Job summary
- Main area
- Bank
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- 0 years (Bank)
- Hours
- Flexible working - 0 hours per week (Zero)
- Job ref
- 156-7204682
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Cornwall Hospital
- Town
- Penzance
- Salary
- £24,169 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Kernowflex (Bank) Healthcare Cleaning Professional (HCP)
Band 2
Job overview
Kernowflex (Bank) Healthcare Cleaning Professional (HCP)
Zero Hours Contract
West Cornwall Hospital are looking for Healthcare Cleaning Professionals to join the bank. This role is a key part of keeping our clinical areas safe.
Main duties of the job
Applicants must be:
- Passionate about cleanliness!
- Champions of Infection Control
- Professional and efficient
- Flexible and enthusiastic
- ‘Customer’ focused
With a keen eye for detail in a clinical environment.
Working for our organisation
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is the biggest provider of healthcare services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Our three main sites are Royal Cornwall Hospital Truro, St Michael’s Hospital Hayle and West Cornwall Hospital Penzance, our staff and services are available across the region.
The Trust employs 5,000+ staff, has a budget of £380 million and 750 beds. We work with health and social care organisations -including NHS Kernow and NHS England- to ensure local healthcare needs are met. We provide acute medical, surgical and specialist services to around 500,000- which can increase significantly during busy holiday periods.
The Trust has teaching hospitals status as part of the University of Exeter Medical School. Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we continually develop clinical services and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care offered locally.
We can offer you a rewarding career in a supportive working environment. We have extensive educational links to help you realise your full potential and develop skills to provide outstanding healthcare to the local community.
Enjoy an outstanding quality of life in a place that offers surfing beaches and fishing harbours to beautiful countryside and historic towns. With clean air, plenty of opportunities for outdoor activities and excellent schools, colleges and universities (including adult education) it is the ideal place for families and for you to develop your own career.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Work health assessments
- Criminal record check standards
- Right to work checks
For further information please visit:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
We reserve the right to close this advert early.
We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.
Kernowflex (Bank) Healthcare Cleaning Professional (HCP)
Zero Hours Contract
In return for your expertise and hard work, we offer a wide range of benefits including:
Competitive rates of pay with increments.
Access to the NHS pension scheme.
Opportunities to work across various departments and sites, gaining invaluable knowledge and experience.
Unsocial hours enhancements (where applicable).
A flexible working pattern to suit you.
Opportunities for further training (all paid for) and progression into permanent posts.
Paid annual leave quarterly pro rate of working time directives.
Weekly pay.
A comprehensive induction and ongoing mandatory training.
Plus, when you go home, you can relax in the most amazing countryside and coastal environments – work-life balance here in Cornwall is unrivalled.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good education to include Grade A-C GCSE (or equivalent) in English and Mathematics and/or relevant NVQ Level 2
Desirable criteria
- Related qualifications
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Cleaning knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Related expertise
Experience
Essential criteria
- Cleaning experience
Desirable criteria
- Clinical areas experience
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
- Vilma Krisciuniene
- Job title
- Facilities Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07920082159
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