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Domestic Assistant - External Operative

Job details
Posting date: 11 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £22,383 per annum, pro rata
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 11 May 2024
Location: Wigan, WN1 2NN
Company: Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6028635/302-24-6028635E

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Summary

A Vacancy at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are currently recruiting for a Domestic Assistant(External Operative)based at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary.

ROTA PATTERN:

Working 3 days on, then 3 days off. 6am to 11am.

The post will be working 15 hrs per week.

Please only apply if you are able to work the above rota pattern.

Please note this vacancy may close earlier than the closing date if a high volume of applications are received.



The post holder is responsible for carrying out specific cleaning and other related duties, following set procedure and standards to provide and maintain high standards of cleanliness throughout the hospital and designated wards or departments.

External operative main job duties include picking up litter, sweeping walkways, emptying bins and cleaning exterior doors & windows. They might also be tasked with cleaning more specific elements such as benches, street signs, and bus shelters. The work is physical and includes a lot of standing, bending, and walking, exposure to various weather conditions.

To perform domestic duties including:
• General cleaning
• Isolation cleaning
• High and low dusting
• Wet and dry mopping
• Clean toilets, baths and washbasins.
• Emptying clinical and general waste bins and placing bags in designated areas
• Vacuum Cleaning
• Scrubbing and buffing floors with mechanical machine
• Carpet shampooing
• Using chemicals and cleaning equipment responsibly and within health and safety guidelines.
• Maintaining staff and public safety through appropriate use of warning signage whilst cleaning.

Full training will be provided to the successful candidate.
Choose Well – Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

Good basic salary plus an attractive package of benefits which include:
• Excellent Pension & Life Assurance Package (over 20% employer contribution)
• Excellent annual leave entitlements 27 to 33 days per annum dependent upon service.
• Paid occupational maternity, paternity, and adoption leave dependent upon service.
• Training opportunities and eLearning resources.
• Health and wellbeing support.
• Career Progression opportunities within Estates & Facilities and the NHS.
• Access to salary sacrifice schemes for items such as lease vehicles and buy a bike schemes.
• NHS Discount schemes to access hundreds of discounts and savings from everything to High Street Stores to restaurants, family holidays and more.
• Long Service Awards.


• To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering high standards of cleaning within both the clinical and non-clinical areas.
• To clean specific areas in line with Trust policy and national cleaning standards.
• To provide a cleaning service in accordance with approved methods, standards and frequencies.
• To provide support to terminal cleans/infection cleans ensuring conversance with infection control & procedures in respect of all cleaning duties.
• The removal and cleaning up of uncontained body fluid spillages in line with Trust policy and national cleaning standards.
• To use cleaning equipment, machinery and cleaning materials once trained and ability to spot defects with machinery and report to Supervisor.
• Where required undertake Bioquell Q50- HPV decontamination duties and be fully compliant with all the methods and responsibilities of using this system.
• To adopt a flexible approach when undertaking domestic duties.




This advert closes on Thursday 18 Apr 2024

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