A Specialist Deep Cleaning Team Member is responsible for performing intensive cleaning tasks that go beyond regular cleaning routines, focusing on thoroughly removing dirt, dust, grime, and bacteria from hard-to-reach areas and surfaces within a building, often requiring specialized equipment and techniques to achieve a high level of cleanliness; essentially, they deep clean specific areas that need extra attention, like carpets, upholstery, high ceilings, or appliances, as part of a dedicated team

You will provide a comprehensive specialist deep cleaning service to clinical and non-clinical areas for the Hotel Services Department across the Trust sites as and when required. Working closely with department staff to ensure high quality, patient/client focused service provision to ensure a safe environment in patient areas and staff areas

This may require working outside of normal core time hours to meet the service demands.

Using HPV equipment

Washing and Drying of walls and ceilings

Maintenance of hard floor surfaces – buffing and spray cleaning, scrubbing, stripping, resealing and polishing with appropriate machines

Deep cleaning of soft floor coverings

High Level cleaning with appropriate equipment

Initial cleaning of areas, following building or engineering works

Preparation of new floor surfaces

Disinfection of areas after discharge of infectious patients (MRSA, Norwalk etc)

When appropriate assist in the cleaning up of bodily fluids

Deep cleaning of kitchen areas at ward level including washing walls, degreasing cleaning ceilings, cooker hoods and vents, wet scrubbing/drying floor etc

Cleaning of Hydrotherapy pool after draining as and when required

Cleaning of Theatres after maintenance

Removal of dust, dirt and debris from surfaces such as floors, walls, ceilings, fixtures and fittings, doors, ledges, glass and sanitary fittings by appropriate specified methods. (ie colour-coded/mopping units/vacuum cleaners)

Cleaning blinds and internal glass and checking and changing curtains as required.

Cleaning of any spillage

Removal and hanging of curtains and replacing of hooks and gliders as and when required at ward level

Observing Health and Safety regulations, Policies and Procedures of Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Attending mandatory and essential training and periodic updates.

Cleaning of spillages/floods

As an integrated care organisation, the Trusts’ purpose is to provide safe, high quality health and social care at the right time, in the right place to support the people of Torbay and South Devon to live their lives to the full.

The Workplace Team underpin the provision of clinical services, employing approximately 600 staff, delivering estates and facilities services across all sites within the Trust.

We need all Workplace Team to own and live our organisational values;

Working together for people

Commitment to quality care

Compassion

Improving lives

Everyone counts

Respect and dignity

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification .