Cleaning Auditor in Oxford

Job Title: Cleaning Auditor

Salary: £ 12,660 Per Annum

Contract: Permanent

Type of Employment: Part Time

Hours: 18 Hours Per Week

Location: John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, OX3 9DU

Purpose of the Role

To ensure the highest standards of cleanliness and infection control by conducting systematic cleaning efficacy audits across hospital facilities. The role supports compliance with national healthcare cleanliness standards and internal policies, safeguarding patient safety and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform scheduled and ad-hoc cleaning audits in line with National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2025 and Trust policies.
• Assess technical cleaning outcomes and processes, ensuring compliance with infection prevention protocols.
• Document audit findings accurately using approved audit management systems (e.g., Synbiotix).
• Provide clear, unbiased feedback to service managers and domestic teams, highlighting non-conformances and corrective actions.
• Collaborate with Infection Prevention & Control teams during audits and elevate issues promptly.
• Monitor trends and produce reports for Quality & Performance meetings.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and training related to cleaning standards.

Essential Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in auditing or quality assurance within healthcare or facilities management.
• Strong understanding of infection control principles and cleaning standards.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to work independently.
• Competent in using digital audit tools and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Effective communication skills for liaising with clinical and non-clinical teams.

Desirable

• Knowledge of Functional Risk (FR) area classifications and cleaning frequencies.
• Familiarity with NHS compliance frameworks and Health & Safety legislation.

Additional Information

• This role involves regular site visits across wards, theatres, and high-risk areas.
• Training will be provided on internal auditing procedures and compliance systems.

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we'll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days' holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there's a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .

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