Choose Well – Choose WWL
Job overview
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are currently recruiting for a 10 months fix -term Domestic Assistant based at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary.
The post will be working 20 hrs per week
Monday to Friday 17.00 – 21.00
Please note this vacancy may close earlier than the closing date if a high volume of applications is received.
This vacancy is open to all internal and external candidates. NHS Employees should ideally secure their manager’s agreement for a secondment arrangement ideally prior to applying, as this will be a condition of any offer made. This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term basis, it has been established to provide cover for an employee on maternity leave and will end on 8th August 2025 or when the substantive postholder returns. Whilst this post is advertised on a fixed term / secondment basis there is the potential that this post may become permanent in the future.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for carrying out specific cleaning and other related duties, following set procedure and standards to provide and maintain high standards of cleanliness throughout the hospital and designated wards or departments.
To perform domestic duties including:
- General cleaning.
- Isolation cleaning.
- High and low dusting.
- Wet and dry mopping.
- Clean toilets, baths and washbasins.
- Emptying clinical and general waste bins and placing bags in designated areas
- Vacuum Cleaning.
- Scrubbing and buffing floors with mechanical machine.
- Carpet shampooing.
- Using chemicals and cleaning equipment responsibly and within health and safety guidelines.
- Maintaining staff and public safety through appropriate use of warning signage whilst cleaning.
Full training will be provided to the successful candidate.
Working for our organisation
Choose Well – Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
Good basic salary plus an attractive package of benefits which include:
- Excellent Pension & Life Assurance Package (over 20% employer contribution).
- Excellent annual leave entitlements 27 to 33 days per annum dependent upon service.
- Paid occupational maternity, paternity, and adoption leave dependent upon service.
- Training opportunities and eLearning resources.
- Health and wellbeing support.
- Career Progression opportunities within Estates & Facilities and the NHS.
- Access to salary sacrifice schemes for items such as lease vehicles and buy a bike schemes.
- NHS Discount schemes to access hundreds of discounts and savings from everything to High Street Stores to restaurants, family holidays and more.
- Long Service Awards.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering high standards of cleaning within both the clinical and non-clinical areas.
- To clean specific areas in line with Trust policy and national cleaning standards.
- To provide a cleaning service in accordance with approved methods, standards and frequencies.
- To provide support to terminal cleans/infection cleans ensuring conversance with infection control & procedures in respect of all cleaning duties.
- The removal and cleaning up of uncontained body fluid spillages in line with Trust policy and national cleaning standards.
- To use cleaning equipment, machinery and cleaning materials once trained and ability to spot defects with machinery and report to Supervisor.
- Where required undertake Bioquell Q50- HPV decontamination duties and be fully compliant with all the methods and responsibilities of using this system.
- To adopt a flexible approach when undertaking domestic duties.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding importance of cleaning within a Hospital environment
- Knowledge of using electrical cleaning equipment (vacuum, steam cleaner, buffer, floor scrubber -dryer, carpet cleaner)
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of Infection Control precautions (hand washing, colour coding, PPE, hygiene)
- Understanding of safe usage of chemicals (COSHH) and Health & Safety
Skills
Essential criteria
- Basic Numeracy & Literacy required
- Knowledge / understanding of cleaning and domestic assistant role
- Ability to communicate effectively with a range of people and understand written and verbal communications
- Ability to organise & prioritise day to day tasks
- Ability to be flexible and adaptable to meet service needs, i.e. move area, work Bank Holidays
Desirable criteria
- Ability to use cleaning equipment, pull out beds to facilitate cleaning; handling refuse sacks; able to stand for long period of time
- Basic IT skills to enable complete of Trust e-learning and use software to book annual leave
Experience
Essential criteria
- No previous experience required
Desirable criteria
- Experience of cleaning within healthcare environment
- Experience of working with public/customers
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- No formal qualifications are required: an induction period, on the job instruction and additional training will be provided on infection control, COSHH, national cleaning standards, use of cleaning equipment/machinery and manual handling.
Desirable criteria
- NVQ Level 1 & 2 or other recognised cleaning qualifications
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Recruitment Information for Candidates
Our Trust prefers candidates to submit applications online. Please contact the Recruitment Team on 01942 244000 if you have difficulty applying online.
The Trust reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated closing date if there is a high volume of applications.
We endeavour to inform all applicants of the outcome of their application by email or SMS text message.
Guidance on Completing Your Application
Applications are scored against the person specification, therefore we recommend that you use the supporting information section of your application form to demonstrate how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the role, providing illustrative examples where possible.
On-Call
Please note that some roles may require you to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
Continuous Service
WWL has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. and will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester Local Authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority; giving you access to our service-related benefits.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
- Job Description (PDF, 195.3KB)
- Person Specification (PDF, 194.4KB)
- What WWL can offer you (PDF, 80.8KB)
- Applying for NHS vacancies guidance (PDF, 241.2KB)
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