Job summary
- Main area
- Medicine
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (37.5hrs)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 236-OCO-CS282-24
- Employer
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ward T4 Royal Oldham Hospital
- Town
- Oldham
- Salary
- £22,383 per annum/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/07/2024 23:59
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Housekeeper - Medicine
Band 2
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen offering a full time Housekeeper to work within Ward T4 at The Royal Oldham Hospital.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Housekeeper to provide efficient high-quality service to patients and be responsible for the co-ordination of all patient facilities in the unit area, which includes ward kitchens and catering areas.
The post provides an exciting challenge to the successful candidate and gives the opportunity to play a key role in supporting the needs of patients, multi-disciplinary team, and relatives.
You should possess excellent communication skills and the ability to liaise across multi agencies and multi-disciplinary departments.
The ability to work independently and adapt to an environment of changing priorities is an essential component to consistently facilitate a patient focused approached.
If you relate to the above qualities and are looking for a new challenge within a busy yet friendly environment, then we’d like to invite you to join our team and be a part of our journey to success
We strongly recommend an informal chat and/or visit.
Unfortunately, this role does not meet the criteria required to qualify for sponsorship.
Main duties of the job
This role includes the undertaking of daily organisation, maintaining stock levels, audits, and cleanliness of the environment.
You will be working with a fantastic and supportive team who will be happy to assist you as settle within the team. Regular feedback and one-to-one will be provided by your manager to ensure that you stay happy in your job.
Duties include supporting the meals processes within the footprint of the unit, management of stock, supporting maintenance of equipment, also including general housekeeping of the unit.
It is essential that you are able to work in an orderly and systematic manner, possess good literacy, IT, numeracy, communication and organisational skills.
You should have a caring attitude, as well as the ability to work effectively under direction as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
Person specification
Qualifications
Desirable criteria
- NVQ 3 or equivalent
- Food hygiene certificate/food safety
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of dealing with the public
Desirable criteria
- Experience of audits
- Experience of ordering and stock control
- Experience of working in a health care setting
- Experience of working within a hospital environment
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Good written & verbal communication skills
- Basic IT skills
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
- Zoe Lockley
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 778 5304
- Additional information
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