Senior Housekeeper

NHS; Oxford; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job description

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Part Time Senior Housekeeper to join Tom's Ward in the Children Hospital.

We are looking for an enthusiastic person with excellent organisational skills to join our team. The main focus of this role is to maintain a pleasant and welcoming environment for children and families by ensuring the unit is kept clean, tidy and well stocked. The role also involves helping the nursing team with the delivery of patient food and beverages.

If you are a highly motivated, compassionate individual with a desire to progress and develop your skills within a superb environment, we would welcome your application. We are very proud of our Children's Hospital and services and would be very glad to show you around if you would like an informal visit.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the Housekeeper are to work as an integral part of the ward team ensuring a high-quality service and environment for patients and liaising with other departments such as cleaning coordinators, nursing team, and estates in doing so.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training, and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington, and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards, and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues, and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

In 2023, NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles.

Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.

If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

Job responsibilities

The main responsibilities of Housekeepers are:

• To work as an integral part of the Ward team ensuring a high-quality service to patients and to provide a service that ensures that the patients' needs are satisfied and Ward requirements are met.
• To assist the Ward Manager to ensure the appropriate and effective delivery of facilities services in order to properly maintain the patient environment.
• To supervise an effective waste segregation and disposal service ensuring compliance with all relevant procedures and legislation.
• To work effectively as part of the ward/department team.

A detailed Job description and person specification is attached.

Person Specification

Interview criteria

• Literate, articulate, and numerate.
• Effective use of spoken English.
• Knowledge of COSHH and Infection Control Policies or ability to undertake training in this area.
• Basic Computer Skills.
• Experience in the acute NHS.
• Previous experience as Housekeeper or in a similar role.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£24,625 to £25,674 a year (Salary shown as full time)