Domestic Assistant - Rapid ResponseNHS

Job summary

The role as Rapid is to be fully flexible and able to work in any part of the hospital including theatres, delivery suite, corridors any where at all in the hospital. A Rapid is the person who covers AL or sickness and so will need to be happy not being based in one place for long.

Main duties of the job

• Cleaning wards, clinics, theatres and offices to National cleaning standards
• Adhering to infection control policy's and procedures
• Utilising cleaning equipment safely and ensuring deep cleans are completed timely and thoroughly.
• Changing curtains as and when required
• Careful use of UV machine for deep cleans
• Using handheld device for reporting of jobs and tablet for machines
• Safely using ladders and transporting of equipment around the hospital
• Cleaning includes public areas, toilets, bathrooms, staff rooms
• Completing periodic (Deep cleaning) tasks
• Duties include mopping, hoovering, damp dusting, tap cleaning amongst other tasks
• Following on the job training instructions and ensuring compliance of manual handling polices
• Adhering to all Health & Safety procedures
• Using cleaning machinery as required as per training
• Cleaning experience essential for all posts

Job description

• Cleaning wards, clinics, theatres and offices to National cleaning standards
• Adhering to infection control policy's and procedures
• Utilising cleaning equipment safely and ensuring deep cleans are completed timely and thoroughly.
• Changing curtains as and when required
• Careful use of UV machine for deep cleans
• Using handheld device for reporting of jobs and tablet for machines
• Safely using ladders and transporting of equipment around the hospital
• Cleaning includes public areas, toilets, bathrooms, staff rooms
• Completing periodic (Deep cleaning) tasks
• Duties include mopping, hoovering, damp dusting, tap cleaning amongst other tasks
• Following on the job training instructions and ensuring compliance of manual handling polices
• Adhering to all Health & Safety procedures
• Using cleaning machinery as required as per training
• Cleaning experience essential for all posts

About us

NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHL Group) was formed on 1 November 2024, born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our communities.

We are one of the largest employers in region, with over 18,900 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services that extend to more than two million people in the North West.

We operate from five hospital sites:Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside, and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to several elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospitalprovide specialist services incardiothoracic surgery,cardiology and respiratory medicine, both in the hospital and out in the community.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single en-suite bedrooms and mainly focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.