Fleet Ancillary Premise Cleaner - Skipton
Job Description
Job summary
Yorkshire Ambulance Service: Ancillary Services Team, are offering an opportunity for 9 hours per week, Premise Cleaner at our Skipton Station.
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday (3 hours per shift)
- Agreed fixed times between 07:00-19:00
- 9 Hours per week
Working days and times are dependent upon provision required, due to the Yorkshire Ambulance Service being a 24/7 Emergency Service.
Allocated Bank Holiday working maybe required.
A very basic Physical Capability Assessment (PCA) is mandatory to this role, prior to any unconditional offer of employment.
Please ensure you read and understand the attached job description before completing your application.
Completion of the Supporting Information section within your application is essential and should include all relevant experience and knowledge to match the person specification within the job description.
Main duties of the job
Duties will include Station/Site Cleaning:
To undertake cleaning, decontamination, and other associated tasks to meet the high standards of cleanliness and Infection Prevention and Control measures required across our stations and sites.
To ensure that all activities are performed in line with the Trust Cleaning Protocols, procedures, and specific daily work schedules.
Achieving and maintaining all required standards of cleanliness across the organization. Our cleaning schedules include entrances and foyers, public and staff washrooms/toilets, kitchens, canteens/restaurant's, gym's, shower rooms, training rooms, corridors, stairs, landings, lifts, offices, contact centres, storerooms, dirty utility rooms, crew rooms, external areas, and other associated areas.
To ensure adequate stocks of cleaning materials are maintained and to record all daily activities. This will include urgent spillage and ad-hock cleaning and deep cleaning as requested or where identified.
Use of basic IT; access and inputting of information is essential. For example: Emails and time sheets.
We provide various training packages.
About us
Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.
We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.
We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.
Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.
Benefits:
- Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
- 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.
- Contributory Pension.
- NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.
- Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes.
- Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.
- Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.
- Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.
Check out our YAS One Team Simulation! https://www.nwyhelearning.nhs.uk/elearning/yorksandhumber/yas/yasoneteam/index.html
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification, for a full breakdown of duties and requirements within this role.
A flexible and can-do attitude towards ad-hoc changes in scheduled work, and any potential alternative location support cover within your shift is required. Due to the required site support needs and the nature of the Emergency Services health care provision, short notice changes can occur within task and duties.
Can you work alone to effectively plan essential given tasks to ensure overall completion, within limited time restraints and communicate effectively with senior staff?
When completing this application, please ensure you read the person specification and ensure you describe how you meet these specifications within your application.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake a 1215-minute basic Physical Capability Assessment.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Previous workplace premise cleaning experience within last two years.
Personal/Other
Essential
- Ability to work individually or as a team.
- Willingness to undertake role specific training including NVQ 2 Cleaning & Support Services or agreed equivalent.
- Flexibility to work out of hours to meet service and development/training requirements
Desirable
- Current 'B' Class driving Licence which is valid in the UK.
Qualifications / Knowledge
Essential
- Good literacy and numerical skills in order to complete daily worksheets and reports.
- Awareness of Workplace Health and Safety, COSHH, Risk Assessments preferably associated to standard procedures and practices within the cleaning services sector
Skills / Competencies
Essential
- Basic IT Skills including use of keyboard, hand held data devices and telephones.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Address
Skipton Ambulance Station
Aireview Broughton Road
Skipton
BD23 1RX
