Job summary
- Main area
- Domestic Services
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent: various hours available
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 390-EFM-SO-0850
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southend
- Town
- Westcliff on Sea
- Salary
- £24,465 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Domestic Assistant
Band 2
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overview
Do you pride yourself on your cleaning skills and want to use them to make a difference? Are you an enthusiastic team player who can adopt and adhere to our Trust values in all your work - Excellent, Compassionate and Respectful?
Then we invite you to complete the application to give you an opportunity to become a wider member of the Domestic Services Team.
You will play a key role in ensuring our patients' care and experience is enhanced through creating a clean and comfortable environment for them and being a friendly face around the wards and hospitals, so if you are a people person this is a great role for you!
Being able to work both independently and as part of a team will be an essential skill. Competency in using handheld devices is desirable, however training will be provided.
As part of the Domestic team, you will have access to the best-in-class domestic training platforms to develop your skillsets in the cleaning field.
You will work within a large, diverse workforce and support the maintaining of clean environments for a best patient experience.
Shifts available: Various.
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities include:
To clean all areas/wards/departments effectively in accordance with the areas risk rating and frequencies specified.
Clean infected room/areas on the ward in line with the Terminal Clean Policy.
Change curtains in line with the curtain programme or as required for Terminal and deep clean processes.
Carry out all cleaning duties to the required National specification for cleanliness (NSC) and ensure all operational documentations are filled in appropriately.
Respond to cleaning incidents/emergency as required by line management.
Carry out standard clean to ensure all daily, weekly, and periodic cleaning tasks are completed as scheduled by management.
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details regarding this rewarding role please see attached job description.
We look forward to your application.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good level of education incl. English and Maths
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous cleaning work experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of cleaning in a hospital or healthcare environment
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Janka Bobosikova
- Job title
- Operational Domestic Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01702 435555
- Additional information
please dial ext.37185
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