House Keeper - NICU

NHS; Luton; On-site; GBP 25,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated housekeeper within a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. This role involves maintaining cleanliness, managing equipment, and ensuring a safe environment for our patients. You will work closely with clinical teams and other departments to uphold high standards of care. Join a supportive and innovative Trust committed to staff development and patient care excellence. If you are a team player with a flexible approach, we invite you to apply for this rewarding position.

Qualifications

• Good standard of general education required.
• Experience in cleaning NICU specific medical equipment is essential.
• Ability to manage stock levels and liaise with suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness and tidiness of the NICU.
• Check and manage consumable stock levels.
• Report faulty medical equipment to the nurse-in-charge.

Skills

Cleaning of NICU specific medical equipment

Stock management of supplies

Liaising with Stores

Prioritising and managing own work load

Good written and verbal communication skills

Education

Good standard of general education

Tools

Computer literate - use of e-mail and Word

Use of Excel

Job description

Job summary

An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen within our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) on the Luton site for a housekeeper. You will be working as part of the team providing support and managing equipment and stores to allow the unit to provide excellent care to our babies.

Main duties of the job

The Housekeeper's main task is to assist the neonatal clinical team in maintaining the general cleanliness of the department. The housekeeper will also check and maintain consumable stock levels.

Close co-operation with other housekeepers and all members of the unit team as well as with other hospital departments and medical staff is vital.

To work flexibly with other Housekeepers to ensure that the NICU has housekeeper cover 7 days per week.

In addition to this, the Housekeeper is responsible for ensuring that all neonatal equipment is cleaned and maintained and ready for use. Any faulty or broken equipment is brought to the attention of the nurse-in-charge and reported to clinical engineering.

About us

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology.

Our Values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Details Date posted

09 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,169 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

418-NICU3726-EH

Job locations

Luton and Dunstable University Hospital

Lewsey Road

Luton

LU4 0DZ

Job description Job responsibilities

1. Ensure all security measures including visitor entry into the department are maintained at all times.

2. To maintain overall cleanliness and tidiness of the unit.

3. To be conversant with Fire, Health and Safety Policies and other Trust policies.

4. To report any accidents and incidents to the Nurse-in-Charge.

5. To have an awareness of the risk management strategy and the incident reporting system.

6. To report any faulty or broken medical equipment to the nurse-in-charge and clinical engineering.

7. To ensure all medical equipment are cleaned as per unit policy.

8. To reassemble all medical equipment correctly after cleaning and check that they are functioning and ready for use.

9. To check the service dates on all medical equipment.

10. To liaise with clinical engineering and company engineers for the service and repair of all medical equipment.

11. To ensure all medical equipment are stored safely and kept on charge when not in use.

12. To be aware of hazards associated with using medical equipment.

13. To maintain a robust record of cleaning activities for infection control audit purposes.

14. To check consumable stock levels including rotating stock as per their expiry dates. To liaise with Stores to ensure the availability of stock on NICU.

15. To check stock deliveries that items received are correct as per requisition and that stock is stored away safely and correctly.

Job description Job responsibilities

1. Ensure all security measures including visitor entry into the department are maintained at all times.

2. To maintain overall cleanliness and tidiness of the unit.

3. To be conversant with Fire, Health and Safety Policies and other Trust policies.

4. To report any accidents and incidents to the Nurse-in-Charge.

5. To have an awareness of the risk management strategy and the incident reporting system.

6. To report any faulty or broken medical equipment to the nurse-in-charge and clinical engineering.

7. To ensure all medical equipment are cleaned as per unit policy.

8. To reassemble all medical equipment correctly after cleaning and check that they are functioning and ready for use.

9. To check the service dates on all medical equipment.

10. To liaise with clinical engineering and company engineers for the service and repair of all medical equipment.

11. To ensure all medical equipment are stored safely and kept on charge when not in use.

12. To be aware of hazards associated with using medical equipment.

13. To maintain a robust record of cleaning activities for infection control audit purposes.

14. To check consumable stock levels including rotating stock as per their expiry dates. To liaise with Stores to ensure the availability of stock on NICU.

15. To check stock deliveries that items received are correct as per requisition and that stock is stored away safely and correctly.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Good standard of general education.
• Numerate

Communication Essential

• Good written and verbal communication skills

Experience Essential

• Cleaning of NICU specific medical equipment, e.g., incubators.
• Stock management of supplies.
• Liaising with Stores with regards to stock levels.
• Liaising with consumable companies with regards to the ordering and delivery of supplies.
• Moving and handling.

Knowledge Essential

• Understanding the importance of patient confidentiality.
• Knowledge of infection control measures pertinent to a very high risk clinical environment.
• Experience in effectively managing stock levels and stock rotation.
• Computer literate - use of e-mail and Word.

Desirable

• Knowledge of health and safety at work regulations.
• Use of Excel.

Skills Essential

• Prioritising and managing own work load.
• Facilitating the development of junior colleagues.

Desirable

• Supervisory skills

Personal Skills Essential

• Flexible approach.
• Team worker.
• Polite and courteous.
• Punctual.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Good standard of general education.
• Numerate

Communication Essential

• Good written and verbal communication skills

Experience Essential

• Cleaning of NICU specific medical equipment, e.g., incubators.
• Stock management of supplies.
• Liaising with Stores with regards to stock levels.
• Liaising with consumable companies with regards to the ordering and delivery of supplies.
• Moving and handling.

Knowledge Essential

• Understanding the importance of patient confidentiality.
• Knowledge of infection control measures pertinent to a very high risk clinical environment.
• Experience in effectively managing stock levels and stock rotation.
• Computer literate - use of e-mail and Word.

Desirable

• Knowledge of health and safety at work regulations.
• Use of Excel.

Skills Essential

• Prioritising and managing own work load.
• Facilitating the development of junior colleagues.

Desirable

• Supervisory skills

Personal Skills Essential

• Flexible approach.
• Team worker.
• Polite and courteous.
• Punctual.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details Employer name

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Luton and Dunstable University Hospital

Lewsey Road

Luton

LU4 0DZ

Employer's website

https://www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk/working-here/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Luton and Dunstable University Hospital

Lewsey Road

Luton

LU4 0DZ

Employer's website

https://www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk/working-here/ (Opens in a new tab)