Bank Facilities Domestic Assistant (Community Sites)

North Cumbria Integrated Care; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in North Cumbria is seeking a Bank Facilities Domestic Assistant responsible for cleaning and catering duties across various hospital sites. This role requires maintaining high cleanliness standards in clinical and public areas while providing patients with meals. The position demands flexibility to work varying hours including early starts and late finishes. Ideal candidates will be detail-oriented with good communication skills, seeking a supportive environment in a healthcare setting.

Benefits

27-day holiday scheme

Flexible working scheme

NHS discounts

Salary sacrifice schemes

Excellent development opportunities

Competitive NHS pension scheme

Free counselling and information service

Qualifications

• Ability to maintain high cleanliness standards.
• Willingness to work flexible hours across various locations.
• Good communication skills to collaborate with nursing staff.

Responsibilities

• Perform cleaning and catering duties at multiple hospital sites.
• Maintain cleanliness of clinical areas, offices, and public spaces.
• Serve meals to patients in a timely and presentable manner.

Skills

Cleaning and catering duties

Infection prevention procedures

Communication with nursing staff

Time management

Job description

Bank Facilities Domestic Assistant - B2 – Covering any of the following when required:

• Workington Hospital
• Cockermouth Hospital
• Wigton Hospital
• Keswick Hospital

Bank hours when available Monday to Sunday. Flexible to work at different sites. Undertake a range of cleaning and catering duties within the Hospital Premises.

Maintaining a high cleanliness standard across the trust, to meet the National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2021. Full training will be provided, and main duties will be to keep clinical areas, offices and public areas clean and tidy as well as providing patients with meals.

Each site has various start time and finish times. 6 am will be the earliest start time and 8 pm will be the latest finish time.

Domestic

Collect linen stores as required. Comply with infection prevention and control procedures at all times. Comply with responsibility to safeguard children and vulnerable. Vacuum carpets, ensuring cleanliness. Carry out damp dusting of furniture and fittings at high and low levels. Mop floor areas and maintain floors using electrical equipment when necessary. Check electrical equipment is in good condition and currently PAT tested. Clean toilets, baths and washbasins. Empty all bins and dispose of waste appropriately, ensuring waste management regulations are followed. Clean equipment after use. Assist with ward or departmental duties as appropriate. Undertake first‑wipe cleaning of bodily fluids as required. Guard against the potential risk associated with needle‑stick injuries, especially in toilet areas. Wear uniform and protective clothing provided, as instructed. Make beds as requested.

Catering

To ensure, in conjunction with Nursing staff, that patients are provided with appropriate meals. Serve patient meals in a presentable and timely manner and provide appropriate cutlery and condiments. Ensure all meal tables and eating areas are suitably prepared for meal times and are wiped clean at the end of each meal. Probe and record temperature of food and serve. Record waste levels at the end of service.

About the Trust

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our five key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of safe, high‑quality care every time:

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

We are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

We are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Legal and Immigration Information

CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP. Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

• Standard Check: £27.40 (deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment).
• Enhanced Check: £55.40 (deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment).

Benefits

• 27‑day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
• Flexible working scheme
• NHS discounts
• Salary sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Excellent opportunities for development
• Competitive NHS pension scheme
• Vivup – a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work‑related problems

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information. If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.