Job summary
The Birmingham Childrens Hospital & Birmingham Womens
Hospital Facilities Department has a number of vacancies within the Domestic
& Housekeeping department. The post holders will be required to undertake a
full range of cleaning duties within our busy hospitals. Experience is
preferred but not essential as full training will be provided. The successful
candidates will form part of our existing facilities domestic &
housekeeping team.
Working for BWC Management Services Ltd you will be on the
company terms and conditions
The post holders will be directly responsible to the
facilities Team Leaders & Supervisors and work alongside our present
domestic & housekeeping staff to ensure the trust receives the highest
quality of cleaning throughout the hospital site.
We have the following available,
Birmingham Childrens Hospital Vacancies
Evenings 4 weekly rotational pattern (1700 to 2200 weekday) & (0800 to 1300
& 1700 to 2000 Saturdays permanent weekend).
2 x Zero hour contracts to cover
mornings, evenings and weekends.
Birmingham Womens Hospital Vacancies
Evenings 4 weekly rotational pattern - (1600 to
2100 weekday) & (1400 to 2000 weekends).
Evenings 4 weekly rotational pattern - (1600 to
2100 weekday) & (0730 to 2000 weekends).
Main duties of the job
The job description details required duties and a personal
specification are attached for information.
For further information please
contact:
Birmingham Childrens Hospital (Chewy
on 0121 333 8449/ 8466)
Birmingham
Womens Hospital ( Lindsay on 0121 335 8247 )
About us
BWC Management Services Limited (also known as Vital Services) is a wholly-owned subsidiary company of Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust (BWC). The sole focus of Vital Services is the provision of estates and facilities services and, most importantly, the staff who provide these crucial services who are fundamental to the Trust being able to deliver world-class care. All Estates, Medical Engineering and Facilities staff are employed directly by Vital Services and although not NHS employees, are very much part of the BWC family, working together to be a world-leading team, providing world-leading care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the
attached job description and person specification to view the full details for
this opportunity at BWC Management Services Limited.
When completing
your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job
description and person specification to include transferable experience,
qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if
applicable).
Occasionally we
receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we
sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid
disappointment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the
attached job description and person specification to view the full details for
this opportunity at BWC Management Services Limited.
When completing
your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job
description and person specification to include transferable experience,
qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if
applicable).
Occasionally we
receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we
sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid
disappointment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
- Basic cleaning qualification - NVQs 1 or 2 or similar in a relevant discipline
Experience
Essential
- To have an understanding of the role and associated work procedures.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a similar role or discipline.
- Experience of working in the NHS.
Skills
Essential
- Kneeling, crouching, twisting, bending or stretching.
- Lifting weights/equipment with mechanical aids.
- Lifting weights/equipment without mechanical aids.
- Making repetitive movements.
- Operate equipment/machinery.
- Pushing/pulling trolleys or similar.
Desirable
- Basic knowledge of cleaning materials
- Basic manual handling qualification
- Experience of manual handling techniques
- Knowledge of COSHH
- Communicate appropriately with others at work
- Listen to and respond to simple information, ask questions to clarify understanding
- Respond appropriately to queries and complaints
- Take part in discussions on familiar topics
- Complete simple forms
- Read and understand short piece of text
- Read and understand simple symbols, diagrams and charts
- Extract numerical information from lists, tables, diagrams and simple charts
- Tackle practical problems using simple calculation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
- Basic cleaning qualification - NVQs 1 or 2 or similar in a relevant discipline
Experience
Essential
- To have an understanding of the role and associated work procedures.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a similar role or discipline.
- Experience of working in the NHS.
Skills
Essential
- Kneeling, crouching, twisting, bending or stretching.
- Lifting weights/equipment with mechanical aids.
- Lifting weights/equipment without mechanical aids.
- Making repetitive movements.
- Operate equipment/machinery.
- Pushing/pulling trolleys or similar.
Desirable
- Basic knowledge of cleaning materials
- Basic manual handling qualification
- Experience of manual handling techniques
- Knowledge of COSHH
- Communicate appropriately with others at work
- Listen to and respond to simple information, ask questions to clarify understanding
- Respond appropriately to queries and complaints
- Take part in discussions on familiar topics
- Complete simple forms
- Read and understand short piece of text
- Read and understand simple symbols, diagrams and charts
- Extract numerical information from lists, tables, diagrams and simple charts
- Tackle practical problems using simple calculation
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
