There are many opportunities to undertake non-clinical roles in Domestic Services for the NHS or Social Care in Mid and South Essex.
Domestic Services staff are a vital part of the NHS, providing essential support to frontline staff, patients, and senior leaders.
Whether you are just starting out in your career or are looking for a new challenge, there are many exciting and rewarding opportunities in Domestic Services available.
Our Domestic Services teams play an essential role in keeping our sites operating smoothly and ensuring that they are clean, safe and comfortable and you could work within:
- Food and Catering
- Linen Services
- Housekeeping
To be employed in Domestic Services roles, you can often enter with few or no qualifications but once you have secured a role, will be encouraged to consider training opportunities to help you progress if you choose to.
If you already hold a qualification for the service you would like to work in, you could start your career as a supervisor or team leader.
Working for the NHS or for Social Care in Mid and South Essex provides many opportunities to develop your skills further and there are a wide range of apprenticeships, in-house training and continuing professional development opportunities available that you can use to build your career.
Some Domestic Services roles such as hosuekeepers have lots of face-to-face contact with patients whereas other roles such as linen services are based away from patient areas and will be focused on the day to day operations of a healthcare setting and will have little or no contact with patients.