Domestic Assistant - 15 hours per week
St Elizabeth Hospice
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Job summary
Are you proactive and dynamic and looking for your next challenge? Want to be part of a hardworking, busy and friendly team?
We are looking for a Domestic Assistant to carry out cleaning and portering duties throughout the Hospice and associated buildings, ensuring our high standards of hygiene and cleanliness are maintained. You will be responsible for maintaining a high level of infection control throughout.
15 hours per week and shifts are: Sunday, Monday and Saturday 08.30 13.30
Main duties of the job
The ideal candidate will have previous experience in cleaning, preferably within a healthcare environment, and with COSHH awareness and a valid driving licence. It is essential to have the ability to understand and comply with Health & Safety policy and legislation.
About us
St Elizabeth Hospice is an independent charity and hospice, which improves life for people in the East Suffolk, Great Yarmouth and Waveney areas living with a progressive or life-limiting illness.
Established in 1989, the hospice has built a reputation for delivering high-level care to patients and the community it serves. Through medicine and therapy, they ease pain; give life purpose and make life liveable. Last year the charity supported over 4,000 patients and their families.
The hospices work is centred on the individuals needs and they provide specialist support wherever it is needed; whether that is in the home, another setting in the community, in hospital or in the hospice itself. Support is provided to patients and their families via the Inpatient Unit, the Community Care Unit including outpatients clinics, home visits from the community nursing, medical or therapy team, the OneCall 24/7 telephone helpline and bereavement support.
In 2023, St Elizabeth Hospice merged with East Coast Hospice to form a collaborative approach to developing achievable and sustainable specialist palliative care services for people living in the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area.
The hospice offers a number of benefits including:
Generous holiday allowance (above statutory levels)
Pension (NHS pension transferrable)
Employee Assistance Programme
Life Insurance
Occupational sick pay
Free Parking
Date posted
26 July 2024
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£9,159.20 a year WTE £22,898
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
B0291-24-0037
Job locations
565 Foxhall Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP3 8LX
Employer details
Employer name
St Elizabeth Hospice
Address
565 Foxhall Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP3 8LX
Employer's website
https://www.stelizabethhospice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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Introduction to St Elizabeth Hospice