Housekeeper - Emergency Department

2 weeks ago

Stevenage SG AB, United Kingdom East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Full time £20,000 - £30,000 per year

We are recruiting for a Housekeeper who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

This post will be a night time housekeeper working from 23:00-07: hrs/week) Monday to Friday.

You will be joining our Adult Emergency Department. The Emergency Department is a fast paced clinical environment and ensuring provision of food and patients is part of improvements being implemented to ensure patient safety.

You will be responsible for maintaining a clean, safe, and welcoming environment in the Emergency Department. You are expected to adhere to proper food handling.

This role involves performing a variety of cleaning tasks to ensure that all areas meet health and safety standards. You will work closely with medical staff to support patient care by providing a hygienic setting that promotes recovery and well-being.

You will be responsible for the provision of a high quality service by meeting and greeting visitors to the ward. Supported by the ward manager and the ward clinical team to ensure a customer friendly approach is used in interactions with patients and stakeholders. You will also support the general running of the ward by being involved in general organisational.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:  Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

A Clinical Housekeeper in the Emergency Department plays a vital role in ensuring that the environment is clean, organized, and safe for both patients and staff.

Ensuring patient bays and common areas are cleaned and disinfected regularly.

Adhering to infection control protocols, including proper cleaning of high-touch surfaces and equipment.

Ensuring that essential supplies, such as PPE, hand sanitizers, towels, and cleaning products, are stocked and available.

Reporting any maintenance issues, such as broken equipment, leaks, or other hazards, to the appropriate department.

Providing basic assistance to staff in preparing treatment areas for procedures, including setting up trolleys and restocking items.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City

Hertford County, Hertford

Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

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