housekeeper

ESSEX PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health care trust in Chelmsford is hiring for a position focused on maintaining cleanliness in patient areas and supporting the clinical team. Candidates must be detail-oriented with good communication skills, eager to uphold health and safety practices, and willing to engage in ongoing training. This role is pivotal in ensuring a safe and welcoming environment for patients and staff alike. The position also offers several employee benefits including generous holiday allowances and a strong support system.

Benefits

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Excellent pension up to 14.5%

Staff discounts including NHS offers

Relocation package up to £8K

Interest-free season ticket loans

Flexible working available

Qualifications

• Understanding of health and safety policies.
• Awareness of hygiene practices and infection control.
• Willingness to undertake mandatory training.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of cleanliness in patient areas.
• Support nursing staff in addressing patient needs.
• Ensure proper waste management according to policies.
• Complete mandatory training to ensure compliance.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Teamwork

Knowledge of infection control

Job description

To work as part of the team within Edward House you will be supporting the Ward Manager, Charge Nurses and Ward Staff in maintaining the ward environment, liaising closely with the Estates Team and the Estates Help Desk, ensuring that all issues pertaining the patients' environment and needs are dealt with efficiently., + Support clinical staff by addressing the non-clinical needs of the patients in achieving an excellent level of customer service, by ensuring that the patient environment is a welcoming, clean, comfortable, and safe.

Working for our organisation

Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
• We run recognition awards to recognise staff's hard work and dedication.

Key Responsibilities

1. To work with the domestic staff allocated to your ward(s) to ensure that there is a high standard of cleanliness.
2. Spot clean and ensure spillages are dealt with swiftly and efficiently
3. Bring to the attention of nursing staff any shortfalls in cleanliness of patient equipment.
4. Undertake cleaning of spillage's, including body fluids in line with Trust infection control policies and procedures
5. An awareness of all infection control issues
6. Arrange for specialist cleaning as and when required, i.e. carpet cleaning, deep cleaning.
7. Address that the patient has all toiletry requisites
8. Responsible for keeping the unit tidy by encouraging both staff and patients to be aware of the standards expected by PLACE.
9. Ensure that segregation and disposal of waste is disposed of according to the Trust's Waste Management Policy
10. Take responsibility to ensure that mandatory training is up to date
11. Able to access and keep self-updated via eLearning/OLM
12. Awareness of one's own self-development needs and attend appropriate course as agreed at appraisal
13. Attend in-service and other training as required, including food hygiene, infection control
14. Awareness of the Trust's Health and Safety Policy, ensuring that a full understanding of the duty of care to patients, visitors, other members of staff and you is upheld as at all times.
15. To liaise with clinical staff and the catering Department to ensure that patient's dietary needs are catered for wherever possible.

Important note: please ensure that as part of your application, you include professional references with business contact information covering your last three years of employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.

As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email [email protected] and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre-employment checks.

Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered 'suitable alternative employment' to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.

Our Trust cares for more than 100,000 patients at any one time across our community health, mental health and learning disability services across Essex and parts of Bedfordshire and Suffolk.

We want you to be part of our journey of transformation, where our patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do and to achieve our vision to be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care.

You'll be part of a Trust where you will be supported to be your authentic self and be the best you can be, where we will help you to grow, develop and thrive.

The Trust is recognised by the University of Essex and is a top provider of apprenticeships for people looking to be an assistant practitioner, senior health care support worker (CAP). Our trailblazing CAP apprenticeship won a national HSJ Award.

We are also recognised as a Veteran Aware Trust and holder of gold accreditation from the Ministry of Defence Employment Recognition Scheme. Our services are highlighted as an exemplar of good practice, producing the best care for more than 3.500 armed forces veterans in the past seven years.

We have been shortlisted and won national awards. We are an inclusive organisation and Level 3 Disability Confident Leader Trust.

We are constantly innovating and looking for new ways to deliver care, such as using technology to enhance patient care and working with partners to launch new services such as the Basildon Mental Health Urgent Care Department, virtual hospitals and falls response cars.

Join us and you'll do the best work of your life - and make a difference to other people's lives. What we do together, matters.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service.
• Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts including Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us.
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.
• Flexible working: available from day one for most roles.

Work that wraps around your needs

Work that wraps around your needs