Job summary
- Main area
- Assistant Domestic Services Manager
- Grade
- AGHS D
- Contract
- Permanent: full time
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 423-AGHS8074423
- Employer
- AGH Solutions Ltd
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Keighley
- Salary
- £40,860 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Domestic Services Manager
AGHS D
AGH Solutions is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. We are proud of our NHS heritage, and proud to be supporting Airedale’s clinical services.
We provide a wide range of services from traditional facilities management and estate maintenance, to sterile services, wheelchair engineering and procurement, to clients both within and beyond the NHS.
Job overview
The post holder will provide support to the Domestic Services Manager for the day-to-day management of Domestic services providing high quality, effective and customer focused services throughout the Trust.
The post holder will ensure that their working practices adhere to the National Standards of Cleanliness 2025 and be responsible for the efficacy audits within the Trust.
Main duties of the job
To facilitate an efficient and effective Domestic service for staff, patient and visitors to Airedale General Hospital. The successful applicant will have day to day operational responsibility for the Domestic team, reporting to the Domestic Services Manager.
Support the Domestic Services Manager in ensuring full compliance with
the National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness by coordinating audit
activity, monitoring performance against Functional Risk requirements, and maintaining robust assurance reporting mechanisms that evidence cleaning quality, rectification actions, and continuous improvement across all service areas.
Working for our organisation
AGH Solutions was born out of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, a hospital and community services trust based outside Keighley, West Yorkshire.
We are privileged to operate in a beautiful part of the country. The clinical services we support reach far up into the Yorkshire Dales, across the Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven patch. We are also lucky to have excellent transport links to Leeds, Bradford, Manchester and beyond. Leeds city centre is 25 minutes by train from Keighley.
We provide a wide range of services, from traditional facilities management and estate maintenance, to sterile services, wheelchair engineering and procurement.
Our vision is to bring you a flexible, responsive, high quality, value for money service.
Our NHS heritage means we work to the values and ethics of the NHS, and to those of Airedale NHSFT specifically.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details about this job, please see attached for full job description and person specification .
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant qualifications and or equivalent experience – Domestic Services
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience within an NHS setting
- Understanding of NCS
- Previous experience in hospital/health care setting
- Previous staff management
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience working with the public\ customers
- Previous supervisory/management experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working in a hospital/healthcare/care home environment
- Previous experience of complying with Health and Safety regulations
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates an understanding of confidentiality, Dignity and Respect
- Willingness to complete mandatory training and any departmental training\qualification
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of Information Governance
- Knowledge and understanding of National Cleaning Standards – NCS
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Briony Garside
- Job title
- Head of Operations - AGHS
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535294532
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