Fleet Ancillary Premise Cleaner

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Job summary

A national healthcare provider in Keighley seeks a Premise Cleaner for a part-time role, requiring 16 hours per week. The responsibilities include cleaning and decontamination of various areas to meet high cleanliness standards. Interested candidates should have prior experience, basic IT skills, and a flexible attitude. The position offers benefits such as 27 days annual leave and NHS discounts. Salary is £24,465 per annum pro rata, reflecting the part-time nature of the role.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Previous workplace premise cleaning experience within last two years.
• Good literacy and numerical skills to complete worksheets and reports.
• Awareness of Workplace Health and Safety and standard procedures.

Responsibilities

• Undertake cleaning and decontamination tasks to meet cleanliness standards.
• Ensure that activities are performed per Trust Cleaning Protocols.
• Maintain adequate stocks of cleaning materials and record daily activities.

Skills

Cleaning skills

Basic IT skills

Communication skills

Job description

Overview

Fleet Ancillary Premise Cleaner - Keighley, Band 2, Contract Permanent, 16 hours per week (Monday 07:00–11:00; Tuesday–Friday 07:00–10:00).

Employer: Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust. Site: Keighley Ambulance Station, Keighley BD21 3ND. Salary: £24,465 per annum, pro rata. Salary period: Yearly.

Job overview

Yorkshire Ambulance Service: Ancillary Services Team, are offering an opportunity for an Optional shift 16 hours per week, Premise Cleaner at our Keighley Ambulance Station.

Working days and times are Monday–Friday between 07:00 and 14:00, (4 hours Monday and 3 hours Tuesday to Friday) daily fixed times to be agreed. Working days and times are dependent upon provision required due to the Yorkshire Ambulance Service being a 24/7 Emergency Service. Allocated Bank Holiday working may be required.

A very basic Physical Capability Assessment (PCA) is mandatory to this role, prior to any unconditional offer of employment.

Please ensure you read and understand the attached job description before completing your application.

Completion of the Supporting Information section within your application is essential and should include all relevant experience and knowledge to match the person specification within the job description.

Main duties of the job

• To undertake cleaning, decontamination, and other associated tasks to meet the high standards of cleanliness and Infection Prevention and Control measures required across our stations and sites.
• To ensure that all activities are performed in line with the Trust Cleaning Protocols, procedures, and specific daily work schedules.
• Achieving and maintaining all required standards of cleanliness across the organization. Our cleaning schedules include entrances and foyers, public and staff washrooms/toilets, kitchens, canteens/restaurants, gyms, shower rooms, training rooms, corridors, stairs, landings, lifts, offices, contact centres, storerooms, dirty utility rooms, crew rooms, external areas, and other associated areas.
• To ensure adequate stocks of cleaning materials are maintained and to record all daily activities. This will include urgent spillage and ad-hoc cleaning and deep cleaning as requested or where identified.
• Use of basic IT; access and inputting of information is essential (e.g., emails and timesheets).

Working for our organisation

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities. We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live. We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.

Benefits

• Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
• 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service
• Contributory Pension
• NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.
• Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes
• Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service
• Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development
• Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce

Check out our YAS One Team Simulation: https://www.nwyhelearning.nhs.uk/elearning/yorksandhumber/yas/yasoneteam/index.html

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification, for a full breakdown of duties and requirements within this role.

A flexible and can-do attitude towards ad-hoc changes in scheduled work, and any potential alternative location support cover within your shift is required.

Due to the required site support needs and the nature of the Emergency Services health care provision, short notice changes can occur within task and duties.

Can you work alone to effectively plan essential given tasks to ensure overall completion, within limited time restraints and communicate effectively with senior staff?

When completing this application, please ensure you read the person specification and ensure you describe how you meet these specifications within your application.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake a 12–15-minute basic Physical Capability Assessment.

Person specification

Experience

• Previous workplace premise cleaning experience within last two years.

Personal/Other

• Ability to work individually or as a team.
• Willingness to undertake role specific training including NVQ 2 Cleaning & Support Services or agreed equivalent.
• Flexibility to work out of hours to meet service and development/training requirements
• Current ‘B’ Class driving Licence which is valid in the UK.

Qualifications / Knowledge

• Good literacy and numerical skills in order to complete daily worksheets and reports.
• Awareness of Workplace Health and Safety, COSHH, Risk Assessments preferably associated to standard procedures and practices within the cleaning services sector
• Basic IT Skills including use of keyboard, hand held data devices and telephones.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce which reflects the communities and patients we serve across the Yorkshire region. Our ambition is to work together to promote a more inclusive environment, which attracts candidates from all sections of the community and signals our commitment to embracing diversity and promoting inclusivity.

As an inclusive organisation we welcome applicants irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within our sector, including people with lived experienced from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, people from the LGBT+ community, people with caring responsibilities and people with disabilities. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including an invitation to the first stage of the selection process, for applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy, and consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability under the “Disability Confident Scheme”.

Please note that the salary range stated in advertisements is calculated on a pro-rata basis if the vacancy is part-time. For zero-hours/bank worker positions, this is calculated on an hourly basis.

Please note that certain benefits may differ for zero hours (bank) workers, including annual leave entitlement which is calculated in line with Working Time Directive regulations.

Disclosure and Barring Service

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding & promoting the welfare of children & vulnerable adults. Many of our posts are subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service check (DBS). Should this position be subject to a DBS check the cost will be recovered from your salary as a one-off payment. Currently the charges made by the Disclosure and Barring Service (incl. application fee) are £54.40 for an enhanced check and £26.40 for a standard check.

Any correspondence regarding an application will be sent electronically via the Trac Jobs Website to the email address that was provided at the time of the application. It is important, therefore, that you read your emails on a regular basis and respond as necessary.

Please note, the selection processes at Yorkshire Ambulance Service are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

Our values underpin everything we do and how we do it; Kindness, Respect, Teamwork, Improvement.

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