# Domestic Assistant - Leighton Hospital > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/domestic-assistant-leighton-hospital/d0b5959f-9598-4ba0-9d3a-5e51a750a890 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/domestic-assistant-leighton-hospital/d0b5959f-9598-4ba0-9d3a-5e51a750a890.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Leighton Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Domestic assistant - **Salary:** £25272.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent: Various shifts and hours available - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 19.88 hours per week (Days & Evenings) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-09T07:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-02T12:21:44.609Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8339698 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8339698?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.mcht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Teamworking - Ability to operate machinery to carry out cleaning tasks - Health and Safety awareness - Communication skills - Ability to work under pressure - Ability to exercise diplomacy and confidentiality - Ability to use initiative and judgment - To possess good organisational skills - Ability to liaise with interdepartmental personnel and other organisations - Ability to demonstrate selfmotivation and to work independently as well as part of a team. - excellent communications **Desirable** - Manual handling skills - COSHH awareness - Risk Assessment - Customer Service - Conflict Resolution - Resilience training ### Qualifications **Essential** - Good standard of general education, including Mathematics and English Language. - Experience of working in a healthcare area - Experience of working with the general public **Desirable** - Cleaning Services training programme - Knowledge of National Specification for Cleaning and Monitoring procedures ## Documents - [cleaning assistant jd (pdf, 491.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10663709) - [continuous improvement (pdf, 292.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2680) - [recruitment process & timescales (pdf, 240.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1885) - [dbs checks and ex-offender guidance (pdf, 146.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1887) - [guide to completing the application (pdf, 518.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1884) - [recruitment process & timescales (bank vacancies) (pdf, 249.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1886) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.