Domestic cleaner

Job Description

Healthy outcomes start with positive patient experiences.

• 19.12 Hours a Week / Monday to Friday
• £14.20 per hour + Enhanced rates available for weekend overtime
• Uniform provided
• 27 Days Holiday per year + Bank Holidays
• Location is Ferry field House, 100 Pilton Dr, Edinburgh

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We’re looking for a Domestic Cleaner to join our Sodexo team at Ferry field House. In this vital role, you’ll help create a safe, clean, and welcoming environment for patients, staff, and visitors. Your work will directly support health and wellbeing throughout the hospital. If you have a strong work ethic, an eye for detail, and take pride in delivering exceptional service, this is your chance to be part of something greater.

Join Sodexo and be part of something greater. You belong in a team where you can act with purpose and thrive in your way.

• Deliver high standards of cleaning across clinical areas, maintaining a safe, hygienic environment in line with national cleanliness standards
• Provide excellent customer service, supporting a positive patient, staff and visitor experience
• Complete routine and ad-hoc cleaning tasks in line with schedules, policies and infection control requirements
• Ensure effective waste management, including safe disposal of domestic and clinical waste
• Replenish consumables and maintain cleaning equipment, using materials safely and in line with COSHH regulations
• Work collaboratively with clinical teams and colleagues to deliver a patient‑focused service
• Promote infection prevention by maintaining strict hygiene standards and following all policies and procedures
• Support health & safety by using PPE, reporting risks, and contributing to a safe working environment

• Previous experience in healthcare or a customer‑facing role is desirable
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage empathetically with patients, visitors and colleagues
• Team player with a positive, professional attitude and the ability to work independently when required
• Able to follow instructions, maintain high standards and adapt in a fast‑paced environment
• Physically capable of manual tasks (e.g. moving equipment), with good basic literacy and high personal hygiene standards

• Mental health and wellbeing resources
• Employee Assistance Programme (including financial/legal advice & personal support)
• Free health & wellbeing app with 24/7 virtual GP access
• Discounts on high street brands for you and your family
• Salary finance tools and financial wellbeing resources
• Retirement savings plan and life insurance
• Full training and protective uniform provided.
• Opportunities to gain experience through learning and development.
• Cycle to Work scheme & volunteering opportunities.
• Flexible working and a dynamic team environment
• Competitive pay

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds, and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.