

Domestic Assistant, Leighton Hospital

Various shifts and hours available - including weekends

Days - 1 Full Time Position and various Part Time Positions

Evenings - 2 Full Time Positions and 2 Part Time Positions

Shifts are over 7 days a week, and include alternate weekends, on a rota.

Domestics services staff work across all areas of the NHS, making sure that all areas are clean and safe places where staff can care for patients while reducing the risk of infection.

Domestic services assistants need to:

• be physically fit
• follow instructions and procedures
• pay attention to detail
• work as part of a team
• take responsibility for their own work
• be able to work unsupervised

They also need

• organisation skills
• teamwork skills

Please put on your supporting information which shift, evenings or days, and how many hours you would prefer.

Main duties of the job

Domestic/cleaning work in a hospital is very different to other domestic/cleaning jobs.

You may be cleaning wards, theatres, COVID areas and so on. You will have to wear PPE (which will be provided).

Hospital Domestic assistants have a lot of contact with patients, and their family/visitors, so customer service is a large focus. We would expect you to use your people skills to help make patients’ hospital visits more pleasant.

No qualifications are needed to be a domestic assistant, but you need to be aware of hygiene issues, be discrete, be able to respect patients' rights to privacy and dignity, have a pleasant manner and work quickly and meticulously.

We'll need you to be hard working, reliable, flexible, and a good team player. It's even better if you have worked as a domestic or cleaner before.

This could be the role for you and we want to hear from you!

If you have applied for this role in the last 3 months, there is no need to reapply

For more information or to arrange an informal visit please contact the Domestic Supervisors on 01270 613399.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide, maintain cleaning services in all public, patient, staff and residential areas. 2. To respond quickly and efficiently to cleaning requests following spillages 3. To deliver specialist cleaning processes for furnishings, flooring's and surfaces 4. To clean general and patient equipment in accordance with agreed guidance from Infection Control, Matrons and Facilities Managers. 5. To clean isolation areas, infection areas in accordance with Trust Infection Control Policy 6. To clean patient areas ready for re-occupancy. 7. To assist in maintaining safe and tidy ward/department areas eg – removing clutter, unwanted or out of date notices. 8. To report problems with cleanliness to the housekeeper and/ or supervisor. 9. To dispose of household, confidential and clinical waste in accordance with legislation and Trust policy. 10. To maintain and clean manual and electrical cleaning equipment 11. To be aware of the safety of other people’s property and belongings GOVERNANCE 1. Maintain confidentiality and privacy of information at all times 2. Ensure compliance with Trust policies, procedures and guidelines for self and others, by taking action/alerting senior management team if practice appears to contravene policy, or if concerned about any issues.

Applicant requirements

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.