# Domestic Support Worker Higher Level - Barrow in Furness > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/domestic-support-worker-higher-level-barrow-in-furness/45ccc6bb-3154-4259-9608-b89e2e2b7de7 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/domestic-support-worker-higher-level-barrow-in-furness/45ccc6bb-3154-4259-9608-b89e2e2b7de7.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 pro rata per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent: Various hours over 7 days - **Employment type:** Part time - 33.75 hours per week (Working shift pattern to be agreed) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-28T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-14T10:04:11.155Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cumbria/Barrow_Furness/East_Lancashire_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Domestic_Support_Worker/Domestic_Support_Worker-v8299196 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8299196?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ### 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 ### 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** - Ability to work on your own or in a team without direct supervision **Desirable** - Knowledge of the potential of cross contamination within a healthcare setting - Previous cleaning experience ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Be adaptable and flexible to the changing needs of the service - Ability to rectify cleaning standards in a timely manner - Ability to travel ### Education and qualifications **Essential** - Evidence in good literacy and numeracy skills **Desirable** - Health and Safety - Knowledge of COSHH ### Skills, ability and knowledge **Essential** - Ability to communicate clearly and effective - Ability to plan your own workload - Be able to understand written and spoken instructions - Be able to handle hazardous cleaning chemicals on a regular basis **Desirable** - 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 - Knowledge of infection control in the cleaning environment ## Documents - [new jd dom (pdf, 320.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10618336) - [ps domestic (pdf, 136.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10618337) ## 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.