Cleaner
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Job Title
Cleaner
Job Description
The job involves
carrying out cleaning duties to make sure that all areas are clean and
safe places where
staff can care for patients. You’ll do with
routine cleaning which needs to be done on a daily or weekly
basis
as well as emergencies such as spills. You may also carry out regular,
planned deep cleaning on a
monthly or annual basis.
You’ll
oversee the cleaning work along with other co-staffs. You will
allocate work to make sure all the
cleaning is carried out where
and when it is needed. You also make sure that you are available for
routine
cleaning as well as unexpected emergency
situations.
Duties of the job include:
• Cleaning hard floors with mops or electric floor cleaners;
• Using vacuum cleaners or carpet cleaners;
• Cleaning toilet and bathroom areas.
Key Skills:
• Be physically fit;
• Follow instructions and procedures;
• Pay attention to detail;
• Work as part of a team;
• Take responsibility for their own work;
• Be able to work unsupervised;
• Good organisation skills;
• Excellent teamwork skills.
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES: POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
The
post-holder is required to familiarise themselves with all policies
and procedures and to comply with
these at all times. Failure to
comply with any of these policies may result in disciplinary action up
to and
including dismissal. These have been agreed with staff and
Staff Side and are as follows:
• Treat others as you would like to be treated;
• Listen to and support others and make time to do so;
• Seek, acknowledge and value others’ experience and contribution;
• Acknowledge others’ beliefs;
• Be courteous and considerate to all;
• Treat others fairly and equally;
• Be honest and trustworthy and act with integrity;
• Encourage others to treat all staff with respect;
• Challenge the behaviour of staff who do not show respect to other.
Cleaner
CONFIDENTIALITY & DATA PROTECTION
The post-holder
must maintain the confidentiality of information about patients, staff
and other health
service business and meet the requirements of the
Data Protection Act (1998) at all times. The post-holder
must
comply with all company Information and Data Protection policies at
all times.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Employees must be aware of the
responsibilities placed on them under the Health and Safety at Work
Act
(1974) and any subsequent relevant legislation and must follow
these in full at all times including ensuring
that they act in line
with all agreed procedures at all times in order to maintain a safe
environment for
patients, visitors and staff. Failure to comply
with these policies may result in disciplinary action up to
and
including dismissal.
MANAGING STRESS
The company has an
agreed policy & procedure which links with a range of services and
arrangements
for staff to manage stress. All staff are required to
familiarise themselves with the policy and services to best
manage
their own and their colleagues’ stress.
HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED
INFECTIONS (HCAIs)
All staff has a responsibility to act and follow
all instructions to protect patients, staff and others from
HCAIs.
All staff are required to follow the Hygiene Code and all
company policies and procedures related to it
and the Health Act
2006. Failure to comply with any of these may result in disciplinary
action up to and
including dismissal.
EQUALITY &
DIVERSITY
The company has adopted a Managing Staff Diversity
Strategy & Policy covering all of its staff and it is
the
responsibility of all staff to comply with these requirements
at all times. The key responsibilities for staff under
this
Strategy and Policy are set out in the Code of Conduct for Employees.
Failure to comply with these
policies may result in disciplinary
action up to and including dismissal.
FLEXIBILITY
This job
description is intended to provide a broad outline of the main
responsibilities only. The post-holder
is required to be flexible
in developing their role in agreement with their designated manager.
In addition,
they may be required by their manager to carry out any
other duty commensurate with their banding
and
expertise.
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT
Minimum 2 years of
experience in a healthcare role.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATION:
• GCSEs in English and maths.
• NVQ in hotel services or health care
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