Domestic Assistant - BANK

Job summary

Working hours: As & When

Are you looking to earn extra money but can't work regular shifts?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Domestic Assistants to join the Domestic Services Bank at the Countess of Chester Hospital. These posts are designed to assist with providing a full range of cleaning duties, covering 7 days a week in a hospital/healthcare environment. Shifts on Saturday and Sunday attract weekend enhancement payments.

It would be ideal if candidates have previous domestic experience, ideally in a hospital environment, however this is not essential as successful candidates will receive full training including Infection Prevention & Control and Cleaning Knowledge and Skills. Excellent terms and conditions apply. The successful candidates are needed to complement our established hardworking team and must be fully flexibe, reliable and show a professional approach to their work.

Main duties of the job

The Domestic Services department maintains very high standards and the successful candidates will be expected to carry out the full range of domestic duties. These duties include cleaning bathrooms,toilets,ward areas,emptying bins replenishing soap, hand towels, sanitisers and serving drinks to patients.

Domestic Bank Assistants must be able to work a range of shifts, as required by the needs of the service to cover annual leave and sickness over 7 days a week. These will include weekends and possibly nights.

We would welcome applications from hardworking motivated individuals who are able to appreciate the importance of maintaining the highest level of cleanliness in a patient-centred environment.

About us

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.