Perth & Kinross Locality

Soft Facilities/Domestic Services Department

Domestic Assistant, Band 2

Salary Scale: £24,647 – £26,763 per annum pro rata

Domestic Services Department are recruiting for Domestic Assistants to undertake cleaning responsibilities across Perth & Kinross locality in order to deliver the highest standard of cleanliness within the healthcare setting. This includes areas such as wards, side rooms, theatres, offices, health centres, GP practices etc.

You must have the ability to:

• Work as part of a team or on your own initiative. This may include lone working.
• Possess good verbal / written communication skills as well as listen and communicate information effectively.
• Respond constructively to unpredictable situations and be able to cope under pressure.
• Complete Domestic related paperwork
• Have awareness of basic H&S and Infection Control issues associated with the role.
• Carry out mandatory training, both online and face to face
• Cope working in busy clinical and non-clinical environments. This may include working in areas with increased heat, secure units, and areas with distressed patients.
• Work in environments that may be classed as infected.
• Understand the importance of maintaining and observing confidentiality.

All Domestic Assistants are required to work throughout NHS Tayside at various sites/areas should there be a requirement to do so.

Informal enquiries to:

David Barnett, Assistant Site/Soft Facilities Manager, MRH

Contact details. Tel: 01738 562460.

You will be required to complete the Health Care Support Workers Workbook to ensure you are competent in your role and you must comply with the Code of Conduct throughout your employment.

NHS Tayside has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is, without exception, granted by UK Visa and Immigrations. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees.

Please be advised that this job role does not qualify for a skilled worker visa/sponsorship.

Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder. The email will be generated by NHS Job Train.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.