Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly enthusiastic and motivated individual to join Pearce Ward as our Housekeeper. 

Pearce Ward is a 22 bedded Cystic Fibrosis/Bronchiectasis Ward.

You will play a key role in maintaining excellent standards of cleanliness and organisation within Pearce Ward; undergoing infection control procedures, equipment cleaning, assisting with ordering of stock and arranging this. You will also assist in catering for patients, ensuring that their individual nutritional needs are met. There will also be opportunity to complete audits and participate in our SHINE walk-arounds. 

As a Housekeeper you support the team by ensuring the ward is clean, safe, comfortable and organised to deliver patient care.

In return for your hard work and dedication we can offer a friendly, supportive and well experienced clinical team. We can provide you with a clear working structure through regular appraisal. We have an innovative service enabling our staff to be committed to developing both their service and themselves. Clinical Governance, research and audit activities are encouraged within the service.

This is a busy, physically active role which requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills. If you are highly motivated, work well within a team environment and hold the essential skills and experience please apply and join our successful organisation.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job include (but are not limited to):

• ordering required stock, working closely with materials management team
• organisation of stock including clinical and non-clinical items
• general housekeeping including cleaning, tidying and organising of the general ward environment and patient bed spaces
• oversight of the maintenance of medical devises used, reporting any faults appropriately
• oversight of the maintenance of fixtures and fittings
• assisting in the ordering and provision of patient meals, meeting their nutritional requirements
• maintaining infection control standards on the ward
• completing relevant audits
• escalating concerns via the relevant channels 

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

 At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.