Housekeeper - Camhs

We have an exciting opportunity for a housekeeper to support inpatient child and adolescent inpatient services.

Poplar is a child and adolescent mental health ward based at Rochford Hospital working with 13-18 year olds experiencing mental health difficulties.

As a housekeeper you will be supporting the young people with facilitating meals and attending to non clinical needs of the patients, as well and ensuring that the patient environment is welcoming, clean, comfortable, and safe.

Supporting the Senior Sister, Charge Nurse and Ward Staff in maintaining the ward environment, liaise closely with the Facilities Service Manager and the Estates Help Desk, ensuring that all issues pertaining the patients’ environment and needs are dealt with efficiently

All training will be provided.

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) has been voted one of the top 100 places to work in the NHS and one of the most successful NHS Foundation Trusts in the country providing integrated care including mental health, learning disability, social care and community services to culturally and economically diverse communities of around 2.5 million people across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. With an annual turnover of approximately £320m, we employ approximately 7,000 people and work with a wide range of partners to 'provide services that are in tune with you'.

We are a responsive, innovative and dynamic Foundation Trust delivering leading edge health services in a constantly changing environment. We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospital and community based premises. We have many modern community based resource centres and community facilities to provide local services to local people where possible.

Full training will be provided. You will have direct patient contact with the young people on the ward in:

- Supporting with facilitating meal times and patient requirements,
- Supporting and promote the young people to maintain their laundry needs
- Ensuring the environment is clean and tidy, including bed making.
- Working with the estates and facilities team to develop the housekeeping role