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Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
About
Our mission is to be Outstanding for our patients, our communities and each other.
In order to realise this goal, we recognise that we need the engagement and collaboration of our staff, our patients and local population and our partners across the health and care system.
We commit to:
- Always put our patients first through high quality, safe care and an excellent patient experience
- Be the best place to work with a diverse, engaged workforce that is fit for the future
- Work in partnership to design and provide high quality, financially sustainable services in innovative and modern buildings.
We believe WHH has a strong future as part of a progressive local integrated health and care system with new hospital estate at the heart and a focus on supporting our populations to live long and healthy lives independently. Internally, our focus firmly remains on continually improving the quality of our care, embracing new ways of working and developing and empowering our staff to lead change and improvement.
Our 3-Year Strategy, which can be viewed by clicking on the document below.
Our WHH Strategy sets out the vision for the next five years for your hospitals, setting out the plans that we have to continue to deliver high quality, safe and sustainable health and care services for the local population of Warrington and Halton and beyond. It highlights any changes that you might see to our services as we adapt to the demands from an ageing population and the rapidly changing local and national picture across the wider NHS.
Domestic Assistant
Accepting applications until: 08-Jan-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 08-Jan-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Warrington Hospital
- Address
- Lovely Lane
- Town
- Warrington
- Postcode
- WA5 1QG
- Major / Minor Region
- Cheshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 10 hours per week (Saturday and Sunday 7am to 12pm)
Salary
- Salary
- £23,615 Per Annum, Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 2)
Specialty
- Main area
- Estates
- Interview date
- 23/01/2025
Job overview
We are seeking Domestic Assistants to work at Warrington Hospital, who will maintain high standards of cleanliness in-line with Trust cleaning protocols. You will communicate with colleagues in connection with your own job role and ensure a close working relationship with Ward/Departmental Housekeepers
Saturday and Sunday 7am to 12pm
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You will carry out cleaning tasks, operating machinery, e.g., buffing machine, vacuum cleaner, moving of buckets of water and cleaning equipment to meet the needs of the area. You will be responsible for the correct use, security and storage of own equipment and cleaning materials, ensuring stock levels are maintained and used appropriately.
Working for our organisation
Known locally known as ‘WHH’ – the Trust is a fast-paced, ambitious organisation that is caring, compassionate, innovative and focused on the best outcomes for its patients and the employment experience of its staff. It is both aspirational and inspirational – driven to be outstanding for its patients, its staff and its communities and committed to being the best place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling two neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton it is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. It is geographically ideally positioned to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of both boroughs and beyond. A dedicated planned care centre located at Halton Hospital in Runcorn enables elective procedures to continue uninterrupted by the patient flow challenges of the ‘hot’ site at Warrington, where urgent, unplanned and critical care, maternity and women’s and children’s services are provided.
A CQC-rated ‘Good’ organisation with ‘Outstanding’ features, it is working towards university hospital status having achieved teaching status in 2019 and is working in partnership with the University of Chester and others in this regard.
A workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities and as an equal, diverse and inclusive employer the Trust is proud to have achieved both Disability Confident Leader and Navajo LGBTQ+ Charter Mark accreditations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
***Please see the attached job description and person specification attached for further information on the role***
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Cleaning Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience in undertaking cleaning tasks in a hospital environment
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- General Standard of Education
- Basic IT skills to enable complete of Trust e-learning.
Desirable criteria
- Health and safety level 1
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of cleaning methods and processes
- Knowledge of cleaning materials and products
- Cleaning protocols
- Knowledge of Control of Infection Health and Safety and COSHH policies
- Manual Handling
- Customer Care Training
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Claire White
- Job title
- Support Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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