# Domestic service assistant

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Archived / closed
- **Employer:** Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Southend University Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Domestic assistant
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25,272 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 17.5 hours per week (17:00 - 20:30 Monday - Friday)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-21T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-14T08:50:52.239Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Braintree/Mid_South_Essex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Hotel_Services_Domestic/Hotel_Services_Domestic-v8070446
- **Employer website:** https://www.southend.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

You will play a key role in maintaining high standards of cleanliness across Braintree Community Hospital, ensuring a safe, clean, and welcoming environment for patients, visitors, and staff. Duties include cleaning ward areas, clinical areas, hospital corridors, and associated departments in line with cleaning schedules and infection prevention standards. The role may also involve supporting the delivery of patient meals and beverages.

As part of the Integrated Hotel Services team, the successful candidate will contribute to delivering a high-quality, flexible, and customer-focused service, supporting excellent patient care and experience across the hospital site.

No VISA sponsorship available for this role Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

### Main duties of the job

- Work requests are dealt with promptly and efficiently and meet the needs of the wards/departments.
- Wards/Departments are maintained free of dust, dirt and moisture through the process of daily and periodic cleaning
- Transfer of infection is prevented by the additional process of effective termination cleaning of patient bed areas
- Wards/departments are maintained free from excessive refuse and kept tidy and presentable at all times
- Any other reasonable ad hoc duties as required for service provision
- Provide a catering service to the patients as and when required
- Promote positive feedback for other service users, by providing the highest standard of cleaning
- Communicate with other team members via verbal or written communication skills
- Promote a positive image of yourself and the service

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you. For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description. We look forward to your application. No VISA sponsorship available for this role Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

### 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

### Experience

**Essential**

- Knowledge of various cleaning tasks and the ability to perform manual cleaning tasks.
- Experience of cleaning/domestic work in a hospital
- An understanding of the importance of health and safety

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- GCSE Level or equivalent standard.
- City & Guilds 706/1 or NVQ 3 equivalent

**Desirable**

- Full COSHH awareness

## Documents

- [jd (pdf, 512.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10599272)
- [privacy policy (pdf, 441.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2077)
- [afc pay poster 26/27 (pdf, 44.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2504)
- [trust 10 year strategy (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2947)
- [general statements afc - v5.2 (pdf, 592.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2979)
- [leadership and management framework (pdf, 120.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2880)

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