Domestic Assistant

Transformationunitgm; Runcorn; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Runcorn is seeking a Domestic Assistant at Warrington Hospital to maintain high cleanliness standards in line with Trust protocols. Responsibilities include cleaning tasks and the operation of equipment. Candidates should have cleaning experience, ideally in a hospital setting, and basic IT skills. The position primarily operates on weekends, ensuring a supportive and hygienic environment for patients and staff. A commitment to safety and customer care is essential.

Qualifications

• Cleaning experience in a hospital environment is required.
• Basic IT skills to complete Trust e-learning.

Responsibilities

• Carry out cleaning tasks and operate machinery.
• Ensure appropriate use and storage of cleaning materials.
• Maintain cleanliness standards in line with Trust protocols.

Skills

Cleaning methods and processes

Knowledge of cleaning materials and products

Health and safety knowledge

Education

General Standard of Education

Health and safety level 1

Job description

Employer Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Warrington Hospital Town Warrington Salary £24,465 Per Annum, Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 28/12/2025 23:59

Domestic Assistant

Band 2

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 Housekeeper.

Saturday and Sunday 7am - 12pm

Saturday and Sunday 12pm to 5pm

Bank posts are also available

Main duties of the job

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 job description and person specification attached for further information on the role***

Person specification

Experience

• Cleaning Experience
• Experience in undertaking cleaning tasks in a hospital environment

Qualifications

• General Standard of Education
• Basic IT skills to enable complete of Trust e-learning.
• Health and safety level 1

Knowledge & Skills

• 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
• Customer Care Training

WHH hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship, there is a minimum set of criteria that must be met and not all roles are eligible. You can find more information on the Government website

Please review your eligibility and the eligibility of the role before submitting your application.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.