Job Overview
We are looking for highly motivated individuals to join our Domestic Team at the Ormskirk site.
- 25‑hour post – Monday to Friday 2pm – 7pm
- 11‑hour post every Saturday/Sunday – 8am – 1:30pm
- 12‑hour post every Saturday/Sunday – 8am – 2pm
Providing a customer focused service to carry out general and specialised cleaning tasks in accordance with Trust procedures.
To ensure the environment is maintained to a high standard and that all safety and hygiene practices are adhered to in all aspects of hygiene management.
Main Duties of the Job
- Providing a customer focused service, to carry out general and specialised cleaning tasks in accordance with Trust procedures.
- Ensuring the environment is maintained to a high standard and that safe working practices are adhered to in all aspects of environmental/hygiene management.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
- Cleaning of structures, non‑clinical patient equipment and components, manually or mechanically.
- Isolation cleans / infection cleans as required.
- Setting up and using Hydrogen Peroxide “fogging” / UV machines to clean areas as required.
- Carrying out ascom to respond to requests for infection cleans, fogging, or UV.
- Maintenance and cleaning of all housekeeping equipment.
- Assisting in the commissioning / decommissioning of areas.
- Curtain changes as appropriate and safe removal of dirty linen.
- Keeping a tidy work environment.
- Following Waste Disposal Policy to ensure safe removal of waste and correct segregation.
- Ensuring building security controls are adhered to and problems reported immediately.
- Covering other clinics or hospitals as necessary.
- Working unsupervised as a Lone Worker and being aware of the issues.
- Using judgment to overcome operational issues regarding daily tasks.
- Using cleaning equipment such as buffers, scrubbers, and buckets containing water and cleaning solutions, performing both low and high cleaning work that requires physical effort.
- Working in the vicinity of body fluids, physical aggression and exposure to hazards may occasionally occur.
Quality
- Ensuring compliance with PAS 5748 and hygiene standards.
- Ensuring all appropriate hygiene monitoring is carried out and recorded for each process.
- Ensuring all Infection Prevention and Control procedures are adhered to, including maintaining a high standard of personal hygiene.
- Ensuring compliance with all legal food safety requirements.
- Maintaining and improving all aspects of service.
- Responsible for flushing water systems and maintaining accurate records in line with regulations concerning Legionella and Pseudomonas as instructed.
- Participating in staff involvement groups for all aspects of the Trust Quality Strategy 2016/21.
- Participating in trials of products and equipment as required.
Communications
- Ensuring good customer relations when working with patients and all levels of staff (e.g., ward managers).
- Working effectively as part of a team.
- Adopting an empathetic approach to patients and visitors, ensuring minimal disruption to patients.
- Being aware of patients who may have challenging behaviours due to medical conditions, while ensuring confidentiality, privacy and dignity are observed at all times.
- Managing keeping, including storage and stock rotation, submitting orders in a timely manner.
- Ensuring economic use of all materials and minimizing waste.
Staff / Training
- Staff will be trained in all aspects of the housekeeping role over a minimum of four weeks or until deemed competent.
- Standard Operating Procedures will be followed.
- All trained staff are expected to display a flexible and supportive attitude towards their work and colleagues, providing guidance and assistance to new or existing staff.
- Participating in the staff appraisal system and attending training in accordance with personal development plans.
- Completing and maintaining competency levels.
- Staff will have an understanding of COSHH, PPE use, and will adhere to health and safety regulations concerning the use of chemicals.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Basic numeracy and literacy.
- NVQ Level 2 Cleaning and Building Interiors.
- Food Safety Awareness Level 1.
Knowledge and Experience
- Understanding of cleaning and hygiene principles.
- Experience with large‑scale or health‑care domestic work.
- Basic computer skills.
Skills
- Understanding/Experience of Customer Care.
- Understanding/Experience of Team Working.
- Ability to use mechanical/electrical cleaning aids.
- Ability to instruct other less qualified staff.
- Awareness of building security.
Other
- Physically demanding role including use of machinery and other cleaning equipment such as buckets of water.
- Ability to carry out varied workloads with varying demands.
- Ability to empathise with patients and staff.
- Ability to work varied shift patterns/ experience working varied shift patterns.
- Experience of Lone working.
- Experience of/ability to work at height using a ladder.
Benefits
- Generous pension scheme.
- Unscheduled hours payments where applicable.
- 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro‑rated).
- Access to a range of NHS discounts.
- Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offering a variety of services.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, including those from under‑represented groups.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we commit to offering an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.
We also commit to offering an interview to all armed forces veterans who meet the minimum criteria for the job. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.
The Trust operates anonymous shortlisting; no personal information is shared with the recruiting manager. No equality information is shared at any point during the recruitment process with those involved in decision‑making.
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