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Domestic Assistant (Rapid Response)
The closing date is 05 September 2025
This role is involved in the preparation and service of patients areas, including bedded areas, wards, departments, clinics, theatres or any other non-occupied areas.
You will be required to undertake a wide range of cleaning dutiesassociated with maintaining a high standard of cleanliness, ensuring thatat all times a high quality service provision is offered, maintaining trustvalues.
This role is working in a very fast paced environment and working to tight deadlines may be required to fit the needs of the service - this role is a demanding physical role
THIS POST IS FOR AINTREE SITE
Various shifts - (flexibility is required for this role)
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for cleaning all the floors, furniture, fixtures, fittings, glassware, high and low level surfaces, sanitary areas within Clinical and Non-Clinical Areas. These duties will be carried out in line with NHSS Policies and local operational procedures and work schedules.
You will be responsible for ensuring the safe disposal/packaging of wasteas per NHSS policy for example clinical and household Waste.
Provision where applicable of a range of catering related duties e.g. making toast, setting up and distributing patient beverages.
Within Residential Accommodation responsible for changing and making up of beds on residents departure.
Movement of Furniture/Equipment is subject to Risk Assessment by Supervisor to enable effective access forperiodic cleaning.
Reporting details of faults and failures of electrical equipment /fabric of the building to Supervisor or Ward Manager.
Responsible for maintaining adequate stocks of cleaning materials and consumables and requesting further supplies from supervisor.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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Job responsibilities
Cleaning of wards and departments to high standards.
Adhering to infection control policies.
Cleaning experience is essential.
Fast pace working.
Flexibility is required for this role.
For Aintree vacancies, please contact Jacci Smith-Brady for the latest available hours.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* GCSE/Equivalent
Experience
* Previous Domestic experience
* Previous healthcare environment experience
* Previous use of cleaning machinery, floor polishing machinery
* Knowledge of colour coding systems
Knowledge
* A general understanding of why cleanliness in a patient/healthcare environment is important
* Health and safety basic knowledge
Skills
* Ability to work on own initiative
* Basic numeracy and literacy skills
* Ability to work as part if a team
Other
* Willingness and ability to undertake further training as necessary
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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