We are recruiting a Domestic Assistant to join our team at Brookside Centre, Cumbria. This post will be offered at Part Time, 15 hours per week - Monday to Friday 15:00-18:00.
Our team of Domestics keep our buildings clean and tidy and provide a great service to patients, visitors and staff. You could be cleaning a hospital ward, patient bedroom or office areas and corridors.
Because we provide services to the NHS your work supports better patient care. It’s important work and you will need to take pride in what you do and complete tasks to a high standard.
If you are in a community building you will be working alongside patients who have mental health illness, learning disabilities or brain injuries. You could be cleaning their rooms and the shared areas on the ward and you will get to know them and the clinical staff and you’ll feel part of the team. It can be a real challenge working on wards like these but we also know that our staff find it rewarding.
Carrying out a range of cleaning tasks in areas such as offices, public areas such as corridors, areas which patients use such as shared spaces on wards as well as bedrooms and bathrooms
Cleaning tasks can include things like dusting of walls, ceilings and curtain rails, dusting and polishing of furniture and paintwork, hoovering of carpets, mopping floors
Being able to follow instructions and follow a routine work schedule which sets out your tasks and carry out those duties often without supervision
Being aware of the patients that you will be working alongside and work in a way that is respectful, caring and compassionate
You will use equipment and cleaning products safely, adhering to all control of substances harmful to health (COSHH) rules and regulations
Understanding infection prevention and control rules and adhering to them
Completing any paperwork such as quality checks and any other documentation required
Help with any cleaning audits or other surveys and inspections that take place
Taking part in any training that you need to do and keep up to date with all company communications
You will be respectful of other people and work in a way that supports equality, diversity and inclusion
You will demonstrate our company values our values of being caring and compassionate, respectful, and honest and transparent in all that you do
NTW Solutions Limited is proud to provide services to the NHS. We keep hospitals clean and patients fed and we keep buildings running and grounds tidy. Our digital teams support the vital systems the NHS relies on, our pharmacy team ensures patients get the medicine they need, and our workforce team recruits people onto the frontline. We transcribe thousands of important medical letters, provide a lease car service to keep people on the move, and ensure suppliers are paid on time.
We are dedicated to being a great inclusive place to work. We provide a wide range of benefits including a good rate of pay and pension and an extensive range of discounts. We care about health and wellbeing and offer a range of support for the people who work here.
We believe everyone has potential and welcome applications from people from a culturally diverse background, those who are LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, anyone who is unemployed or has been out of work for a period of time, or those who have served in our armed forces.
We were set up by Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust to provide support services. As a limited company we have built a commercial ethos onto our NHS values and now provide our services to other NHS organisations and beyond.
Please find attached job description for full details.
Pay: Band A (£12.92 per hour)
We pay 25% enhancement, time and a quarter, on hours worked during a Saturday and Sunday.
We welcome your application. Previous applicants need not apply.
Please note that all jobs will be appointed on the NTW Solutions Limited terms and conditions (not NHS/A4C terms).
If you currently work for NTW Solutions on AfC terms and conditions, you will be given the choice to retain these or move onto NTW Solutions terms and conditions. Please note that the above advertised salary will not apply if you choose to remain on AfC. Anyone currently paying into the NHS Pension scheme will be able to retain this.
