Overview
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are currently recruiting for a Fixed Term Domestic Assistant based at Leigh Infirmary. Working Monday to Friday, 17.5 hours per week, 16:30 – 20:00.
This vacancy is fixed term for 10 months to cover maternity leave and will end 16.08.2026 or when the substantive post holder returns. There is potential that this post may become permanent in the future.
Please read the person specification and in your application (Supporting information section) describe how you meet these criteria for the role. Applications are scored against the person specification; candidates with the highest scores will be invited to interviews. Please note this vacancy may close earlier than the closing date if a high volume of applications is received.
Main duties
The post holder is responsible for carrying out cleaning and other related duties, following set procedures 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.
About us
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust provides acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. We value our staff and believe that “happy staff, makes for happy patients”. We 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.
Benefits
Good salary with a package including:
* Excellent Pension & Life Assurance Package (over 20% employer contribution)
* 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
* Salary sacrifice schemes (e.g., lease vehicles, buy a bike)
* NHS Discount schemes
* Long Service Awards
Details
Date posted: 10 September 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for Change
Band: Band 2
Salary: £24,465 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 302-25-7406927E
Job locations
Leigh Infirmary, The Avenue, Leigh, WN7 1HS
Job responsibilities
* To work as part of a multidisciplinary team delivering high standards of cleaning within 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 compliance with infection control and cleaning procedures
* 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; report any defects to the Supervisor
* Where required, undertake Bioquell Q50- HPV decontamination duties and be fully compliant with all methods and responsibilities
* Adopt a flexible approach to domestic duties
Person Specification
Knowledge
* Essential: Understanding the importance of cleaning within a hospital environment
* Essential: Knowledge of using electrical cleaning equipment (vacuum, steam cleaner, buffer, floor scrubber-dryer, carpet cleaner)
* Desirable: Understanding of Infection Control precautions (hand washing, colour coding, PPE, hygiene)
* Desirable: Understanding of safe usage of chemicals (COSHH) and Health & Safety
Skills
* Essential: Basic literacy and numeracy
* Essential: Knowledge/understanding of cleaning and domestic assistant role
* Essential: Ability to communicate effectively with a range of people
* Essential: Ability to organise and prioritise day-to-day tasks
* Essential: Flexibility and adaptability to meet service needs (e.g., moving areas, working Bank Holidays)
* Desirable: Basic IT skills to complete e-learning and book annual leave
Experience
* Essential: No previous experience required
* Desirable: Experience of cleaning within a healthcare environment
* Desirable: Experience of working with the public
Qualifications
* Essential: No formal qualifications required; induction and on-the-job training provided on infection control, COSHH, cleaning standards, equipment use and manual handling
* Desirable: NVQ Level 1 & 2 or other recognised cleaning qualifications
Disclosures
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require submitting to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) for checks of any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer: Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Leigh Infirmary, The Avenue, Leigh, WN7 1HS
Website: http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/
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