Ward Host

**Job Title**:Ward Host

**Location**:George Eliot Hospital, College Street, Nuneaton, CV10 7DJ

**Shift Pattern**:5 roles available working Monday to Sunday 8.00-16.00

5 roles available working Monday to Sunday 14.00 - 22.00

**Pay**:£11.45 - £20.95 an hour (Shift Dependent)

**Trust Location**:George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

**About the Trust**:
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 300,000 people. The hospital opened in 1948.

The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, southwest Leicestershire, and north Coventry.

The Trust also provides a range of community services, delivered across Coventry, Warwickshire, and Leicestershire. These include sexual health and community dentistry services for the whole of Warwickshire as well as hosting the Blue-Sky Sexual Assault Referral Centre.

**Could you be a part of this team?**

**Overview**

We are looking for Ward Hosts to join our friendly team. Our Ward Hosts team provide and maintain the highest standard of service to patients, visitors and staff, ensuring the highest degree of cleanliness, safety and care at all times.

You will be responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness and catering services throughout the hospital and designated wards or departments in line with the National Specifications for Cleanliness in the NHS and provide a catering service in accordance with the Food Safety Regulations and Food Hygiene Regulations.

**Duties will include**
- Ensure a timely and accurate response to all cleaning requests.
- Working as part of a ward-based team responsible for the provision of food and beverage service to patients.
- To regenerate food, maintaining appropriate temperature records and serve meals following advice from clinical staff.
- Responsible for maintaining the cleanliness of kitchen and serving area, including crockery, cutlery, kitchen utensils and food trolley.
- Ensure adequate provisions are supplied to ward kitchen area and maintain appropriate records relating to stock control.

**You’ll have the following skills/experience**
- Knowledge or training equivalent to NVQ Level 1/ 2 in Cleaning and Support Services.
- Knowledge of cleaning/hygiene COSSH procedures.
- Experience cleaning in a domestic environment including knowledge of cleaning procedures and processes.
- Experience of Working/communicating with the general public.
- Experience of working in a healthcare environment advantageous.

**As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits**:

- Competitive pay rates
- work this week, get paid next week
- **Essential support when you need it
- 24/7 365 days**:

- call us anytime
- **Multi locational**:

- work across neighbouring Trusts
- **Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go**:

- access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
- **Varied working options to suit your lifestyle**:

- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements
- **Training and development opportunities**:

- Keep up with the essentials and more
- **Build holiday allowance for every shift you work**:

- your work life balance is important to us
- **Stakeholder pension scheme available**:

- a flexible future for you and yours

**Who are NHS Professionals?**

As an equal opportunities’ organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants form a range of backgrounds to apply.

By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.

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**Job Types**: Part-time, Temporary contract

**Salary**: £11.45 per hour

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Work Location: In person