Job overview

A Specialist Deep Cleaning Team Member is responsible for performing intensive cleaning tasks that go beyond regular cleaning routines, focusing on thoroughly removing dirt, dust, grime, and bacteria from hard-to-reach areas and surfaces within a building, often requiring specialized equipment and techniques to achieve a high level of cleanliness; essentially, they deep clean specific areas that need extra attention, like carpets, upholstery, high ceilings, or appliances, as part of a dedicated team

You will provide a comprehensive specialist deep cleaning service to clinical and non-clinical areas for the Hotel Services Department across the Trust sites as and when required. Working closely with department staff to ensure high quality, patient/client focused service provision to ensure a safe environment in patient areas and staff areas

This may require working outside of normal core time hours to meet the service demands.

Main duties of the job

• Using HPV equipment
• Washing and Drying of walls and ceilings
• Maintenance of hard floor surfaces – buffing and spray cleaning, scrubbing, stripping, resealing and polishing with appropriate machines
• Deep cleaning of soft floor coverings
• High Level cleaning with appropriate equipment
• Initial cleaning of areas, following building or engineering works
• Preparation of new floor surfaces
• Disinfection of areas after discharge of infectious patients (MRSA, Norwalk etc)
• When appropriate assist in the cleaning up of bodily fluids
• Deep cleaning of kitchen areas at ward level including washing walls, degreasing cleaning ceilings, cooker hoods and vents, wet scrubbing/drying floor etc
• Cleaning of Hydrotherapy pool after draining as and when required
• Cleaning of Theatres after maintenance
• Removal of dust, dirt and debris from surfaces such as floors, walls, ceilings, fixtures and fittings, doors, ledges, glass and sanitary fittings by appropriate specified methods. (ie colour-coded/mopping units/vacuum cleaners)
• Cleaning blinds and internal glass and checking and changing curtains as required.
• Cleaning of any spillage
• Removal and hanging of curtains and replacing of hooks and gliders as and when required at ward level
• Observing Health and Safety regulations, Policies and Procedures of Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
• Attending mandatory and essential training and periodic updates.
• Cleaning of spillages/floods

Working for our organisation

As an integrated care organisation, the Trusts’ purpose is to provide safe, high quality health and social care at the right time, in the right place to support the people of Torbay and South Devon to live their lives to the full.

The Workplace Team  underpin the provision of clinical services, employing approximately 600 staff, delivering estates and facilities services across all sites within the Trust.

We need all Workplace Team to own and live our organisational values;

• Working together for people
• Commitment to quality care
• Compassion
• Improving lives
• Everyone counts
• Respect and dignity