Domestic Staff SWLEOC

at  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• IT Skills
  Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
  References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
  Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
  Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
  DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Disability Advice Line: SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our Confidential Disability Advice Line at:

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.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

1. To have the ability to plan and prioritise the daily tasks that are required by working with colleagues during frequent interruptions with unexpected occurrences e.g., staff shortages, infection breakouts and emergencies
2. To treat patients and service users with dignity and respect
3. Empty and dispose of domestic and clinical waste in accordance with the Trust’s Infection Control and Waste Disposal Policies.
4. Carry out general cleaning tasks i.e. damp dusting of all furniture, fixtures, fittings, skirting and interior doors.
5. Carry out high and low level dusting of walls, ledges, perimeter fittings and paintwork, clean all sanitary fittings and fixtures including cleaning all pipe work in lavatories.
6. Supply and replenish consumables i.e. paper towels, toilet rolls, soap etc.
7. Clean sluice room, remove dirty linen and replace linen bags.
8. Collect breakfast and dinner plates and load/empty dishwasher.
9. Move and clean all furniture (including beds and chairs) clean and maintain floor areas/surfaces using the appropriate equipment and methods by using buffing and scrubbing machines, wearing appropriate protective clothing in line with policy.
10. To ensure that all spillages, which occur on uncarpeted floor, are cleaned up and hazard notices placed appropriately whilst the floor remains wet.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.