Job summary
- Main area
- Domestic Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Other
- Job ref
- 177-EMER-6355150
- Employer
- James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Carlton Court Hospital
- Town
- Carlton Coville Suffolk
- Salary
- £22,383 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Domestic Assistant - Carlton Court
NHS AfC: Band 2
Patent and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:
- Putting patients first
- Aiming to get it right
- Recognising that everybody counts
- Doing everything openly and honestly
Job overview
We currently require a Domestic Assistant to join our team based at Carlton Court, located in Carlton Colville Suffolk.
Main duties of the job
Domestic Assistant's are important members of the team who assist with maintaining a clean and welcoming environment for patients, staff and visitors within a hospital setting.
Successful applicants should preferably have previous cleaning experience in a healthcare environment however full training will be given. You will need to be reliable, flexible, hardworking and able to work well in a team, as well as on your own.
Working for our organisation
All roles within the Trust require staff to demonstrate our core values in the care they provide to patients. All members of staff should consider these behaviours an essential part of their job role.
Courtesy and respect
- A welcoming and positive attitude
- Polite, friendly and interested in people
- Value and respect people as individuals
Attentively kind and helpful
- Look out for dignity, privacy and humanity
- Be attentive, responsive and take time to help
- Visible presence of staff to provide the service
Responsive communication
- Listen to people and answer their questions
- Keep people clearly informed
- Involve people
Effective and professional
- Safe, knowledgeable and reassuring
- Effective care and services from joined up teams
- Organised and timely, looking to improve
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for a full and comprehensive overview for this position.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Cleaning experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience hospital or nursing home
Skills
Essential criteria
- Work as team member and prioritise tasks
Desirable criteria
- Infection Control, Health & Safety, COSHH knowledge
Competence
Essential criteria
- Operate machinery safely and effectively
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katherine Ward
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01502 527543
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