Housekeeper

Tripple Tree Ltd; Runcorn; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in mental health services is seeking a dedicated Housekeeper to join their inpatient team. In this role, you will play a vital part in ensuring a clean and therapeutic environment for service users while working alongside a skilled team. Your responsibilities will include ordering supplies, maintaining cleanliness, and supporting the nursing staff in delivering exceptional care. This dynamic position offers the chance to contribute to a positive atmosphere that promotes the well-being of patients and staff alike. If you are passionate about making a difference in a healthcare setting, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Enhanced DBS Check

Supportive team environment

Opportunity for professional development

Qualifications

• Experience in housekeeping or cleaning roles is preferred.
• Ability to work effectively within a team and communicate well.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a clean and safe environment for service users.
• Order supplies and monitor equipment to ensure functionality.
• Support nursing staff in delivering excellent care.

Skills

Housekeeping

Communication

Teamwork

Attention to Detail

Time Management

Education

No formal education required

Tools

Cleaning Equipment

Food Storage Systems

Job description

We are seeking an individual to join our inpatient mental health service in our newly developed Housekeeper role.

As a Housekeeper under the supervision of the Registered Nurse and Nursing team, you will support in ensuring a clean and safe environment where the individual needs of our service users are met in a timely and effective manner utilising best practice.

Working as part of the team, you will assist in maintaining a clean and therapeutic environment, ensuring supplies and equipment are ordered in a timely manner, monitoring and ensuring equipment is fit for purpose, as well as welcoming and greeting visitors to the ward.

You will enjoy working as part of a highly skilled and motivated team within a dynamic and busy environment to deliver excellent care.

This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check. Successful candidates will be required to pay for the cost of the DBS Disclosure which is £44.00, the cost of which will be deducted from first salary.

Registration with the DBS update service is mandatory for new starters in those roles that require an Enhanced DBS.

The main duties of the role involve:

1. Ordering supplies/equipment
2. Monitoring and maintaining equipment
3. Maintaining a clean and safe environment
4. General housekeeping and admin duties

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Meeting Nutritional Needs:

1. To promote a pleasant environment for eating, i.e. remove any clutter from tables.
2. Take responsibility for food stores, ensuring it is clean at all times, i.e. discard out of date food, stock rotation.
3. To ensure temperature of ward fridge is monitored as per trust policy.
4. To ensure food in fridge is labelled and stored correctly.
5. To take responsibility for the staff fridge, i.e. discard out of date food.

Maintaining the Environment:

1. To establish a pleasant and welcoming atmosphere to patients, visitors, and staff.
2. To carry out monitoring of service and equipment.
3. To establish delivery related to cleaning, food, linen and the environment, with particular attention to the bathrooms and toilets (at agreed intervals).
4. To ensure all requirements for maintenance/repairs to equipment are reported in a timely manner to Estates.
5. To monitor response times for maintenance and report any issues to the Team Manager.
6. To maintain the cleanliness of all nursing equipment and trolleys.
7. To liaise with staff following the discharge of a patient with regards to the cleaning of the bed/bedroom in preparation for a new admission.
8. Check curtains/blinds are in good working order and rectify any faults.
9. To ensure that all alcohol gel dispensers are cleaned and replenished.
10. Monitor that correct waste management is being adhered to, especially confidential waste.
11. Keep notice boards tidy and check that all posters/flyers are laminated and in date.
12. Keep patient information boards and displays up to date and clean and tidy.

Clinical Responsibilities:

1. Work collaboratively within the Care team to ensure that service user’s needs are met.
2. Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
3. Report any concern regarding service user care to the Qualified Practitioner.
4. Support an individual’s equality, diversity and rights.

General Duties:

1. To ensure personal privacy, dignity and confidentiality is maintained at all times.
2. To assist with bed making, where appropriate, ensuring an adequate supply of linen is available at all times.
3. Liaise with domestic supervisor when deep cleaning is needed.
4. Ensure any items of broken or severely soiled furniture are reported to the Team Manager and collection and disposal arranged.
5. To receive and welcome visitors.
6. To respond to telephone calls in a courteous manner.
7. To receive and pass information to others, maintaining confidentiality.
8. To ensure cost effective use of resources.
9. To respond to patient concerns through communication with nursing staff.
10. To promote effective communication with patients, colleagues, other professionals and visitors to the trust.
11. Maintain a professional image at all times.