Clinical Housekeeper

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust seeks a dedicated domestic/cleaning operative to join its multidisciplinary team, delivering a safe and clean environment for patients and families.

You will maintain high cleanliness standards, assist with food and beverage provision where needed, and work with nursing staff to ensure spaces are tidy, safe and well organised.

Qualifications

• Level 2 or GSCE C grade in Maths and English or equivalent.
• Level 2 qualification in health related subject.

Responsibilities

• Maintain an excellent standard of cleanliness and tidiness within the department environment.
• Ensure infection control cleaning is maintained in partnership with Facilities Team.
• Terminal cleaning of medical equipment and incubators and cots.
• Support ward activity to enable patient flow and capacity.
• Keep patient bed spaces/rooms/theatre clean daily and ready for use.

Skills

Maths

English

Education

Level 2 qualification in health related subject

Job description

Search through the open vacancies at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s.

This is YOUR place

• To be at the heart of brilliant care for women, children and young people.
• Where innovation, compassion, and opportunity meet to help transform lives.
• To make a unique impact from day one. As one of only two centres in the UK for women, children, and young people, this is where you can help bring prize-winning discoveries and game-changing innovations to life.
• To grow a thriving career and unlock your potential. Our unique and vast specialisms provide opportunities you won’t find anywhere else. No matter the career path you choose – you’ll have unwavering support for your ambition and a real investment in your learning.
• To discover a community of support. Where our strength comes from our people, who come from every walk of life and who work shoulder-to-shoulder across every discipline. Here, you’ll find a deep camaraderie and the support to take control of your career and find your passion – on the best days, and the toughest.

This is Birmingham Women’s and Children's Trust.

This is your place, our place, the place.

Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.

Job overview

To work as a fully integrated member of the multi-disciplinary team in providing a safe and appropriate environment for patients and families.

To maintain an excellent standard of cleanliness and tidiness within the department environment, to ensure Infection Control cleaning is maintained , in partnership with the Facilities Team .

Terminal Cleaning of Medical equipment and Incubators and cots .

To ensure efficient organisation and provision of food and beverages for patients , if working in an area where patients eat and drink . Maintaining and documenting Refrigerator temperatures for medicine and specimen samples

To maintain stores and adequate stock levels of consumables, by completing the orders in a timely manner.

To support under direction, the ward activity to enable patient flow and capacity .

Main duties of the job

To work as part of the department team to ensure that an excellent standard of cleanliness and tidiness is maintained . This includes clinical areas, all medical equipment and additional equipment appropriate to the clinical place of work and as included in the ward cleaning schedules and room cleaning job plan .

To ensure that the patient bed spaces / rooms / theatre are cleaned daily and kept clean and tidy to ensure a safe environment, working with the nursing /midwifery staff, child/young person and family . This includes cleaning of bed spaces and rooms in between patients.

To ensure that all empty bed spaces are set up and ready for use at all times .

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Level 2 or GSCE C grade or above in Maths and English Language or Assessment of equivalent level through achieving required pass mark of numeracy and literacy test
• Level 2 qualification in health related subject

KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

• Experience working in a health care environment

ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS

• To be able to work to plan and adjust workload according to service demand
• Able to organise workload and work well with the team
• Excellent attendance record and evidence of being trustworthy and reliable
• Able to manage preset stock levels
• Able to manage personal emailsAble to use the Blood Hound with training
• This role requires physical fitness, lifting, bending, walking, reaching, standing.
• Tidy and smart appearance
• Evidence of being reliable and punctual

Approach/Values

• Demonstrate alignment with the values and beliefs of the Trust
• Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion in the delivery of this role
• Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required

Sponsorship:

Please note, visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles in line with current UKVI regulations. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for sponsorship before submitting your application. If you would like more information, please visit: UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

Artificial Intelligence (AI):

We understand that some applicants may choose to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in preparing their application materials. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind candidates that all submissions must be truthful and accurately reflect your own experiences and suitability for this role. Personal integrity and authenticity are central to our recruitment process. We value honesty and appreciate applications that are genuine and representative of the individual behind them.

Reasonable Adjustments:

BWC is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to fostering an inclusive environment for those with a disability, long term health or mental health condition. The Disability Confident scheme means we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities, long term health or mental health conditions, and we want to ensure our recruitment practices are inclusive and accessible to all. Our aim is to get the best out of every individual and if successful for interview, you will be asked if you require any reasonable adjustments (special requirements). We will strive to support and accommodate these requests where possible.

Safeguarding

As a Trust employee you are required to comply with all legislation and guidance relating to safeguarding children and adults with care and support needs, and promoting their health and welfare. You are required to inform the Head of Safeguarding of any safeguarding concerns about your own children or children you live with. This information will be treated in a confidential manner.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.