Housekeepers

Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking Housekeepers to support nursing staff by maintaining cleanliness and preparing meals for patients. The role requires attention to detail, flexibility, and an understanding of health and safety procedures. Housekeepers will work in a dynamic environment, ensuring high standards of hygiene and patient confidentiality while promoting a diverse workplace. Opportunities for flexible work arrangements are available.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in a cleaning or similar role is preferable.
• Ability to work in a busy environment with constant distractions.
• Commitment to confidentiality and high standards of hygiene.

Responsibilities

• Support Nursing Staff in maintaining cleanliness of all areas.
• Prepare and serve meals following safety guidelines.
• Monitor and record food and fridge temperatures.

Skills

Attention to detail

Flexible work attitude

Understanding of health and safety procedures

Job description

Housekeepers support the Nursing Staff to provide an appropriate environment for patient care. Duties will include general cleaning of all Ward/Departmental areas and the preparation and presentation and service of patient's meals and beverages.

Housekeepers will be expected to demonstrate a flexible attitude to their work to meet the needs of the Ward and the Patients.

Housekeepers are expected to work in a controlled and systematic way in an environment where there may be constant distractions and contact with service users displaying disturbed and challenging behaviour on a frequent basis.

Cleaning Responsibilities

• Cleaning in all areas to the agreed NHS specification (including but not limited to National Standards of Cleanliness, CQC outcomes and PLACE) and in line with local schedules.
• Areas will include but not be limited to service user bedrooms, communal areas, sanitary areas, clinic rooms, kitchens, offices, corridors.
• To replenish stocks of disposable items, i.e.: paper hand towels, soap.
• Working in accordance with all relevant Health and safety procedures at all times e.g. COSHH, Manual Handling.

Food and Dining Duties

1. Receipt of chilled meals and stores, checking for quantity, quality. Signing for all goods received, temperature checking chilled and frozen foods and recording the temperatures. Ensuring any unacceptable temperatures are reported to the Hotel Services Supervisor.
2. To ensure the correct storage and rotation of chilled meals and stores.
3. Regeneration of chilled/frozen meals, according to guidelines and food safety instructions. Under Nursing supervision to serve all meals, ensuring correct portioning and presentation of meals.
4. Monitoring, recording of food temperatures, taking remedial action as required. Monitoring and recording of fridge and freezer temperatures.
5. Washing by machine all crockery, cutlery and utensils.

General Duties

1. Ensuring the security of all stock, monitoring stock levels and reordering on a top up basis.
2. Reporting maintenance faults to the Hotel Services Office in accordance with local procedure.
3. Undertaking flushing of water outlets in accordance with the agreed schedule. Completion of flushing records.
4. Assisting with the refitting of anti-ligature dispenser holders as appropriate.
5. Maintain high standards of personal hygiene.
6. Ensure all information appertaining to patients and staff is kept confidential.
7. Any other duties within the hotel services functions as may reasonably be requested and as appropriate to band.

We are proud to be fostering a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. A key commitment to this is improving staff representation from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, those from the LGBTQ+ communities, people with 'lived-experience' of mental health conditions and people living with disabilities,- we are a "Disability Confident Employer" offering a guaranteed interview to Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. This includes people with a variety of disabilities and neurodivergent conditions (for example autism, ADHD, sensory, physical and learning disabilities).

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.

About AWP

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.