Domestic Assistant

Job overview

As a member of the Support Services Directorate, to play an active role in the provision of a clean and safe environment for patients, staff and visitors across the Trust.  To enhance the patient experience whilst in the hospital by assisting with other duties as and when required.

We are recruiting for numerous areas as listed below, please do mention in your supporting statement for your preferred area.

Main duties of the job

As a member of the Support Services Directorate, to play an active role in the provision of a clean and safe environment for patients, staff and visitors across the Trust. To enhance the patient experience whilst in the hospital by assisting with other duties as and when required.

Although we have a very strong learning and development function, we appreciate you will need to have acquired some skills and experience from your career to date in order for your time with us to be a real success. These can be found in the Person and Job Description attachment on NHS Jobs. However we have highlighted three of them below

• Maintain standards of cleanliness of floors, furniture, mattresses, curtains and fittings; as well as removal of marks from walls/partitions/doors etc. in accordance with set standards and frequencies
• To correctly store and use all cleaning materials to ensure that the work is carried out in a safe manner and to the required standards
• To perform specialist and deep-cleans i.e. following cases of c-Diff, MRSA and other infections to the required standards to ensure that cases do not spread and that there are no further outbreaks in the area

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Maintain standards of cleanliness of floors, furniture, mattresses, curtains and fittings; as well as removal of marks from walls/partitions/doors etc. in accordance with set standards and frequencies.
• To correctly store and use all cleaning materials to ensure that the work is carried out in a safe manner and to the required standards
• To perform specialist and deep-cleans i.e. following cases of c-Diff, MRSA and other infections to the required standards to ensure that cases do not spread and that there are no further outbreaks in the area
• To clean medical equipment i.e. drip and catheter stands and complete decontamination certificates to confirm that this cleaning has been undertaken.
• To organise own workload on a daily basis, working within scheduling guidelines to ensure that all required tasks are completed each day and completing appropriate sign-off sheets to indicate that the work has been undertaken
• To communicate with Domestic Supervisors, patients, visitors and ward/departmental staff in order to achieve specified standards of cleanliness
• To monitor and replenish stock levels of cleaning materials, refuse bags, paper hand towels, toilet tissue, hand soap and sanitisers; ensuring that items do not fall below acceptable levels and reordering as necessary
• To accurately complete appropriate documentation and logs (i.e. mattress logs), to record detail of cleaning undertaken
• To operate all cleaning equipment, including electrical equipment, to achieve specified standards of cleanliness
• To be responsible for managing systems for ward/departmental security; locking doors, operating alarms and securing of keys as appropriate
• Participate in the orientation and training of new members of staff within Domestic Services through the demonstration of duties and responsibilities; ensuring that these are completed to acceptable standards
• Handling of the disposal of all types of waste, including recyclables and non-standard waste
• Report any sign of or sightings of pests within the hospital building and grounds