Housekeeping Assistant

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Christchurch; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust in Christchurch is seeking Housekeeping Assistants to join #TeamUHD. You’ll be part of a motivated team that keeps wards and theatres clean and well maintained, ensuring patient flow and a high standard of domestic service for patients, staff and visitors.

You will be organised, able to communicate effectively, and prepared to contribute to a service supporting patient care across Clinical and Non-Clinical areas.

Responsibilities

• To work as part of a team or alone, providing a high standard of domestic service to patients, staff and visitors within Clinical/Non-Clinical Wards/Departments and Theatres.
• Delivering prioritised cleans, ensuring patient flow throughout the hospitals.

Job description

Do you have a can-do attitude and take pride in your work? University Hospitals Dorset are looking for Housekeeping Assistants to join #TeamUHD. We are looking for a highly motivated and organised persons, who will become part of a team of Housekeeping Assistants who facilitate the flow of patients throughout the hospital. You'll be organised and able to communicate effectively - ensuring wards and departments are cleaned and maintained to a high standard. Duties include:

• To work as part of a team or alone, providing a high standard of domestic service to patients, staff and visitors within Clinical/Non-Clinical Wards/Departments and Theatres.
• Delivering prioritised cleans, ensuring patient flow throughout the hospitals., To work as part of a team or alone, providing a high standard of domestic service to patients, staff and visitors within Clinical/Non-Clinical Wards/Departments and Theatres.
  Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
• Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.