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Job summary

Main area
Estates and Facilities
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 15 hours per week (8am -11am Monday to Friday)
Job ref
350-TWS23586891
Employer
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northwood House
Town
Kirkby
Salary
£22,383 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/05/2024 23:59
Interview date
15/05/2024

Employer heading

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust logo

FMA Domestic Cleaner

Band 2

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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Estates and Facilities Department for an  enthusiastic team member for a Facilities Management Assistant (FMA) Domestic cleaner.

The post is suited to a motivated and  experienced Domestic services  worker to work at Northwood House.

The successful candidate will provide a cleaning service around this Division ensuring National cleaning standards, PLACE requirements and CQC standards are met

 

Main duties of the job

The provision of a high quality professional centered service ensuring all policies and procedures and standards are adhered to.

  • To work to a high standard to meet national Standards
  • Work as part of a team working flexible hours to deliver cleaning cover throughout the year.
  • Work to an agreed cleaning schedule and complete relevant documentation.
  • Responsible for ensuring all cleaning equipment and cleaning agents are available.

Working for our organisation

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • NHS experience and training in safety, health and catering or cleaning tasks.
  • Experience of working in a similar role (cleaning or catering).
  • Experience of working in the NHS.
  • Knowledge of the National Standards of Cleanliness and NHS Colour Coding.
  • Experience of dealing with people.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NHS experience and training in safety, health and catering or cleaning tasks
  • CIEH Foundation Certificate in Food Hygiene, or equivalent

KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working in a similar role (cleaning or catering).
  • Experience of working in the NHS.
  • Experience of dealing with people.
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of the National Standards of Cleanliness and NHS Colour Coding
  • Experience of working in a multi-skilled environment.

SKILLS

Essential criteria
  • Able to function as a member of a team and support the management objectives of the department and Trust
  • Able to deal with requests from service users, managers and staff in a friendly and helpful way
  • Flexible
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Able to work both independently and as part of a team.
  • Able to carry out manual tasks
Desirable criteria
  • Able to maintain accurate records.

Values

Essential criteria
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Accountability
  • Respectfulness
  • Enthusiasm
  • Support
  • High professional standards
  • Responsive to service users
  • Engaging leadership style
  • Strong customer service belief
  • Transparency and honesty
  • Discreet
  • Change oriented

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardCTP The Ministry of Defence partnering with Right ManagementDisability confident employerStep into healthArmed Forces Covenant

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
John Thursfield
Job title
Building Supervisor
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07385407614
Additional information

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