Job Description
Join Our Team as a Hostess / Domestic Assistant!
Are you passionate about delivering excellent service in a healthcare environment? Do you take pride in cleanliness, organisation, and supporting patient wellbeing? If so, we'd love to hear from you.
Position: Hostess / Domestic Assistant
Location: Great Western Hospital, Swindon
Contract Type: Temporary Ongoing (Temp to Perm opportunities available)
Start Date: ASAP
Initial Contract Length: 3 months (with potential for extension)
Shift Pattern: 07:30am - 19:30pm
About the Role
As a Hostess / Domestic Assistant, you will play a vital role in supporting patient care by delivering high standards of food service and maintaining clean, safe, and hygienic environments across patient areas. Your work will directly contribute to infection prevention, patient comfort, and overall wellbeing within the hospital.
This is a varied and rewarding role that combines catering duties with domestic and cleaning responsibilities, working closely with clinical teams and colleagues across the ward.
Key Responsibilities
Patient Food Service
- Prepare, serve, and distribute patient meals, snacks, and hot/cold beverages.
- Work closely with ward staff to ensure patient dietary needs, allergies, and preferences are met.
- Follow safe food handling and storage procedures in line with HACCP and infection control policies.
- Accurately complete food temperature checks and fridge/freezer logs in accordance with policy.
Cleaning & Environmental Hygiene
- Clean patient areas including bed spaces, bathrooms, kitchens, and communal areas to required cleaning standards.
- Carry out daily and deep cleaning tasks in line with the Domestic Cleaning Schedule.
- Use cleaning chemicals and equipment safely, following COSHH regulations.
- Report maintenance issues, defects, or hazards promptly to maintain a safe environment.
Infection Prevention & Control
- Adhere strictly to hand hygiene, PPE, and cross-contamination procedures.
- Respond quickly to cleaning requests involving spills, bodily fluids, or isolation areas.
- Support infection control and outbreak management procedures when required.
What We Offer
- A supportive and friendly team environment.
- Full training and opportunities to develop skills within a healthcare setting.
- A rewarding role where you make a genuine difference to patients' lives every day.
Adecco is a disability-confident employer. We are committed to running an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and supporting candidates of all backgrounds and abilities. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.
Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
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