Housekeeper - Rainbow Ward

Wwl; Wigan; On-site; GBP 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team at an established healthcare provider, where your role as a housekeeper will be vital in maintaining high standards of cleanliness and safety for patients. This position requires a proactive approach and a commitment to delivering exceptional service across various wards. You will work closely with nursing staff to ensure a clean and welcoming environment, supporting the overall patient care experience. If you are enthusiastic, adaptable, and have a keen eye for detail, this opportunity offers a fulfilling way to contribute to patient well-being in a supportive NHS setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in a healthcare setting is preferred.
• Ability to work internal rotational shifts.

Responsibilities

• Assist in maintaining cleaning standards on the ward.
• Ensure the ward is safe and tidy at all times.
• Respect the privacy and dignity of patients.

Skills

Good communication skills

Teamwork

Interpersonal skills

Flexibility and adaptability

Education

Basic level qualifications or relevant experience

Job description

Main area Child Health Grade NHS AfC: Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

36 hours per week (Please note the shifts are 12 hours per day, 3 shifts per week over 7 days) Job ref 302-25-6908262S

Site Royal Albert Edward Infirmary Town Wigan Salary £23,615 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 20/02/2025 23:59

Choose Well - Choose WWL

Job overview

We wish to appoint a housekeeper to join Rainbow Ward within the Division of Surgery who has a 'can-do' approach, enthusiasm, high standards and understands the importance of a clean, well organised, equipped clinical area.

Working over 7 days.

If you wish to be considered for the position available please click apply now to complete an application form. Throughout the application form, and particularly in the supporting information, please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet each of the criteria on the person specification.

The role will require you to work across all areas in the Trust which includes those that are designated as positive, asymptomatic and negative COVID wards.

Please note this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of suitable applications are received.

Candidates will be required to present original certificates for qualifications at interview stage.

Main duties of the job

Function as a team member of the Multidisciplinary Team by assisting the Registered Nurse in the delivery of effective high quality patient care. All work undertaken by the post holder will be under direct supervision of the Registered Nurse.

• Assists in monitoring and maintaining cleaning standards on the ward ensuring general and specialist equipment are cleaned as policy
• Ensure the ward is safe and tidy at all times by dealing swiftly with spillages and removing clutter. Checking that notices/boards are tidy and that signage meets the required standard.
• Maintain the upkeep of patients’ bed areas ensuring specialist cleaning of surfaces, furnishings and isolation nursing areas are cleaned appropriately.
• Ensure the areas where food and beverages are served are clean and pleasant.
• Respect the privacy and dignity of patients whilst carrying out household duties and also maintaining the safety of patients property and belongings.

Working for our organisation

Choose Well – Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key results from the job holder

Cleaning Task/Duties

• Assists in monitoring and maintaining cleaning standards on the ward ensuring general and specialist equipment are cleaned as policy.
• Ensure the ward is safe and tidy at all times by dealing swiftly with spillages and removing clutter. Checking that notices/boards are tidy and that signage meets the required standard.
• Maintain the upkeep of patients’ bed areas ensuring specialist cleaning of surfaces, furnishings and isolation nursing areas are cleaned appropriately.
• Ensure the areas where food and beverages are served are clean and pleasant.
• Respect the privacy and dignity of patients whilst carrying out household duties and also maintaining the safety of patients property and belongings.
• Assist the patients to order food ensuring special requirements are taken into account so that dietary needs are met.
• Ensure that patients are given hand-washing facilities before serving food and beverages to them.
• Prepare and serve hot and cold drinks and food as requested co-ordinating extra requirements that may arise to offer a 24-hour snack service.
• Serve meals in conjunction with the Nursing Team ensuring patients intake is known and checking all food and beverages are served at the correct temperature according to food hygiene regulations.
• Ensure patients have any assistance they require to eat and drink monitoring intake and reporting to the Ward Nurse.
• Ensure patients whose fluid intake is not medically restricted have access to fresh water.
• Ensure the ward kitchen is clean at all times, checking refrigerated food is labelled and shelved as policy.
• Wash equipment/utensils used in preparation and serving of food and beverages.

Planning and Organisational Duties

• Evaluate the monitoring of the service delivery especially related to cleaning, food, linen and the environment at the agreed frequency informing the Ward Manager of outcomes so that action plans can be taken if needed.
• Liaise with Estates and Works Departments in respect of all maintenance issues.
• Plan the transport and disposal of clinical, domestic and confidential waste as per policy.
• Check the ward has sufficient stock to meet the patients and staff needs.
• Complete daily checking of equipment and returning of equipment no longer in use for reprocessing or storing safely in the correct place following decontamination, logging any defects.
• Maintain a cleaning and checking programme of all beds and mattresses in line with the policy.

Communications and Key Working Relationships

• To communicate effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure safe and high-quality care is provided to all patients.
• Maintain effective working relationships with ward colleagues particularly those highlighted within the organisational chart above.

Responsibility for Human Resources

• Adhere to Trust Policies, Procedures and Guidelines.
• Ensure compliance with Mandatory training requirements in accordance with Trust Policy.

Responsibility for Health & Safety

Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 – the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.

Responsibility for Teaching

• Attend mandatory training as directed by Trust.

Person specification

Additional

• Flexibility and adaptability to work on any ward and site in the Trust.
• Ability to work internal rotational shifts.
• Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.

Knowledge

• Demonstrate sound underpinning knowledge.

Skills

• Demonstrate good communication/team and interpersonal skills.

Experience

• Work experience within the role of housekeeper or similar appropriate post.
• Work experience in a healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• Evidence of basic level qualifications or able to demonstrate relevant experience.

Our Trust prefers candidates to submit applications online. Please contact the Recruitment Team on 01942 244000 if you have difficulty applying online.

The Trust reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated closing date if there is a high volume of applications.

We endeavour to inform all applicants of the outcome of their application by email or SMS text message.

Guidance on Completing Your Application

Applications are scored against the person specification, therefore we recommend that you use the supporting information section of your application form to demonstrate how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the role, providing illustrative examples where possible.

On-Call

Please note that some roles may require you to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.

WWL has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. and will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester Local Authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority; giving you access to our service-related benefits.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.