Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-WCCS-1518
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £27,515 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Ward Housekeeper
Band 2
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career. We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join the team in Maternity at St Mary's. You will be part of the team, working closely with the ward manager, midwives and maternity support workers, working to ensure the unit is organised, safe and clean.
You will ensure and maintain safe stock levels on the ward. You will assist with ensuring a safe clean environment. You will have an organised and positive approach to ensure the tasks are carried out in a timely, effective manner. Able to cope well under pressure, you will utilise excellent communication and team skills.
Main duties of the job
· The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination of all patient facilities services in the department area and ensuring a clean, safe and comfortable environment.
· They will work independently but as an integral part of the Maternity team and will be required to work closely with contractors and support service departments ensuring the delivery of cleaning, catering and minor maintenance.
· He/she will monitor quality standards, report deficiencies and take appropriate action.
· They will have systems for accurate record keeping; this will include the maintenance of documentation and inputting of data.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE English or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of record keeping
- An understanding of the needs for environmental, food and personal hygiene.
- An understanding of people’s equality, diversity and rights
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with domestics services, other hotel services or health care
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to respond well in all situations.
- Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
- Basic computer literacy
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lenka Trolerova
- Job title
- Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
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