Facilities Management Assistant- Domestic/Cleaner

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Estates and Facilities Department for an enthusiastic team member for a Domestic Cleaner.

The post is suited to a motivated and experienced Domestic services worker to work at Hollins Park.

The hours will be Monday to Friday 15:30-18:30

The successful candidate will provide a cleaning service around this Division ensuring National cleaning standards, PLACE requirements and CQC standards are met

Shortlisting planned for: 27 January 2025

Interview planned for: 03 February 2025

Main duties of the job

The provision of a high quality professional centered service ensuring all policies and procedures and standards are adhered to.

  • To work to a high standard to meet national Standards
  • Work as part of a team working flexible hours to deliver cleaning cover throughout the year.
  • Work to an agreed cleaning schedule and complete relevant documentation.
  • Responsible for ensuring all cleaning equipment and cleaning agents are available.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles

Date posted

13 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 a year Per Annum Pro Rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

350-TWS6910799

Job locations

Hollins Park

Hollins Lane, Winwick

Warrington

WA2 8WA


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • NHS experience and training in safety, health and catering or cleaning tasks.
  • Experience of working in a similar role (cleaning or catering).
  • Experience of working in the NHS.
  • Knowledge of the National Standards of Cleanliness and NHS Colour Coding.
  • Experience of dealing with people.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • NHS experience and training in safety, health and catering or cleaning tasks.
  • Experience of working in a similar role (cleaning or catering).
  • Experience of working in the NHS.
  • Knowledge of the National Standards of Cleanliness and NHS Colour Coding.
  • Experience of dealing with people.

Person Specification

Values

Essential

  • o Continuous Improvement
  • o Accountability
  • o Respectfulness
  • o Enthusiasm
  • o Support
  • o High professional standards
  • o Responsive to service users
  • o Engaging leadership style
  • o Strong customer service belief
  • o Transparency and honesty
  • o Discrete
  • o Change oriented

Qualifications

Essential

  • NHS experience and training in safety, health and catering or cleaning tasks
  • CIEH Foundation Certificate in Food Hygiene, or equivalent

KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:

Essential

  • Experience of working in a similar role (cleaning or catering).
  • Experience of working in the NHS.
  • Experience of dealing with people.

SKILLS

Essential

  • Able to function as a member of a team and support the management objectives of the department and Trust
  • Able to deal with requests from service users, managers and staff in a friendly and helpful way
  • Flexible
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Able to work both independently and as part of a team.
  • Able to carry out manual tasks
Person Specification

Values

Essential

  • o Continuous Improvement
  • o Accountability
  • o Respectfulness
  • o Enthusiasm
  • o Support
  • o High professional standards
  • o Responsive to service users
  • o Engaging leadership style
  • o Strong customer service belief
  • o Transparency and honesty
  • o Discrete
  • o Change oriented

Qualifications

Essential

  • NHS experience and training in safety, health and catering or cleaning tasks
  • CIEH Foundation Certificate in Food Hygiene, or equivalent

KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:

Essential

  • Experience of working in a similar role (cleaning or catering).
  • Experience of working in the NHS.
  • Experience of dealing with people.

SKILLS

Essential

  • Able to function as a member of a team and support the management objectives of the department and Trust
  • Able to deal with requests from service users, managers and staff in a friendly and helpful way
  • Flexible
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Able to work both independently and as part of a team.
  • Able to carry out manual tasks

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hollins Park

Hollins Lane, Winwick

Warrington

WA2 8WA


Employer's website

https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hollins Park

Hollins Lane, Winwick

Warrington

WA2 8WA


Employer's website

https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Facilities Site Manager

Gaynor Blundell

gaynor.blundell@merseycare.nhs.uk

07584556526

Date posted

13 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 a year Per Annum Pro Rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

350-TWS6910799

Job locations

Hollins Park

Hollins Lane, Winwick

Warrington

WA2 8WA


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