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Job summary

Main area
Facilities
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 15 hours per week (rota)
Job ref
110-EA060-1124
Employer
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Glamorgan Hospital
Town
Llantrisant
Salary
£23,970 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/11/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board logo

Housekeeper Caretaker

Band 2

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000.  We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.

Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.

We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2024/2025 and will be implemented in November 2024 backdated to 1st April 2024 where applicable. 

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen  for a successful candidate  to join our busy patient focused team within Facilities  Department, based at one of our Community Clinics, Rhondda Taff Ely Region.   There is one position available of which will support a working routine of Monday to Friday.  

The role will support maintaining cleanliness standards across the Health Board in line with National Standards of Cleanliness for NHS Wales and support Infection prevention and control.  

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be allocated to a ward or department area,  or work as part of the Rapid Response and Additional Cleaning team.  This team supports the housekeeping service by providing a pre-determined programme of additional cleaning activities using designated equipment and providing a rapid response to infection outbreak situations in accordance to instruction from the housekeeping supervisor and the Infection Prevention and Control team.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family.  Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

 

We live by our core values:

  • We listen, learn and improve
  • We treat everyone with respect
  • We all work together as one team

 

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous cleaning experience
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience working in hospital environment

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of COSHH and H&S
Desirable criteria
  • Understanding on use of machinery to assist cleaning

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Age positiveDisability confident leaderStop Smoking Wales is the NHS Smoking Cessation Service in WalesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.hyderus o ran anableddAccredited Living Wage EmployerWelsh logo for Armed Force Bronze Award for Cym Taf UHBAccredited Living Wage EmployerCore principlesPrentisiaethau Apprenticeships

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.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Karen Ivey
Job title
Facilities Support Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01443 443443
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