Domestic, Victoria Infirmary, Northwich

An exciting opportunity has arrived to join the domestic team at Victoria Infirmary, Northwich incorporating the new Cheshire & Merseyside Surgical Centre.

Being a Hospital Domestic can be a very demanding, fast paced role. You will be expected to clean all high clinical areas within our new Surgical Centre which will include the two theatres, consultation rooms, clinical and non clinical - within the Main Hospital site to an extremely high standard. You may occasionally be asked to assist with domestic duties within other areas of the hospital with full training provided. You will need to have pride in your work and an attention to detail.

This 25 hour position is Monday to Friday only working from 4pm to 9pm.

If you enjoy cleaning, enjoy working in a small team, have a keen eye to spot things and would like to work in the NHS, we'd love to hear from you.

To provide a professional cleaning service in public, patient and staff areas in compliance with NHS guidance for standards of cleanliness and in association with departmental/managers, housekeepers and supervisors, to ensure the delivery of a quality, patient focused service.You will need to be hard working, reliable and a great team player.

You may need to be flexible as may occasionally be asked to travel at short notice between other sites belonging to the Trust to assist with the changing demands of the service.

If you think this could be the role for you, we would like to hear from you. Previous experience would be helpful, however, full training and uniform will be provided.

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.

The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its 'Be Safe Be EquiPPEd' campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.

The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.