Domestic Assistant

This Domestic Assistant post sits in the Domestic Department at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, where staff clean clinical wards for Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The work centres on cleaning wards, clinics and offices to the National Standards of Cleaning 2025, including floor maintenance, enhanced and deep cleaning, and infection control. Shifts vary and overtime is regularly available. Previous cleaning experience is essential, and the role is physically demanding, with mopping and lifting.

• Clean wards, clinics and offices to high standards
• Carry out general cleaning duties to the National Standards of Cleaning 2025
• Carry out enhanced and deep cleaning of patient areas, clinics and offices
• Follow infection control policies and procedures
• Carry out floor maintenance, including mopping and damp dusting
• Clean external areas across the trust
• Lift and carry as part of the cleaning work

• GCSE or equivalent

• Previous domestic or cleaning experience

• General understanding of why cleanliness matters in a healthcare environment
• Basic health and safety knowledge
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Basic numeracy and literacy

• Physically fit for mopping, damp dusting, lifting and carrying
• Willingness and ability to undertake further training
• Flexibility

• Previous healthcare environment experience
• Previous use of cleaning and floor polishing machinery
• Knowledge of colour coding systems

• Regular overtime available