Job summary
- Main area
- Cleaning
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Please refer to advert)
- Job ref
- 156-7167432
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Cornwall Hospital
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £24,169 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Healthcare Cleaning Professional (HCP)
Band 2
Job overview
Further Service reviews have highlighted the need for extra cleaning support at our Royal Cornwall Hospital site in Truro.
Healthcare Cleaning Professionals are 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
These are full-time posts working 37.5 hours per week as follows:
- 1x 3pm - 11pm Monday to Friday (enhanced rates apply between 8pm and 6am*)
- 2x 6/7am - 2/3pm Monday to Friday
If the above do not exactly match your availability there may be an opportunity to be flexible around start/finish times and days of work.
For further information please contact Syd Hughes, Assistant Domestic Services Manager (07909105449)
Working for our organisation
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with
visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is a research active organisation.
It’s established South West Clinical School in Cornwall exists to promote clinical academic career opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals interested in research and evidence-based activities. Read their research paper to find out more.
https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871231209037
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
- Occupational Health clearance
- Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
- Right to work in the UK
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.
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
- Syd Hughes
- Job title
- Assistant Domestic Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07909105449
- Additional information
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