Domestic Assistant

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

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Job summary

Are you passionate about cleaning?

Start your rewarding career in healthcare. Apply today!

Our friendly Estates and Facilities Team in Maidstone are seeking a part-time Domestic Assistant, apply now and kickstart your career in the NHS.

We are seeking a Domestic Assistant who has the determination, and valuable skills required, to ensure our hygiene standards are met in line with New NHS Cleaning Guidelines.

This post is for 14 hours per week, which is worked between the hours of Monday - Thursday 7am - 10am, And Friday 7am - 9am.

Here are some clips of our Facilities staff, speaking about their role and why they enjoy working for KMPT.

Facilities Team Leader:https://youtu.be/N3KWBGBqdGc?si=B6mYiMb1fLa8c0NI

Domestic Assistant:https://youtu.be/GtLEYNjkmJk?si=03GNYY661AaPVSWX

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities

Complete the daily shift plan in the agreed time scale, ensuring cleanliness and hygiene standards are met in line with New NHS Cleaning Guidelines.
Complete weekly departmental performance monitoring, to achieve and maintain the Trust's own standards.
Maintain a patient-focused service across clinical areas.
Undertake general cleaning and other related domestic tasks to a high standard, within a designated area and manage own task schedules.
Maintain a high standard of provision of other Domestic Assistant related tasks.
Work as part of the team in conjunction with ward managers on all aspects of ward cleaning and hygiene.
Ensure waste is disposed of in accordance with the Trust waste disposal policy, assuring Health and Safety standards are adhered to.
Removal of rubbish to designated collection points
Attend appropriate training sessions not necessarily held at the place of work and at times not rostered to work.
To undertake other duties and tasks at the discretion of the supervisor, Hotel Services Manager, or Service Manager.

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Date posted

18 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

380-SS0471-A

Job locations

Albion Place, Maidstone

1 Albion Place

Maidstone

ME16 9PH

Job description

Job responsibilities

To maintain a patient-focused Hotel Services function across clinical and non-clinical areas.
To undertake general cleaning and other related domestic tasks to a high standard within a designated area as requested and manage their own task schedules.
To maintain a high standard of provision of other Hotel Services related tasks.
To work as part of the Hotel Services team in conjunction with ward managers on all aspects of cleaning and hygiene.

Please see the job description for full details.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To maintain a patient-focused Hotel Services function across clinical and non-clinical areas.
To undertake general cleaning and other related domestic tasks to a high standard within a designated area as requested and manage their own task schedules.
To maintain a high standard of provision of other Hotel Services related tasks.
To work as part of the Hotel Services team in conjunction with ward managers on all aspects of cleaning and hygiene.

Please see the job description for full details.

Person Specification

Essential

Previous knowledge & experience of working within a domestic role
Ability to work shift times and pattern

Desirable

Knowledge of NHS Cleaning Guidelines
Knowledge of COSHH related products
Ability to cover colleagues during times of annual leave/sickness

Person Specification

Essential

Previous knowledge & experience of working within a domestic role
Ability to work shift times and pattern

Desirable

Knowledge of NHS Cleaning Guidelines
Knowledge of COSHH related products
Ability to cover colleagues during times of annual leave/sickness

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.