Job summary
- Main area
- Facilities Services (Catering and Domestic)
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 173-40826-COR
- Employer
- Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Marys House & St Marys Hospital
- Town
- Leeds
- Salary
- £25,272 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Domestic Assistant
Band 2
Job overview
Leeds & York Partnership NHS Trust are seeking to recruit a Domestic Assistant on a part time basis, to join our soft services department with in the Estates & Facilities team in providing five star cleaning service across LYPFT trust premises. Estates & Facilities are a progressive and forward thinking department looking for a self-motivated Domestic Assistant.
We have two opportunities available:
- One full time (37.5 hours per week) post based at St Mary's House, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, LS7 3JX
- And one part time (20 hours per week) post based at St Mary's Hospital, Armley, Leeds, LS12 3QE.
Main duties of the job
You will join a domestic team ensuring a clean & safe environment in line with the Cleaning Standards for our service users, colleagues and visitors, you would be required to work Monday to Friday 7-11am shifts which also includes some bank holidays.
The post holder is responsible for providing a high standard of domestic service to patients, staff and visitors within Clinical/Non-Clinical departments, alone or as part of a team.
The Soft FM service is provided as part of the wider Estates and Facilities Directorate. The domestic Assistant works as part of a multi-disciplinary team, delivering a high standard of cleaning in areas of high activity with frequent change. Staff must be flexible, adaptable and work to support other staff, who have clinical responsibility to service users.
Working for our organisation
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.
All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [email protected]
Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.
If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Basic knowledge of C.O.S.H.H., health and safety and cleaning standards
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work to set cleaning schedules
- Use of cleaning equipment and materials provided for the job
- Work as part of a team
Values
Essential criteria
- Empathy with client group.
Desirable criteria
- Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
- Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
- Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Michelle Paine
- Job title
- Soft Services Supervisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07890308017
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