Cleaner
Closing date: 06 November 2025
Maintaining high standards of hygiene through tasks like vacuuming, mopping floors, and sanitising surfaces, as well as managing waste and restocking supplies. The role requires adherence to strict infection control policies and health and safety guidelines to ensure a safe environment for patients and staff alike.
Overview
Morecambe Bay Primary Care Collaborative are a successful Health Care provider in Secondary Care and Primary Care settings. We deliver services to our patients in treatment, diagnostics and specialist services. We are very excited to have an opportunity to expand our services across the South Cumbria footprint including new services being developed.
Main duties of the job
* Cleaning of the following, hard and soft floor surfaces, toilets, kitchen areas and telephony and computer equipment, by the appropriate method.
* Collecting and bagging of general and clinical waste and putting ready for disposal.
* Replenishing supplies of soap, paper towels, toilet rolls and waste disposal bags.
* Ensuring that all cleaning equipment used is cleaned in preparation for the next day.
* Ensure safe storage of cleaning equipment / products.
* Reporting of faulty cleaning equipment and any conditions that may require attention.
* Effectively monitor and report stock levels of cleaning materials.
* Washing and disinfecting waste bins where necessary.
* Follow and adhere to Health and Safety procedures.
* To adhere to the cleaning regimens put in place to ensure regular timely cleaning is undertaken.
* Recording the cleaning of each specific area of work as necessitated by the business.
* Undertake any other cleaning tasks that may occasionally be required on a periodic basis, prior notification will be given.
Job responsibilities
Job Summary
Maintaining high standards of hygiene through tasks like vacuuming, mopping floors, and sanitising surfaces, as well as managing waste and restocking supplies. The role requires adherence to strict infection control policies and health and safety guidelines to ensure a safe environment for patients and staff alike.
Key requirements of the role
* The main duties of this role will be to assist with the high-quality cleanliness of this service by ensuring the following tasks are carried out:
* Cleaning of the following, hard and soft floor surfaces, toilets, kitchen areas and telephony and computer equipment, by the appropriate method.
* Collecting and bagging of general and clinical waste and putting ready for disposal.
* Replenishing supplies of soap, paper towels, toilet rolls and waste disposal bags.
* Ensuring that all cleaning equipment used is cleaned in preparation for the next day.
* Ensure safe storage of cleaning equipment / products.
* Reporting of faulty cleaning equipment and any conditions that may require attention.
* Effectively monitor and report stock levels of cleaning materials.
* Washing and disinfecting waste bins where necessary.
* Follow and adhere to Health and Safety procedures.
* To adhere to the cleaning regimens put in place to ensure regular timely cleaning is undertaken.
* Recording the cleaning of each specific area of work as necessitated by the business.
* Undertake any other cleaning tasks that may occasionally be required on a periodic basis, prior notification will be given.
This job description is not exhaustive and may change, but such change will not take place without consultation between the post holder and his/her manager.
Person Specification
Experience
* Previous cleaning experience.
* Attention to detail and ability to work independently.
Knowledge & Skills
* Effective communication skills (written and oral)
* Ability to follow policy and procedure
* Ability to effectively manage stock
* Good interpersonal skills
* Ability to read, follow and implement instruction.
* Able to prioritise workload.
* Able to work unsupervised.
* Understanding of COSHH.
Qualifications
* Basic standard of education.
* City & Guilds level 2 or a related cleaning qualification.
Personal Qualities and Attributes
* Polite and confident
* Reliable
* Flexible
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.
Employer name
Morecambe Bay Primary Care Collaborative
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