Neonatal Housekeeper

**Job overview**:
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as part of the neonatal team, supporting facilities and services in the ward area, ensuring a clean, safe, and comfortable environment. Ensure cleaning together with other specified tasks meet the needs of the ward as determined by the person in charge or unit manager. Support maintaining stock levels. Communicate effectively with families and the wider team, contributing to a confidential environment.

**Unfortunately, this role does not meet the criteria required to qualify for sponsorship.**

**Main duties of the job**:

- To assist in monitoring and maintaining cleaning standards on the ward.
- To carry out spot cleaning and ensure spillages are dealt with swiftly and efficiently.
- To ensure general and specialist equipment are cleaned according to Trust policy.
- To ensure that the ward is safe and tidy at all time, removing clutter, tidy notice boards and signage etc.
- To maintain the upkeep of patient areas.
- To ensure specialist cleaning of surface and furnishings
- To ensure isolation nursing areas are cleaned appropriately
- To work closely with the domestic team.
- To serve meals and snacks in conjunction with the nursing team instructions.
- To serve any food and beverages at the correct temperature according to food hygiene regulations.
- To ensure refrigerated food is labelled and stored correctly as policy.
- To take responsibility for the ward kitchen, ensuring it is clean at all times, including discarding out of date food and rotate stock.
- To co-ordinate extra meal requirements if the need arise.
- To receive and welcome families and visitors to the ward and liaise as appropriate with staff.
- To transport equipment consumables and written information as required.
- To maintain up to date records and information.
- To respond swiftly to requests for general information.
- To report complaints and incidents, taking the appropriate action.
- To be aware of any Trust changes to new food hygiene, change to waste etc

**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**:
**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- English Language
- Mathematics

**Desirable criteria**:

- Basic Food Hygiene
- NVQ 2 in customer care or equivalent

**Knowledge, skills and experince**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Experience of meeting and dealing with the public
- IT skills
- Communicates clearly and accurately both verbally and writing
- Be an effective team member
- Ability to manage own workload

**Desirable criteria**:

- Demonstrates initiative to proactively problem solve
- We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

**Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.**

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