Job summary
- Main area
- Estates and Facilities
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 302-26-8281126E
- Employer
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wrightington Hospital, Hall Lane, Appley Bridge, WN6 9EW
- Town
- Appley Bridge
- Salary
- £25,272 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/10/2026 08:00
Employer heading
Domestic Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 2
People at the Heart. One Team. Your Career at WWL.
Job overview
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are currently recruiting for a Domestic Assistant based at Wrightington Hospital.
Please indicate which Post you are applying for:
Post 1 8 hours per week (Saturday and Sunday, 16.00 - 20.00)
Post 2 15 hours per week (Monday to Friday 19.00 - 22.00)
Post 3 20 hours 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 are received.
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 Teaching Hospitals 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.
· People at the Heart
· Listen and Involve
· Kind and Respectful
· ONE Team
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. We are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
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 experiance 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
Additional
Essential criteria
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation
Desirable criteria
- Flexible approach to working unsocial hours mobility across the Trust
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
- Hazel Leatherbarrow
- Job title
- Deputy Hotel Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 707 8219
- Additional information
or
Sue Middleton Hotel Services Manager
Email: [email protected]
Tel:01942 822586
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Buckingham Row
Brick Kiln Lane
Wigan
WN1 1XX
- Telephone
- 07786529393
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