Job summary
Employer heading
Housekeeper
NHS AfC: Band 2
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
Housekeepers help to maintain an environment that is tidy, clean and welcoming for our patients, their families and visitors. They are an important and valued member of the team who are key to the provision of a high quality service, positive patient experience and provide a supporting role to the Senior Sister and the nursing staff between the Acute Medical Unit and Same Day Emergency Care area.
Main duties of the job
Your role will include working in close partnership with the ward team and with other member of the multi- disciplinary team, for example estates, domestics, ward assistants, porters and catering staff.
We would like you to develop a sense of ownership for your unit and will be responsible for ordering and serving meals, monitoring of stock, running errands and ensuring the ward cleanliness and tidiness is of an excellent standard.
The successful applicant must have a good basic education, good communication skills and possess good timekeeping / management skills. They must have experience of dealing with and working alongside a wide range of people and the ability to demonstrate practical and organisational skills.
Training and development is a high priority in this care group and your own personal development will be actively supported.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE Math and English at grade 3/D or equivalent experience/qualifications.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of further development.
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within a health care environment or equivalent.
Special skills/Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients and staff.
- Ability to work under supervision and instruction.
- Ability to show initiative.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of good written communication.
- Evidence of ability prioritise own workload.
Other Factors
Essential criteria
- Approachable manner
- Ability to work on own initiative following guidance from ward manager
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Julia Clarke /Ghazala Mahmood
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2266092
- Additional information
Julia Clarke
Email: [email protected]
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