Housekeeper

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a motivated individual to join the Emergency Department as a Housekeeper. This role involves providing essential support to nursing staff while ensuring a clean and safe environment for patients. You will work as part of a dedicated team, contributing to high standards of patient care in a busy and dynamic setting. If you possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and thrive in a collaborative environment, this position offers a fulfilling chance to make a difference in the lives of patients and their families. Join a leading healthcare provider committed to excellence and innovation in patient care.

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent is essential.
• Experience in an acute healthcare setting is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist in catering for patients and ensure nutritional needs are met.
• Support ward accreditation and audit processes.
• Maintain cleanliness and organization of non-medical equipment.

Skills

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

IT Skills

Ability to Work in a Team

Ability to Work on Own Initiative

Planning and Prioritizing Workload

Education

GCSE Level Education or Equivalent

Tools

Basic Computer Skills

Job description

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Information:

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the Emergency Department as a Housekeeper. The hours are 37.5 hours worked per week.

Starlight Unit provides care for a large number of paediatric patients and is a busy, demanding and exciting service. As a member of the Multi-Disciplinary Team you will be required to provide skilled, flexible support to the Nursing staff across all duties as prescribed by trained staff, in accordance with Trust policies and Guidelines. You will be required to give comprehensive and clinical support to staff in delivering high standards of patient care. As a Housekeeper, you support the senior nursing team by ensuring the ward is clean, safe, comfortable and conducive to patient care, which is beneficial for both patients and their visitors. This is a busy, physically active role which requires excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and IT skills. If you are highly motivated, work well within a team environment, and hold the essential skills and experience, please apply and join our successful organisation.

Main duties of the job

• You will assist in catering for patients, ensuring that their individual nutritional needs are met.
• Liaise with other departments as appropriate.
• Support ward accreditation and audit.
• Ensure all defects are logged via the appropriate Help Desk. Report, record, and sign off once completed.
• Ensure any all essential and non-medical equipment is in a clean condition and available for use.
• Ordering of equipment and uniforms.
• Undertaking audits such as room temperature recording and fridge temperature recordings on a daily basis.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford, and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate, so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness, and driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive, our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description and Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits, and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

• General Education Completed: Educated to a GCSE level or equivalent.

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of working in an acute healthcare/hospital setting undertaking a range of clinical commitments.
• Stock Management.
• Basic Computer Skills.

Skills

• Good written/verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative but recognise limitations and seek advice when required.
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to plan and prioritise workload.
• Committed to delivering high standards of care and work.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Able to relate confidently and professionally with members of the public and staff.

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.

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust