Cleaning Assistant

NHS; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000

Job description

Previous applicants need not apply. Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications from those who need sponsorship to work in this role due to government guidelines.

The Housekeeping Department is looking for Cleaning Assistants to join the Team, working onsite at Salisbury District Hospital. The role involves cleaning in clinical and non-clinical areas, providing and maintaining the highest standard of cleaning to all areas such as wards and departments, ensuring at all times the highest degree of cleanliness, safety, and care.

Flexible working options will be considered for this role. Shift patterns include:

Part-time

1. 1 x Twilight shift 20.00pm - 00.00 Midnight Monday to Friday (20 hrs. a week)
2. 4 x Weekend shifts 7.00am - 12.00am Saturday & Sunday (10 hrs. a week)

Full-time

1. 2 x Early Shifts 6.00am - 2.00pm Monday to Friday (37.5 hrs. a week)
2. 2 x Early Shifts 7.00am - 3.00pm (37.5 hrs. a week)
3. 3 x Late shift 12.00noon - 20.00pm Monday to Friday (37.5 hrs. a week)

Full training and uniform are provided for your role. The base hourly rate is £12.08.

The Trust's refer-a-friend scheme applies to this vacancy.

Main duties of the job

Our Team provides a safe and clean environment for our patients and visitors by:

1. Adhering to Trust Policies and Procedures, ensuring the use of safe working practices and that the highest standards are maintained.
2. Maintaining clean and hygienic conditions in all allocated areas including wards, offices, and public areas, to ensure cleaning quality standards are met and complied with.
3. Observing the Trust's 'Colour Coding' for cleaning equipment and materials.
4. Taking responsibility for the stores, cleaning equipment, and associated products, following the prescribed Housekeeping, Security, and Health and Safety guidelines, ensuring stock is stored in a secure and safe manner. Replenishing stock as and when required.
5. Conducting periodic floor maintenance and deep clean in order to achieve and maintain pre-determined cleaning standards and to set up HPV equipment.
6. Helping to support the Prevention and Control of infection by maintaining a clean and safe environment.

Please see attached job description for a full list of roles and responsibilities.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery, and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Shift Patterns as follows:

Part-time

1. 1 x Twilight shift 20.00pm - 00.00 Midnight Monday to Friday (20 hrs. a week)
2. 4 x Weekend shifts 7.00am - 12.00am Saturday & Sunday (10 hrs. a week)

Full-time

1. 2 x Early Shifts 6.00am - 2.00pm Monday to Friday (37.5 hrs. a week)
2. 2 x Early Shifts 7.00am - 3.00pm (37.5 hrs. a week)
3. 3 x Late shift 12.00noon - 20.00pm Monday to Friday (37.5 hrs. a week)

Minimum of two shifts a week will be considered; shift patterns can be flexible, fixed-term contracts may also be available, please enquire.

Person Specification

Experience

• Good understanding of English
• Previous Cleaning Experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£22,383 a year per annum pro rata if part-time.