Housekeeper

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Full time

Job summary

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a hospital housekeeper to maintain clean and hygienic patient areas, including bedrooms, bathrooms and communal spaces. The role involves cleaning, kitchen and dining areas, and assisting with meal service for service users.

You will need to be caring, well organised, hardworking and a team player. Strong emphasis on infection control and safe handling of cleaning chemicals.

Qualifications

• Must have caring personality.
• Organised, hardworking and a team player.

Responsibilities

• Clean bedrooms, bathrooms, corridors, dining rooms, kitchens and service areas.
• Ensure patient areas are clean and hygienic for safe stays.
• Store housekeeping equipment and chemicals safely.

Job description

Housekeepers have lots of different roles, everyone one of them are very important, but cleaning and infection control, is at the top of the list, making sure your kitchen area is hygienic, the bedrooms are clean , bathrooms spotless, communal areas are clean and tidy, all these things are part of your daily routine, but no two days are usually the same., Housekeepers are involved in cleaning of bedrooms, bathrooms, corridors, dining rooms, kitchens service areas and everywhere in between.

They are also responsible for making all patient areas in hospitals clean and hygienic, so everyone has a safe and comfortable stay.

A hospital housekeeper is responsible for properly storing housekeeping equipment and chemicals safely.

Our housekeepers are also responsible for cooking and serving meals for the service users we have staying with us.

You will need to have an understanding and caring personality for this role,

But also be organised, hardworking, and a team player.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We strongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.

You will need to have an understanding and caring personality for this role,

But also, be organised, hardworking, and a team player.

We a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.