Domestic Assistant

Main area Facilities Services (Catering and Domestic) Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week Job ref 6-COR-A

Site Clifton House Town York Salary £25,272 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 01/06/:59

Job overview

Leeds & York Partnership NHS Trust is seeking to recruit a Domestic Assistant on a part time basis to join our Facilities team in providing five star cleaning services at Mill Lodge and Clifton House. Facilities are a progressive and forward thinking department looking for a self motivated Domestic Assistant.

Main duties of the job

You will join a domestic team ensuring a clean environment in line with the Cleaning Standards for our service users, colleagues and visitors. The role requires working 5-7 days a week, including some weekends and bank holidays. Position is 22.5 hours per week; hours vary but are between 0700 - 1900 according to rota.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder is responsible for providing a high standard of domestic service to patients, staff and visitors within Clinical/Non Clinical departments, alone or as part of a team. The Soft FM service is provided as part of the wider Estates and Facilities Directorate. The domestic Assistant works as part of a multi disciplinary team, delivering a high standard of cleaning in areas of high activity with frequent change. Staff must be flexible, adaptable and work to support other staff who have clinical responsibility to service users.

Person specification Knowledge

• Basic knowledge of C.O.S.H.H., health and safety and cleaning standards

Skills

• Ability to work to set cleaning schedules
• Use of cleaning equipment and materials provided for the job
• Working as part of a team
• Empathy with client group

Values

• Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
• Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
• Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.

Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position based on a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow.

Fixed Term Contracts for existing NHS Employees - temporary contracts for employees of LYPFT, or colleagues joining from another NHS Trust, will be offered on a secondment basis wherever possible. In the event this is not possible, an FTC would be issued and this would require a break in service of two weeks.

The purpose of a temporary role could be for maternity cover, temporary funding or some other reason. At the end of which the need for the temporary work will cease. Temporary roles can stop, be extended and/or made permanent at any point during the period of work. Should the role become permanent then the post holder will be informed of the process to be followed to convert the position to a permanent one.

All new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response. LYPFT is committed to upholding its statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Please refer to the job description for further information.

LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.

We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if enough applications are received. It is in the candidate's best interest to apply as soon as possible. In submitting an application form, you authorise Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed to the post.

In applying for a role please ensure that you only declare qualifications that are relevant to the role itself. We reserve the right to check all declared qualifications on an application form, whether they are directly relevant to the role or not.

Please note: The Trust does not offer reimbursement of interview expenses.

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. It will therefore be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.