Housekeeping Assistant

**NHS Housekeeping Assistant & Cleaner (**Tamworth**)**

Healthcare Cleaners work as part of the Facilities and ward team to provide and maintain

the highest standard of domestic services ensuring a clean, safe and comfortable

environment is maintained at all times across the Hospital

**Location**:Tamworth

**Temporary**: Expected to be ongoing

**Hours / days**:

- **Mon**

**Tues**

**Wed**

**Thurs**

**Fri**

**Sat**

**Sun**

**Hours**

**Shift 1**

Off

Off

15:00

19:00

15:00

19:00

15:00

19:00

07:00

13:30

07:00

13:30

24

**Shift 2**

15:00

19:00

15:00

19:00

Off

Off

Off

15:00

19:00

15:00

19:00

16

**Shift 3**

07:00

13:30

07:00

13:30

07:00

13:30

07:00

13:30

07:00

13:30

Off

Off

30

**Pay depending on shift pattern**:

- **Monday-Friday**: £10.69 per hour PAYE inclusive of holiday pay
- **Saturdays**: £12.89 per hour PAYE inclusive of holiday pay
- **Sundays**: £15.10 per hour PAYE inclusive of holiday pay

**MAIN DUTIES**
- Deliver the highest standards of cleaning service to the ward at all times observing
- work schedules and The National Specifications for cleanliness in the NHS 2007 requirements.
- To deliver good principles of customer care ensuring helpfulness, awareness and compassion to patients, visitors, staff and colleagues
- Ensure that infection control guidelines are followed.
- Emptying waste bins and refuse containers, bagging refuse (according to waste disposal policy)
- Ensure supplies of paper hand towels, soap, toilet paper, kitchen rolls are maintained
- Suction clean or dust control mop all hard floors
- Damp mop, machine scrub, rinsing and drying and buffing hard floors and the use of steam cleaners. Suction clean carpets, stain removal, skim pad and shampooing.
- Strip and re-sealing of floors
- Damp wiping of all furniture, fixtures and fittings, ledges, pipes, tiles, glass partition, walls, doors and panels, internal window blinds
- Cleaning of all sanitary areas, washbasins, sinks, sluices, clean and dirty
- High dusting all ledges, surfaces and pipes
- Changing window nets, curtains, screen and bed curtains wipe/wash net and shower curtains periodically the making of beds on residential areas.
- Cleaning interiors of cupboards, wardrobes and drawers
- Dealing with emergencies as they occur spillage, floods, blood, vomit, urine, etc
- There may be a requirement to support catering related duties - dishwashing,
- Collection of water jugs and glasses, transfer to kitchen areas thoroughly wash, rinse, and dry. Fill with fresh water and re-distribute to patient areas
- Check and clean ward refrigerator discard out of date food. Ensure all refrigerated food is labelled and stored correctly (to comply with departmental policies)
- Ensure all waste streams are segregated and disposed of in accordance with legislation.
- Ensure that all cleaning responsibilities are followed in accordance with daily, weekly and deep cleaning schedule in all risk areas
- To work co-operatively with colleagues as part of the team and perform additional duties as and when directed by the Facilities site manager Supervisor/ Catering Manager
- Clean and maintain all domestic equipment