Job title: Equipment Hygiene Assistant
Salary: B1 £24,480 - £27,269
Hours: 37
Contract: Permanent
Location: Assisted Living Leeds, Clarence Road LS10 1LZ – Office based
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE RELOCATING FROM CLARENCE ROAD TO WATERSIDE ROAD WATERSIDE INDUSTRIAL PARK LS10 1RW In APRIL 2026.
Two posts available- Working Monday – Friday on a two week rota
Week 1- 9am – 5pm
Week 2 – 10am – 6pm
As an Equipment Hygiene Assistant, you’ll thrive on being part of a team delivering good outcomes for Adults and Children receiving community equipment.
Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.
About you
As an Equipment Hygiene Assistant, you will bring to the role:
1. Motivation and commitment
2. Knowledge of the applications, systems and IT programmes and being able to accurately record and retrieve information.
3. The ability to prioritise workload and conflicting demands.
4. To be able to follow cleaning and COSHH instructions.
5. To operate cleaning equipment
About the role
As our Equipment Hygiene Assistant –you’ll will play a key role in the supply of equipment to support daily living tasks and independence. This is achieved by cleaning equipment which is returned from peoples home when no longer required.
You will also work closely with the warehouse and maintenance staff within the service to identify equipment which can be recycled and to maintain minimum stock levels.
The role is integral to our Leeds Community Equipment team to support and enable people to live safe, independent, and fulfilling lives, supporting health and social care statutory responsibilities. The service is important to the prevention agenda and provides a vital gateway to independence, dignity and wellbeing for people living in the community. The provision of these products supports avoidance of hospital admission, enables safe rapid discharge from hospital and prevents premature take up of care including residential placements.
The service operates 7 days a week and provides the delivery, ordering, maintenance, service and repair of community equipment following a professional assessment. The service also collects and refurbished equipment for it to be reissued. This role is essential for the recycling of equipment for Adults and Children.
Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our and ambitions.
What we offer you
We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:
6. a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
7. membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
8. a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
9. a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further
How to apply
Please complete the online application form.
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A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children’s or Adults’ barred list as applicable will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy.
We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.
This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.
If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visaroute before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £38,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying.
Job Description
Job purpose
Leeds City Council is the lead provider for Leeds Community Equipment Service. The staff working within the service are a mix of Leeds City Council and Leeds Community Healthcare employee.
Leeds Community Equipment Service’s role is to provide daily living and nursing equipment for people to use in their own home. Once the person has no further use for the equipment it is returned/ collected, cleaned, refurbished and then reissued. New equipment is also purchased.
The main purpose of the job is to clean returned equipment so that it can be used again and to keep the cleaning area tidy.
Responsibilities
10. To take items of equipment apart before cleaning them.
11. To clean equipment as per manufacturer’s instructions.
12. To use the different chemicals needed to clean the equipment and the cleaning area.
13. To follow COSHH instructions.
14. To store equipment safely within the cleaning area.
15. To load and unload equipment into and out of the washer and dryer.
16. To operate the washing machine and dryer.
17. To hand wash items of equipment.
18. To put clean and dried equipment into bags.
19. Keep cleaning area clean and tidy
20. To wear the uniform and footwear provided
21. To follow instructions from the supervisor
22. To let the supervisor know about any problems straight away
23. To check and if required record serial numbers onto stock system.
24. Use computerised systems to record, collate and retain all relevant details of assembling, checking and cleaning equipment and to ensure that equipment status can be tracked electronically.
25. Label equipment with cleaning date.
26. To complete final inspection and quality check of equipment before items are picked for delivery.
27. To maintain appropriate records for audit purposes.
28. To ensure that equipment is moved and stored safe and securely within the store.
29. Carry out duties independently without routine supervision, but with someone generally available for reference.
30. To comply with all duties under an employee’s responsibility under Health and Safety legislation and policies of Leeds City Council.
31. Ensure all Local Operational Procedures are adhered to.
32. To work in a team with both LCC and LCH colleagues.
Qualifications
Evidence of numerical and literacy skills e.g. GCSE pass at Grade C or above in English and Mathematics or equivalent (this may include relevant work experience)
Essential requirements It is essential that the candidate should be able to demonstrate the following criteria for the post. Candidates will only be shortlisted for interview if they can demonstrate that they meet all the essential requirements.
Skills required
33. To respect the need for confidentiality
34. To maintain the cleaning equipment and cleaning area to an acceptable high standard of cleanliness, replacing all cleaning materials when required.
35. To be able to clean basic equipment to a high standard.
36. Ability to work unsupervised for part of shift and to organize and plan to meet deadlines and manage time effectively.
37. Able to accurately enter/retrieve data information from information systems.
38. Ability to follow and understand basic instructions, especially manufacturer’s instructions.
Knowledge required
39. Of the requirements of policies, procedures and staff instructions, including responsibilities under the Health and Safety, and COSHH regulations and policies.
Experience required
40. Of communicating effectively and positively in several ways with a variety of people.
41. Of working to deadlines.
42. Previous work experience of working in a cleaning environment.
43. Previous experience of using cleaning equipment.
Essential Behavioural and other Characteristics
44. Understand and embrace Leeds City Council Values and Behaviours and codes of conduct.
45. Committed to continuous improvement in all areas and work towards delivering the Best City Ambition of Health & Wellbeing, Inclusive Growth and Zero Carbon
46. Able to understand and observe Leeds City Council equality and diversity policies.
47. Carry out all duties having regard to an employee’s responsibility under Health and Safety Policies.
48. Willingness to actively participate in training and development activities.
49. Flexible and adaptable to change to assist other services as required commensurate to grade.
50. Participate in appraisal, training, and development activities.
51. Be aware of and comply with Leeds City Council policies and procedures.
52. Be aware of and support difference and ensure equality for all working in an anti-discriminatory manner, upholding, equality & diversity policies of Leeds City Council.
53. Recognise and appropriately challenge any incidents of racism, bullying, harassment, victimisation, and any form of abuse, reporting any concerns to the appropriate person.
54. The Council has adopted a flexibility protocol, and the role will be expected to work within these parameters.
Desirable requirements It is desirable that the candidate should be able to demonstrate the following criteria for the post. Candidates are not required to meet all the desirable requirements however these may be used to distinguish between candidates.
Desirable Knowledge
55. Using cleaning materials
56. Machinery knowledge and skills
57. Practical understanding of the application of computerised systems.
Desirable Experience
58. Of working as a member of a team
59. Of using a range of computer operating systems.
Desirable Skills
60. Ability to use the various machinery to maintain the cleaning and drying of equipment.
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