Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Domestic Assistant

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Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a Domestic Assistant at Ludlow Community Hospital to carry out domestic duties and help us maintain the high standards already set within this department.

Main duties of the job

Your duties would include the cleaning of clinical areas, both on the wards and in our outpatient areas along with administration and management offices and other hospital departments. Experience is not essential for this post as full training will be given. The shifts will include weekends and bank holidays.

For further information please contact: Kerri Swinbourne, Hotel Services and Site Manager, Tel: 01584 872201.

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Date posted

15 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

825-4931-OPS-C

Job locations

Ludlow Hospital

Gravel Hill

Ludlow Shropshire

SY8 1QX

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

Ability to demonstrate good numeracy and literacy skills.

Experience

Essential

Experience of cleaning which includes mopping, hoovering and dusting

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Understanding of importance of cleanliness in a health care environment.
General awareness of safety
Good organisational skills

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

Ability to demonstrate good numeracy and literacy skills.

Experience

Essential

Experience of cleaning which includes mopping, hoovering and dusting

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Understanding of importance of cleanliness in a health care environment.
General awareness of safety
Good organisational skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Address

Ludlow Hospital

Gravel Hill

Ludlow Shropshire

SY8 1QX

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Address

Ludlow Hospital

Gravel Hill

Ludlow Shropshire

SY8 1QX

Employer's website

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