Healthcare Cleaners

We are looking for **Cleaner** who will support our NHS client in **Lichfield**.

** This is only 10 hrs p/w, Mon to Fri 06:00-08:00 with £10/h **

**JOB PURPOSE**:
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 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton.

Staff must be flexible, adaptable and work to support clinical staff, who have responsibility for patient care on wards and departmental areas where there is high activity and frequent change.

**KEY RESULT AREAS**:
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- Check and clean ward refrigerator discard out of date food.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

**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 3 months

**Salary**: £10.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

**Experience**:

- cleaning: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: Cleaner - Lichfield.