Job summary
- Main area
- Housekeeper
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 26.25 hours per week (Week will cover Monday - Friday)
- Job ref
- 388-6222788-E&A
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Torbay Hospital
- Town
- Torquay
- Salary
- £22,383 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/07/2024 23:59
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Housekeeper
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
Dunlop Ward requires an enthusiastic ward housekeeper to join the team. The successful candidate will need to be flexible with working patterns, be organised and able to work in a busy fast paced environment.
The role includes ensuring the overall tidiness of the ward, ordering of stock and reporting of faulty equipment. You will also be required to liaise closely with patients, relatives and members of the multidisciplinary team.
Dunlop ward is within the cardiology department and has 24 beds.
Main duties of the job
- To monitor the environment to ensure all areas are clean and tidy. Remove clutter, tidy notice boards. Participate in ward/unit environmental audits.
- To collect and deliver equipment and other items from and to other areas of the hospital as required.
- To maintain stock levels in all clinical areas, liaising with material management staff to rectify any problems or shortfalls.
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To have good interpersonal skills. Demonstrate a caring, compassionate and friendly attitude. Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy and be approachable.
Working for our organisation
The ward has recently received a silver accreditation award of which we are all very proud.
The ward strives to ensure that they provide a high standard of care to their patients and ensuring a positive experience for them. You will be an essential part of the team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To liaise with the Hotel Services Supervisors to ensure that curtains are changed as per policy. · To ensure all specialist and general equipment is cleaned and decontaminated in accordance with manufacturer’s guidelines to Trust standards ( · e.g. drip stands, hoists, mattresses, infusion pumps, commodes etc) · To ensure that following the discharge of a patient, the bed frame and mattress, bed area and locker are cleaned and the bed is made in preparation for incoming patients (Soap and paper towels are replenished and the bed area is generally tidy) Oxygen and suction units are clean and in working condition.
· Report any incidents, accidents or complaints to the nurse in charge of the ward, in accordance with Trust policy · To maintain the upkeep of patient bed areas, ensuring lockers, tables and chairs are uncluttered and free from litter. · To be able to, scan and photocopy · To order equipment/stock on appropriate system to ensure all patients, in conjunction with the nursing team. · To co-ordinate extra meal requirements as they may arise, in conjunction with the ward manager, ensuring that patients receive the meal of their choice. · Offer light snack or snack box to those patients who have missed a meal. · To issue hand wipes to each patient to cleanse their hands before and after meals, helping where necessary. · To ensure, in conjunction with the Catering Department that patient meals are served in a presentable and timely manner and that appropriate cutlery and condiments have been supplied. · To ensure that all meal tables and eating areas are suitably cleared and prepared for meal times ensuring a pleasant environment and to make sure that they are wiped clean at the end of each meal. · To ensure that patients have a clean supply of drinking water and a clean glass and water jug. · To ensure that patients receive any assistance they require to eat and drink i.e. cutting up food, placing food within reach, encouraging patients to eat. · To serve meals in conjunction with the nursing team, ensuring that patient’s intake is known and that their dietary needs are met. · To ensure in conjunction with the ward team, that patients are provided with appropriate hot and cold beverages at regular intervals throughout the day and also make beverages as instructed by the ward team. · To ensure that all nutritional supplements are ordered and appropriately controlled and stored in conjunction with the Dietetic Department and Ward Manager. · To order snacks and ensure that patients are offered snacks according to Better Hospital Food recommendations. |
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Previous acute hospital experience
Desirable criteria
- Flexible with working patterns.
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
- Judith Hill
- Job title
- Dunlop Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01803 655567
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