Domestic Assistant

Job summary

Would you like to work within a large multi disciplinary team?

Hotel servicesare looking to increase the team of Domestic Assistants working within the Royal Victoria Infirmary Site.

The ideal candidates will be motivated to the highest standards and be flexible to business demands.

• Interview Date Wednesday 28 October 2026
• Full Time/Part Time posts available
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all the information before applying for the vacancy

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Previous applicants need not apply.

Please note that we are unable to offer alternative interview dates so candidates should make every effort to be available for the interview date shown.

Please be advised we can only support face to face interviews at this time. Photographic ID will need to be provided at interview.

Main duties of the job

As a Domestic Assistant you will work to clean wards/departments and theatres to the highest standards in compliance with work schedules that also adhere to Infection Control guidelines and in line with national standards of cleanliness.

No experience is essential as all training will be given and tailored personal development plans can be discussed for any future progression with the department.

We have varied shifts available which include the following:

Full time: 7:30-15:30 or 12:00-20:00 Mon-Fri (37.5 hours per week)

Part time: 7:30-11:30, 10:00-14:00, 16:00-20:00 or 17:00-20:00 Mon-Fri (15 or 20 hours per week)

Part time: 7:30-15:30 or 7:30-11:30 Saturday and Sunday (15 or 8 hours per week)

Part time: 21:30-6:15 2 or 3 nights a week (15.5 or 23.25 hours per week)

Please state under supporting information on application form what shift pattern you maybe interested in.

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust