Housekeeper

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Salford; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Flexible working

Protected hours for wellbeing

Job summary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Housekeeper to support the District Nursing team. You will stock, maintain stores and equipment, and help keep the district nursing base clean, safe and well organized.

You will liaise across multi-agencies and multidisciplinary departments, work independently, and adapt to changing priorities to support patient-focused care. The role offers a friendly team, regular feedback, and a benefits package including generous annual leave, flexible

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to liaise across multi agencies and multidisciplinary departments.
• Ability to work independently and adapt to changing priorities.
• Able to work in an orderly and systematic manner.
• Good literacy and numeracy.
• IT skills.
• Strong communication and organisational abilities.
• Caring attitude and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Stocking up and maintaining stores.
• Maintenance of equipment.
• Ordering and maintaining stores including general housekeeping of the store room and district nursing base.
• Ensure the environment is clean, safe and organised.

Skills

Communication

Interagency liaison

Independent working

Organisational skills

IT literacy

Numeracy

Caring attitude

Teamwork

Tools

IT system use

Job description

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join The District Nursing team within the Northern Care Alliance. We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Housekeeper to provide efficient support to the district nursing team. You should possess excellent communication skills and the ability to liaise across multi agencies and multi-disciplinary departments. The ability to work independently and adapt to an environment of changing priorities is an essential component to consistently facilitate a patient focused approached. If you relate to the above qualities and are looking for a new challenge within a busy yet friendly environment, then we'd like to invite you to join our team and be a part of our journey to success. We strongly recommend an informal chat and/or visit. Unfortunately, this role does not meet the criteria required to qualify for sponsorship. You will be working with a fantastic and supportive team who will be happy to assist you as settle within the team. Regular feedback and one-to-one will be provided by your manager to ensure that you stay happy in your job. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Responsibilities

• stocking up
• maintenance of equipment
• ordering and maintaining stores also including general housekeeping of the store room and district nursing base
• Ensuring that the environment is clean, safe and organised

Requirements

• excellent communication skills
• ability to liaise across multi agencies and multi-disciplinary departments
• the ability to work independently and adapt to an environment of changing priorities
• ability to work in an orderly and systematic manner
• good literacy
• IT
• numeracy
• communication
• organisational skills
• caring attitude
• ability to work effectively under direction as part of a multidisciplinary team

Benefits

• a fantastic annual leave allowance
• flexible working opportunities
• protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care, appreciateandinspire- to join our team.