Housekeeper

Shropshire Community Health Nhs Trust; Bishop's Castle; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service provider is seeking a dedicated Housekeeper to provide holistic care in an acute setting. The role involves maintaining hygiene standards, supporting patients' nutritional needs, and contributing to the ward's smooth operation. Candidates ideally should have experience in healthcare and excellent communication skills. This position offers an opportunity to make a positive impact in the community.

Qualifications

• Experience in a healthcare environment is preferred.
• Ability to maintain hygiene and safety standards.
• Good communication skills to work with patients and staff.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe, clean, and tidy working environment for patients and staff.
• Provide non-clinical support to the ward team.
• Work within a patient environment and ensure Infection Control guidelines.
• Attend meetings and contribute to the smooth running of the ward.

Job description

Overview

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and, above all, values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicants who require this in order to have the right to work in the UK, providing that the role you have been offered meets the requirements set by the Home Office. Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) will need to meet the salary threshold of £41,700. For a limited number of clinical posts (listed here), applications to the Health and Care Visa route will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the minimum salary threshold of £25,000 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying. Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff. Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve. Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Role: Housekeeper

As a Housekeeper you will be providing holistic and person-centred care supporting community patients in an acute setting.

• To assist in maintaining a safe, clean, and tidy working environment for patients and staff, supporting nutritional needs of patients.
• To provide non-clinical support to the ward team.
• To work within a patient environment and have daily contact with patients and service users.
• To ensure Infection Control guidelines are adhered to.
• To work as part of the ward team, including attending necessary meetings, feeding back relevant information to support a safe and smooth running of the ward.