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Job summary

Main area
Cleaning
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 25 hours per week (Monday to Friday 5pm to 10pm)
Job ref
251-CORP1707-DAA
Employer
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Winchester
Town
Winchester
Salary
£23,615 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/12/2024 08:00

Employer heading

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Domestic Assistant

Band 2

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

 

Job overview

Domestic staff provide a clean and safe environment for our patients, staff and visitors and help to reduce the spread of Health Care Acquired Infections. This role will involve general cleaning in both clinical and non-clinical areas.

 

Main duties of the job

Duties will include:

  • High dusting walls, ceilings, curtains rails, doors
  • Damp dusting furniture, fittings, ledges and paintwork
  • Vacuuming floors daily
  • Deep Cleaning of areas and equipment

We provide enhanced hours for Saturdays and Sundays as well as enhanced pay for bank holidays.  Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers a wide range of support for health and wellbeing services to support you in the workplace.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about this role please see the Job Description document attached.

If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Both full time and part time hours will be considered 

 

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Good general education at GCSE level or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Customer care training

Experience & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of manual handling and health and safety regulations
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in a healthcare environment

Skills & Ability

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate effectively with patients, ward staff and Domestic team.
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to work well as part of a team.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldArmed Forces Covenant

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jemma Windsor
Job title
Domestic Service Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01962 825686
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