# Domestic

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/domestic/09b739fc-1faf-43b8-8671-315967831418
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/domestic/09b739fc-1faf-43b8-8671-315967831418.md

## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** North View
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Domestic assistant
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25,272 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 25 hours per week (Monday to Friday, Early & Lates  some weekends maybe required  (Happy to discuss flexible working))
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-16T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-11-02T07:40:23.561Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Manchester/Greater_Manchester_Mental_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Facilities/Facilities-v8367815
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8367815?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are currently recruiting for a Domestic/Porter Assistant to join the team at Woodlands hospital Manchester.

Position Details

- Role: Domestic Assistant
- Location: Central Park Rehabilitation Unit, Manchester
- Hours Available: 1 x 20-hour position
- Working Pattern: Monday to Friday
- Shifts: Early and late shifts
- Additional Requirements: Occasional weekend working may be required to meet service needs

### Main duties of the job

- Cleaning Duties: Perform routine and deep cleaning of wards, offices, corridors, toilets, and clinical areas to meet infection control standards.
- Waste Management: Safely dispose of clinical and domestic waste following NHS protocols.
- Use of Equipment: Operate cleaning machinery (e.g., floor buffers, vacuum cleaners) and ensure proper maintenance.
- Stock Management: Replenish cleaning supplies and report shortages.
- Compliance: Follow health and safety regulations, COSHH guidelines, and infection prevention procedures.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attached detailed job description and person specification:

Staff benefits

- Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts

### 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**

- Good communication skills
- Desire to work in a mental health hospital environment
- Willingness to learn new skills
- To be able to work as a team or independently

**Desirable**

- Domestic/Portering experience
- Previously used cleaning equipment
- To be able to work shifts
- Awareness of national cleaning standards

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 160.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10695098)
- [important candidate information (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=931)

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