Job summary
Employer heading
Domestic Assistant
Band 2
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Job overview
Leeds & York Partnership NHS Trust are seeking to recruit a Domestic Assistant, on a full time basis, to join our Facilities team in providing five star cleaning services at Mill Lodge . Facilities are a progressive and forward thinking department looking for a self-motivated Domestic Assistant.
Main duties of the job
You will join a domestic team ensuring a clean environment in line with the Cleaning Standards for our service users, colleagues and visitors, you would be required to work 5/7 days a week, which includes working some weekends and Bank holidays. We have 2 position, one is 37.5 hours per week and the other is 27.5; hours vary but are between 0700 – 1900 according to rota.
Working for our organisation
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder is responsible for providing a high standard of domestic service to patients, staff and visitors within Clinical/Non-Clinical departments, alone or as part of a team.
The Soft FM service is provided as part of the wider Estates and Facilities Directorate. The domestic Assistant works as part of a multi-disciplinary team, delivering a high standard of cleaning in areas of high activity with frequent change. Staff must be flexible, adaptable and work to support other staff, who have clinical responsibility to service users.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Basic knowledge of C.O.S.H.H., health and safety and cleaning standards
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work to set cleaning schedules
- Use of cleaning equipment and materials provided for the job
- Work as part of a team
- Empathy with client group
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Elwira Mordal
- Job title
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- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07980956662
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