Job vacancy: Domestic - Southport Hospital, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Southport

Job summary

Main area: Housekeeping
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 2
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 35 hours per week (Multiple Hours/Shift Available)
Job ref: 409-7237932

Employer: Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Southport Hospital
Town: Southport
Salary: £24,169 Per Annum, Pro Rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 25/07/2025 23:59
Interview date: 05/08/2025

Domestic - Southport Hospital

NHS AfC: Band 2

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Cleaning of structures, non-clinical patient equipment and components, manually or mechanically.
Isolation cleans/infection cleans as required
Set up and use of Hydrogen Peroxide “fogging “/UV machine cleaning of areas as required
Carry ascom to respond to requests for infection cleans/Fogging/UV
Maintenance / cleaning of all housekeeping equipment.
Assist in the commissioning/ decommissioning of area
Curtain changes as appropriate, safe removal of dirty linen
Keep a tidy work environment
Follow Waste Disposal Policy to ensure safe removal of waste, ensuring correct segregation of waste.
Ensuring that building security controls are adhered to and problems reported immediately.
To cover other clinics or hospitals as necessary
To work unsupervised as a Lone Worker and be aware of the issues.
Use own judgement to overcome operational issues regarding day to day tasks.
Use cleaning equipment such as buffers, scrubbers and buckets containing water and cleaning solutions, plus low and high cleaning work, requiring physical effort.
Working in the vicinity of body fluids, physical aggression and exposure to hazards may occasionally occur.

Quality

Ensure compliance with Pas 5748 and hygiene standards.
Ensure all appropriate hygiene monitoring is carried out and recorded for every process.
Ensure all Infection Prevention and control procedures are adhered, which includes maintaining a high standard of personal hygiene.
Ensure compliance with all legal requirements of food safety.
Maintain and improve all aspects of service
Responsible for the flushing of water systems and maintaining accurate records in line with regulations pertaining to Legionella and Pseudomonas as instructed.
Participate in staff involvement groups for all aspects of the Trust Quality Strategy 2016/21.
Participate in trials of products and equipment as required

Communication

Ensure good customer relations working with patients and all levels of staff, e.g. ward managers.
To work effectively as part of a team
Adopt an empathetic approach to patients and visitors, ensuring the areas are cleaned with minimal disruption to patients.
Be aware of patients who may have challenging behaviours due to their medical condition, ensuring confidentiality and privacy and dignity are observed at all times.

Financial responsibility

Store keeping including storage and stock rotation submitting orders in a timely manner
Ensure economic use of all materials
Ensure good practice to minimise waste

Staff/ Training

Staff will be trained in all aspects of the housekeeping role over a minimum of 4 weeks or until deemed competent.
Standard Operating Procedures to be followed.
All trained staff are expected to display a flexible and supportive attitude to their work and colleagues providing guidance and assistance to new or existing members of staff.
Participate in the staff appraisal system and attend training in accordance with your personal development plan.
Complete and maintain competency level.
Staff to have an understanding of COSHH, and use of PPE, and adhere to health and safety regulations around the use of chemicals.

Person specification

Our Values

Essential criteria

We are Kind
We are Open
We are Inclusive

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Basic numeracy and literacy

Desirable criteria

NVQ level 2 Cleaning and Building Interiors
Food Safety Awareness level 1

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

Understanding of cleaning and hygiene principles

Desirable criteria

Large scale or Health Care domestic work
Basic computer skills

Skills

Essential criteria

Understanding/Experience of Customer Care
Understanding/Experience of Team Working
Ability to use mechanical/ electrical cleaning aids

Desirable criteria

Ability to instruct other less qualified staff
Awareness of Buildings Security

Other

Essential criteria

Physically demanding role including use of machinery and other cleaning equipment such as buckets of water.
Ability to carry out varied workloads with varying demands.
Able to empathise with patients and staff
Ability to work varied shift patterns/experience of working varied shift patterns.

Desirable criteria

Experience of Lone working
Experience of/ability to working at height using ladder

Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust. MWL is an exciting and forward-thinking NHS Trust who are one of the best places to work for in England.

Given sometimes we receive a high volume of applications to work for us, please be aware, that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated should a sufficient number of applications be received from which a shortlist can be confirmed. Therefore, you are advised to apply at your earliest convenience.

The Trust may contact you during the recruitment process for your feedback on your experience. We always aim for continuous improvement in our practice.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and value the unique skills, perspective and experience you bring. We are grounded in the belief that diversity enhances our collective strength, fostering innovation and excellence within our workforce. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we commit to offering an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.

If you are having difficulty completing an online application, or require any disability reasonable adjustments, to the application process, please contact [email protected]

We also commit to offering an interview to all armed forces veterans who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.

The Trust operates anonymous shortlisting where no personal information about you, including your name or personal details are shared with the recruiting manager. No equality information is shared at any time during the recruitment process with the recruiting manager or other people involved in the decision-making process.

The equality monitoring information you provide is used in the following situations: to review our recruitment practices; where a job is limited to a specific person to verify their eligibility to apply; and to offer disability reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Following the recent update on UK immigration policy for those on a Health and Care Visa or Skilled Worker Visa, please click here to check your eligibility before applying for this post as we may be unable to provide sponsorship.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

If this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Please note if applicable, applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment.

If you have not already done so, you are therefore encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service to which a small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

Flexible Working

We actively support flexible working patterns throughout MWL. Changes made to the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook mean that:

· All employees have the right to request flexible working from day one of employment.

· There is no limit on the number of requests they can make.

· Employees have the right to make requests, have them considered, regardless of the reason.

At Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, we will consider requests for flexible working. We would also encourage you to also discuss flexible working options at interview stage.

Working for Team MWL

Staff recognition is especially important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Employee of the month. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

The Trust is a non-smoking across all our sites. Failure to follow this rule could lead to disciplinary action. For more information, see the Smoke Free NHS website

You must ensure that your application, including personal statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated and will check all applications against AI detection software.

Additional Information

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and Behaviours which are We are KIND, We are OPEN, We are INCLUSIVE, which can be found here.

An applicant guide to help and support you with your application and what to expect during your recruitment journey can be accessed in the supporting documents.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team MWL very soon.