Housekeeper - Oxborough Ward

Oxborough Ward is a 33 bedded surgical ward that specialises in caring for gastro and general medicine patients.

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our friendly team as a Housekeeper. Assisting in the delivery of a patient-centred, clinically effective and dynamic service from the patient's admission and assessment to discharge. You should be caring, compassionate, forward thinking, well organised and have a positive attitude towards flexibility and change.

We are seeking someone who is able to work autonomously to deliver a high standard of cleanliness and tidiness in the clinical environment; continually looking for ways to improve and develop both self and the ward.

You will have a great eye for detail and will assist in achieving the highest possible standard of cleaning set by the Trust to minimize the risk of cross infection to patients, staff and visitors.

You will be responsible for monitoring and maintaining cleaning standards throughout the ward ensuring that patient dignity and privacy is maintained at all times.

**Main duties of this position include**:
To assist in monitoring and maintaining cleaning standards, conducting regular cleaning quality audits of allocated areas in accordance with the National Standards of Cleanliness Framework.

To carry out cleaning to ensure spillages are dealt with quickly and efficiently.

To ensure specialist cleaning of surfaces and furnishings.

To ensure isolation nursing areas are cleaned appropriately.

To ensure that staff have adequate materials and that they are of correct type for the job, complying with cleaning schedules, ensuring all cleaning materials and protective clothing provided are used in the correct manner.

To ensure that all alcohol gel dispensers, paper towels and soap for hand hygiene are replenished, thus contributing to the prevention of cross infection from one patient to another.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King’s Lynn is located near some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK, along the north Norfolk coast, and not far from Sandringham House.

We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire.

We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network.

In February 2022 the significant progress that has been made at QEH was recognised by the Care Quality Commission who rated the Trust as ‘Good’ in all of the core services they inspected. They recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).

For more information in regards to this exciting opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.