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Main area
Domestics
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Permanent: 17.5 HOURS PER WEEK
Hours
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
17.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Job ref
319-6462386LW
Employer
Northumbria Healthcare - NHFM (Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management)
Employer type
Private Sector
Site
The Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital
Town
Cramlington
Salary
£22,383 pro rata per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/08/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Northumbria Healthcare - NHFM (Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management) logo

Domestic Assistant Higher Level- Northumbria

Band 2

NHFM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Established in 2012, NHFM provide specialist project management services for large and small capital developments, estates maintenance and a full range of facilities services for all of Northumbria Healthcare Trust’s sites.

Come and work for us and we can offer you:

  • Competitive rates of pay
  • Enhanced rates of pay for working evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays
  • Favourable employment terms and conditions – we mirror NHS Agenda for Change terms and conditions (https://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook) which includes up to 33 days annual leave + bank holidays per year, generous maternity and paternity leave provisions, occupational sick pay, and much more
  • NHS Pension Scheme
  • Career development opportunities
  • Fantastic staff benefits including car lease, home electronics, cycle to work and childcare schemes, priority access to vaccinations, physiotherapy, counselling, among many more
  • A great employee experience - we score very highly on our employee satisfaction metrics

Work for us and you will be making a real difference to the NHS and the thousands of people who use our services each year. Visit our website www.nhfm.co.uk for more information about who we are and benefits of working for us.

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Job overview

We are looking to recruit Domestic Assistants on a permanent basis at our Northumbria Hospital/ Health and Care Academy.

The Trust, its patients, staff and buildings are absolutely central to everything we do in NHFM and we are 100% aligned to the Trust’s Vision, Mission and Values.

Our domestic teams are busy and work hard, but you’ll be given full training and the support you will need. 

Being a Domestic Assistant will give you experience of working in a care environment. You’ll work closely with a wide range of staff and get to know them and see what they do. You’ll also get experience of talking to patients and visitors and will get to see the difference you make to them. 
We’d love for you to stay within Domestic Services and NHFM, but if you do want to get into a healthcare assistant or nursing role in the future, this is the perfect opportunity to get a foot in the door.

Main duties of the job

Quite simply, the NHS could not function without our Domestics! Every single service in the Trust relies on domestics to keep the place clean and safe for patients, visitors and staff. You’ll be part of a team striving to maintain the highest cleanliness standards in wards, departments, corridors and offices, and in doing so making a real difference to the NHS. 

Working for our organisation

NHFM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Established in 2012, NHFM provide specialist project management services for large and small capital developments, estates maintenance and a full range of facilities services. Carrying out facilities management for a state-of-the-art specialist emergency care hospital - The Northumbria, three general hospitals - North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham hospitals - and a number of smaller community hospitals and clinic sites, we cover one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. 

Work for us and you will be making a real difference to the NHS and the thousands of people who use our services each year. Visit our website www.nhfm.co.uk for more information about who we are and benefits of working for us. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Maintain the standard of cleanliness as specified throughout the designated work area by means of approved cleaning methods.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Basic Numerate & Literate Skills
  • Basic Food Hygiene and/or Level 1 Food Safety Certificate or must be achieved within 6 months of start date
Desirable criteria
  • NVQ Level 1 or 2 or equivalent
  • GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent)

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Previous domestic experience
  • Must be able to demonstrate the English language proficiency level required for this post.
  • Knowledge of cleaning products i.e. COSHH

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Better Health at Work Award - Maintaining ExcellenceHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
kerry Lansbury
Job title
Domestic Superintendent
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01916072155
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