Medirest
Domestic Assistant
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Domestic Assistant
Domestic Assistant – Medirest (Part-Time)
**£12.92 per hour | Up to 9 hours per week | NHS hospital environment
About the Role
Are you looking for a fulfilling opportunity that makes a real difference in healthcare? As a Domestic Assistant at Medirest, you’ll support a team providing outstanding cleaning services across wards, laundry, kitchens and communal areas for patients, visitors and staff.
This isn’t just cleaning—it’s a critical role in infection control, ensuring a safe environment where medical teams can deliver life-changing services. Without Domestic Assistants, the hospital couldn’t function.
Medirest is part of Compass Group UK & Ireland and operates across over 130 NHS Trusts and private hospitals.
Key Responsibilities
- High-value cleaning tasks, including:
- High and low dusting, mopping, wiping and scrubbing all surfaces
- Deep cleaning of wards, side rooms, toilets, showers, infected areas and public spaces
- Waste management – maintaining and emptying bins as required
- Maintaining hospital standards – ensuring all areas are clean, presentable and safe for patients and visitors while following strict infection control policies
- Following Health & Safety guidelines in all tasks, including the safe use of equipment
- Working flexibly to meet the demands of patient care, often under pressure
- Providing a ** calm, reassuring presence**—patients, visitors and staff will rely on your support
- Occasional contact with unwell or distressed patients, with appropriate compassion and discretion
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About You
We recognise that experience in this field isn’t always necessary—what matters is enthusiasm, reliability and a commitment to excellence.
- No prior domestic assistant experience required, but a proud approach to your work and a willingness to go the extra mile for patients
- Communicative and empathetic—capable of building rapport with patients and staff in a hospital setting
- Demonstrate teamwork and adaptability, working occasionally alone but always contributing to a high-standard service
- Hardworking and trustworthy—you will often be unsupervised, adhering to protocols independently
- Legendary reliability given this is an on-call (checking availability methodology: weeks per year)
- Must meet Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) requirements
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Shift Pattern
Presently
- Mondays to Thursdays: Shift details undetermined (open roster)
- Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays: Afternoons
We recognise flexible schedules are key in healthcare—availability for weekends/evenings*, will be centred around operational needs.*
Company Insurance
- Full DBS checks covered by employers.
Why Join Us?
- Part of Medirest—delivering core services across some of the UK’s most significant healthcare trusts
- Purposeful work: You’re not lecturing ‘just cleaning’—you’re supporting a hospital that saves lives
- Committed to an inclusive, diverse culture where everyone thrives. Compass Group UK & Ireland (our parent brand) champions equality and creates opportunities for growth
#Medirest Recruitment:
Find further details using the reference: com/0207/71766009/52806000/R/BU
Apply today and be part of a team whose work truly matters. We can’t wait to hear from you!
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