Housekeeper - Theatres

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Theatre Support role in Knowsley, United Kingdom. The post involves indirect patient care under supervision and maintaining the tidiness and safety of the operating theatre department at Whiston Hospital.

You will work with the multidisciplinary team to manage household tasks, stock, and cleanliness across theatres and related areas, ensuring privacy and safety for patients and staff at all times.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of the multi-disciplinary team undertaking household support tasks
• Accept responsibility for delegated functions within theatres suitable for untrained staff
• Ensure the health and safety of patients and staff at all times
• Protect patient privacy and confidentiality at all times
• Assist with maintaining stock levels in theatres for clinical and non-clinical items
• Ensure theatre supplies are stored properly and inventories align with stock levels set by the materials management team
• Check stock against delivery notes and store on receipt from logistics; report discrepancies
• Rotate stock according to expiry dates and keep theatre areas clean and tidy
• Maintain staff changing rooms
• Keep the scrubs holding area clean and tidy

Job description

The post holder may be involved in all aspects of indirect patient care under direct supervision of the team leader. Also ensuring the tidiness and appearance of the operating theatre department at Whiston Hospital is maintained to high standard and safe working practices which is conducive for the patient.,

• To work as part of the multi-disciplinary team undertaking household support tasks
• To accept responsibility for specifically delegated functions within theatres which the Team Leader feels are appropriate for untrained staff to undertake.
• To ensure the health and Safety of patients and staff are considered at all times
• To ensure that privacy and confidentiality of patients is paramount and is not compromised.
• To be aware and assist with maintaining stock levels in theatres for clinical and non-clinical items,
• Ensure that theatre supplies are appropriately stored and that stocks are at the levels set by the materials management tea
• All stock is to be checked against delivery note and put away when brought from logistics on a weekly/daily basis and ensure correct correspondence with purchase invoices and report any discrepancies
• To ensure stock is rotated according to their expiry dates. To ensure the theatre department including non-clinical areas are clean and tidy at all times.
• To maintain staff changing room.
• To ensure the scrubs holding area is clean and tidy at all times. Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.