Healthcare Cleaner inBurton Upon Trent inBurton Upon Trent PUBLISHED
SAT 4 JAN 2025
Opportunity to make a positive impact on patient care and safety by maintaining high cleanliness standards.
Valued role within the Healthcare Team, fostering a sense of respect and importance among staff and management.
Comprehensive induction training provided, ensuring new employees are well-prepared for their responsibilities.
Access to professional and leadership development opportunities to enhance career growth.
Supportive working environment with ongoing assistance throughout the recruitment process and beyond.
Staff benefits package including employee assistance programs, discounted gym memberships, and onsite fitness classes, promoting overall well-being.
The role of a Healthcare Cleaner at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust in Burton Upon Trent involves maintaining high standards of cleanliness throughout the hospital. As a crucial member of the Healthcare Team, the Healthcare Cleaner is responsible for various cleaning duties across the Trust, ensuring a safe and efficient environment for patients, staff, and visitors. Candidates should possess basic knowledge of cleaning standards and prior experience in a hospital setting, with the ability to work independently or as part of a team. Responsibilities include following work schedules, adhering to NHS cleanliness standards, and performing tasks such as changing curtains, making beds, and damp wiping surfaces.
In return, the Trust offers thorough induction training, development opportunities, ongoing support, and employee benefits, including an assistance program and discounted gym memberships. The Trust is committed to compassionate care and excellence in service, emphasizing its vital role in supporting the health of local communities. Interested candidates can reach out for further details or to schedule informal visits with the Facilities Manager, Carl Griffiths.
In return, the Trust offers thorough induction training, development opportunities, ongoing support, and employee benefits, including an assistance program and discounted gym memberships. The Trust is committed to compassionate care and excellence in service, emphasizing its vital role in supporting the health of local communities. Interested candidates can reach out for further details or to schedule informal visits with the Facilities Manager, Carl Griffiths.
Domestic Services Department pride ourselves on the high standards of cleanliness throughout our services. Healthcare Cleaners are a valued member of the Healthcare Team and are respected for the work they do.
Healthcare Cleaners provide a range of cleaning duties across the Trust and support services to ensure a safe, efficient and effective service to all patients, staff and visitors is delivered
Basic knowledge of cleaning standards and previous experience of working in a hospital environment, which can include wards, outpatient /clinical areas.
You must be able to work alone or as part of a team.
If you are proactive and think you can help us to maintain our standards and contribute to the positive experience of our patients, we would like to invite you to apply.
Deliver the highest standards of cleaning service to the ward at all times observing work schedules and The National Specifications for cleanliness in the NHS requirements.
Changing window nets, curtains, screen and bed curtains wipe/wash net and shower curtains periodically the making of beds on residential areas.
Damp wiping of all furniture, fixtures and fittings, ledges, pipes, tiles, glass partition, walls, doors and panels, internal window blinds
The successful candidates will receive full induction training.
Closing date of applications: 16 January 2025
Interview date: 28 January 2025
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In Return We Will Offer
Healthcare Cleaners provide a range of cleaning duties across the Trust and support services to ensure a safe, efficient and effective service to all patients, staff and visitors is delivered
Basic knowledge of cleaning standards and previous experience of working in a hospital environment, which can include wards, outpatient /clinical areas.
You must be able to work alone or as part of a team.
If you are proactive and think you can help us to maintain our standards and contribute to the positive experience of our patients, we would like to invite you to apply.
Deliver the highest standards of cleaning service to the ward at all times observing work schedules and The National Specifications for cleanliness in the NHS requirements.
Changing window nets, curtains, screen and bed curtains wipe/wash net and shower curtains periodically the making of beds on residential areas.
Damp wiping of all furniture, fixtures and fittings, ledges, pipes, tiles, glass partition, walls, doors and panels, internal window blinds
The successful candidates will receive full induction training.
Closing date of applications: 16 January 2025
Interview date: 28 January 2025
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In Return We Will Offer
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
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