Cleaning Assistant

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

Job description

Main area: Cleaning Grade Band 2

Contract: Permanent

Hours:

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

Job ref: 269-SFT9055

Employer: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Salisbury District Hospital

Town: Salisbury

Salary: £22,383 per annum pro rata if part time

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 16/04/2025 08:00

Cleaning Assistant

Band 2

Job overview

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 the highest degree of cleanliness, safety, and care.

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

Shift Patterns:

Part-time:

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

Full-time:

• 2 x Early Shifts 6.00am - 2.00pm Monday to Friday (37.5 hrs. a week)
• 2 x Early Shifts 7.00am - 3.00pm (37.5 hrs. a week)
• 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:

• Adhering to Trust Policies and Procedures, ensuring the use of safe working practices and that the highest standards are maintained.
• 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.
• Observing the Trust’s ‘Colour Coding’ for cleaning equipment and materials.
• 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.
• Conducting periodic floor maintenance and deep clean in order to achieve and maintain pre-determined cleaning standards and to set up HPV equipment.
• 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.

Working for our organisation

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 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.

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

We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:

• Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff.
• Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme.
• Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme.
• An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges.
• Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out, and utility bills for home.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Uniform provided (where required).
• On-site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme.
• On-site health and fitness club.
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.

GETTING TO WORK

We offer parking on site at Salisbury District Hospital, a daily charge applies. We encourage our staff to utilise other green methods of getting to work such as cycling or walking where possible.

OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY

We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to develop, to apply for promotions and to work flexibly.

The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for staff to ensure this happens.

OTHER INFORMATION

If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to repay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary.

Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name: Amanda Urch

Job title: Head of Housekeeping & Portering

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 01722 425111

Additional information:

Amanda Urch - [e-mail] - Tel [phone]

or

Jackie Beaney - [e-mail] - Tel [phone]