Main area Domestic Assistant Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent: Various shifts and hours available Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (Days & Evenings available - part time hours to be confirmed at interview) Job ref 412-E&F-7444995
Employer Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Leighton Hospital Town Crewe, CW1 4QJ Salary £24,465 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 10/11/2025 23:59
Domestic Assistant - Leighton Hospital
Band 2
Job overview
Domestic Assistant, Leighton Hospital
Various shifts and hours available to include - Days & Evenings - hours to be confirmed at interview - Part Time Hours only
Shifts are over 7 days a week, and include alternate weekends, on a rota.
Domestics services staff work across all areas of the NHS, making sure that all areas are clean and safe places where staff can care for patients while reducing the risk of infection.
Domestic services assistants need to:
* be physically fit
* follow instructions and procedures
* pay attention to detail
* work as part of a team
* take responsibility for their own work
* be able to work unsupervised
They also need
Please put on your supporting information which shift, evenings or days, and how many hours you would prefer.
Main duties of the job
Domestic/cleaning work in a hospital is very different to other domestic/cleaning jobs.
You may be cleaning wards, theatres, COVID areas and so on. You will have to wear PPE (which will be provided).
Hospital Domestic assistants have a lot of contact with patients, and their family/visitors, so customer service is a large focus. We would expect you to use your people skills to help make patients’ hospital visits more pleasant.
No qualifications are needed to be a domestic assistant, but you need to be aware of hygiene issues, be discrete, be able to respect patients' rights to privacy and dignity, have a pleasant manner and work quickly and meticulously.
We'll need you to be hard working, reliable, flexible, and a good team player. It's even better if you have worked as a domestic or cleaner before.
This could be the role for you and we want to hear from you!
If you have applied for this role in the last 3 months, there is no need to re-apply
For more information or to arrange an informal visit please contact the Domestic Supervisors on 01270 613399.
Working for our organisation
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond.
The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.
We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.
The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its Be Safe Be EquiPPEd campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.
The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.
At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide, maintain cleaning services in all public, patient, staff and residential areas, respond quickly and efficiently to cleaning requests following spillages, deliver specialist cleaning processes for furnishings, flooring and surfaces, clean general and patient equipment in accordance with agreed guidance from Infection Control, Matrons and Facilities Managers, clean isolation areas, infection areas in accordance with Trust Infection Control Policy, clean patient areas ready for re-occupancy, assist in maintaining safe and tidy ward/department areas eg – removing clutter, unwanted or out of date notices, report problems with cleanliness to the housekeeper and/or supervisor, dispose of household, confidential and clinical waste in accordance with legislation and Trust policy, maintain and clean manual and electrical cleaning equipment, and be aware of the safety of other people’s property and belongings.
Governance:
1. Maintain confidentiality and privacy of information at all times.
2. Ensure compliance with Trust policies, procedures and guidelines for self and others, by taking action/alerting senior management team if practice appears to contravene policy, or if concerned about any issues.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Good standard of general education, including Mathematics and English Language.
* Experience of working in a healthcare area
* Experience of working with the general public
* Cleaning Services training programme
* Knowledge of National Specification for Cleaning and Monitoring procedures
Skills
* Teamworking
* Ability to operate machinery to carry out cleaning tasks
* Health and Safety awareness
* Ability to work under pressure
* Ability to exercise diplomacy and confidentiality
* Ability to use initiative and judgment
* To possess good organisational skills
* Ability to liaise with interdepartmental personnel and other organisations
* Ability to demonstrate selfmotivation and to work independently as well as part of a team.
* Customer Service
* Resilience training
Skills
* excellent communications
Key Messages
Not all NHS roles are eligible for sponsorship. Candidates that require sponsorship to work in the UK are strongly advised to check the Government website for up to date and job specific information. The salary threshold for sponsorship is £25,000 for Health and Care Visas and £41,700 (with limited exceptions) for Skilled Worker visas. The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet these immigration rules.
Please let us know if you require an adjustment to our recruitment process and we'll be happy to discuss this with you.
We actively promote flexible working so please discuss any requirements you may have with us.
Secondments will be considered for fixed term positions when both parties agree. Candidates should seek approval from their current line manager before application.
All correspondence will be sent via the email address you have registered as your TRAC account. Selection is based on the Trust's values, and the criteria outlined in the Job Description for the role.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the entry point (bottom) of the pay band.
Appointments are subject to a 6-month probationary period. LED Doctors are subject to a 3-month probationary period.
You are required to pay for a DBS disclosure where the post requires one, and we encourage applicants to join and remain registered with the DBS update service.
We do not reimburse travel to interview expenses.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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