Job summary
- Main area
- Domestic Services
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 390-EFM-SO-0771
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southend
- Town
- Westcliff-on-Sea
- Salary
- £23,615 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Domestic Assistant (Bed Cleaning Team Member)
Band 2
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people. Our newly formed Trust, comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend, is determined to provide the best health services for its local population. We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation working in the best interests of the people we serve.
Job overview
Do you pride yourself on your cleaning skills and want to use them to make a difference? Are you an enthusiastic team player who can adopt and adhere to our Trust values in all your work - Excellent, Compassionate and Respectful?
You will play a key role in ensuring our patients' care and experience is enhanced through creating a clean and comfortable environment for them and being a friendly face around the wards and hospitals, so if you are a people person this is a great role for you!
If this sounds like something you are interested in, make sure to apply today!
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- To clean all areas effectively in accordance with the areas risk rating and frequencies specified.
- Bed cleaning/making post patient discharges
- Clean infected room/areas on the ward in line with the Terminal Clean Policy
- Change curtains in line with the curtain programme or as required for Terminal and deep clean processes.
- Carry out all cleaning duties to the required National specification for Cleanliness (NSC) and ensure all operational documentations are filled in appropriately.
- Respond to cleaning incidents/emergency as required by line management
Carry out standard clean to ensure all daily, weekly, and periodic cleaning tasks are completed as scheduled by management. - Competency in using handheld devices is desirable, however training will be provided.
Working for our organisation
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 17,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.
We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.
We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details regarding this rewarding role please see attached job description for an extensive list of responsibilities .
We look forward to your application.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate clear understanding of instruction and warning
- Good Perception and awareness of risk.
- Knowledge of Health and Safety at work act
Desirable criteria
- Good interpersonal skills, customer relation and neat presentation
- Able to work in a team environment
- Previous experience of carrying out cleaning duties/task
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Basic numeracy and ability to read and write English
Desirable criteria
- An awareness of the importance of correct lifting and handling of heavy objects.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Janka Bobosikova
- Job title
- Deputy manager of domestic services SUHT
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01702 435555
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