Job summary
- Main area
- Domestic Assistant
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 421-HIF-3387B
- Employer
- Harrogate Integrated Facilities
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Harrogate District Hospital
- Town
- Harrogate
- Salary
- £24,465 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Domestic Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
We are looking to recruit Domestic Assistants to join our new Environmental Cleaning Team at Harrogate District Hospital.
While this role includes the core duties of a Domestic Assistant, the successful applicants will primarily focus on specialist environmental cleaning tasks. This will involve scheduled replacement of curtains, cleaning of walls, ceilings, radiators, and other areas not routinely included in daily cleaning schedules.
The standard working hours for this post are 6:00am to 2:00pm Monday to Friday. However, there will be occasions where flexibility is required to access areas that cannot be cleaned during normal office hours.
You will play a key role in ensuring our hospital environment is maintained to the highest standards of cleanliness and infection control. Full training will be provided, and you will work as part of a supportive team under the supervision of the Domestic Services Supervisors.
Main duties of the job
Environmental Cleaning Duties
- Undertake scheduled environmental cleaning tasks such as curtain replacement, cleaning of walls, ceilings, radiators, high-level fittings, and other areas not routinely cleaned on a daily basis.
- Work as part of a specialist team to complete planned deep-cleaning programmes across wards and departments.
- Use appropriate cleaning methods and equipment to ensure that environmental cleaning tasks are carried out to the highest standards of infection prevention and control.
Previous cleaning experience would be beneficial but is not essential as full training will be given.
Working for our organisation
Harrogate Integrated Facilities (HIF) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Harrogate and District Foundation NHS Trust and supplies services to the hospital and community services with respect to:
Maintenance, Sterile Services, Portering, Catering, Equipment Library, Linen and Sewing room, Security, Car Parking, General Office, Front desk reception and Domestics.
Working for Harrogate Integrated Facilities (HIF) brings on a number of great benefits including weekends & unsocial hours enhancement or NHS pension scheme.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
If you feel this role would be suitable for yourself, please take a further look at the attached job description or if you have any further queries please contact Radovan Prok on [email protected]
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Basic secondary education
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of undertaking cleaning work
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively with supervisors and colleagues
- Ability to work under pressure and respond to changing demands at short notice
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
- Radovan Prok
- Job title
- Assistant Hotel & Site Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01423 555340
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