Domestic Assistant

Transformationunitgm; Winchester; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS Trust in Winchester is seeking a Domestic Assistant to maintain a clean environment for patients, staff, and visitors in healthcare settings. The role involves both clinical and non-clinical cleaning duties to prevent infections. Ideal candidates should possess at least a GCSE-level education, customer care training, and knowledge of health and safety regulations. This position offers competitive pay and consideration for flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Enhanced pay for weekends and bank holidays

Support for health and wellbeing

Qualifications

• Knowledge of manual handling and health and safety regulations.
• Experience of working in a healthcare environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide a clean and safe environment for patients, staff, and visitors.
• Perform general cleaning in clinical and non-clinical areas.
• Reduce the spread of Health Care Acquired Infections.

Skills

Effective communication

Teamwork

Education

Good general education at GCSE level or equivalent

Customer care training

Job description

Employer Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Winchester Town Winchester Salary £24,465 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 04/01/2026 23:59

Domestic Assistant

Band 2

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

Job overview

Domestic staff provide a clean and safe environment for our patients, staff and visitors and help to reduce the spread of Health Care Acquired Infections. This role will involve general cleaning in both clinical and non-clinical areas.

Main duties of the job

• High dusting walls, ceilings, curtains rails, doors
• Damp dusting furniture, fittings, ledges and paintwork
• Deep Cleaning of areas and equipment

We provide enhanced hours for Saturdays and Sundays as well as enhanced pay for bank holidays. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers a wide range of support for health and wellbeing services to support you in the workplace.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about this role please see the Job Description document attached.

If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

• Good general education at GCSE level or equivalent
• Customer care training

Experience & Knowledge

• Knowledge of manual handling and health and safety regulations
• Experience of working in a healthcare environment

Skills & Ability

• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, ward staff and Domestic team.
• Ability to work well as part of a team.

Our commitment to you

We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

Flexible Working

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

The paperwork

• HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first – as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
• Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
• All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
• In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
• This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
• We believe that using technology wisely reflects strong time management and a commitment to innovation. However, it's essential to personalise your recruitment application to showcase your unique skills and experiences. Over-reliance on generic, AI-generated content may result in rejection if multiple candidates submit applications with similar language or structure. In such cases, recruiting managers may reach out for further clarity where applications appear consistent with others, to better understand your individual strengths.

Tackling Climate Change

Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, search HHFT Climate Action or [e-mail].

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.