Senior Housekeeper

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated House Keeper to join the ward team. The role focuses on maintaining a clean, welcoming environment for patients and their families, and assisting with the delivery of meals and beverages.

You will work within the SEU wards as part of a housekeeping team, support the nursing staff, and help ensure stock is well managed and areas are well maintained.

Qualifications

• Experience in housekeeping or hospital environment preferred.
• Strong guest/patient service orientation.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Keep ward unit clean, tidy and presentable.
• Assist with ordering and delivering meals and beverages.
• Maintain stock levels and tidy away supplies.
• Support nursing team and contribute to audits.
• Report maintenance needs and ensure equipment is safe.

Skills

Excellent organisational skills

Excellent communication

Job description

The main duties of House keeper is to work as an integral part of the ward team ensuring a high quality service and environment to patients and liaise with, nursing team, patients and families.

Keeping unit clean and tidy, assisting with order food and beverages for patients, ensuring stock is adequately ordered and tidied away, working as part of a housekeeper team across the SEU wards, regular audits, supporting nursing team, reporting and maintenance of area including equipment.

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 patients and families by ensuring the unit is kept clean, tidy and well stocked. The role also involves supporting the nursing team with the delivery of patient food and beverages.

The successful applicant will be proactive and able to work with the public in a fast-paced environment, with excellent communication and organisational skills. The successful applicant will also work well with our well-established housekeeping team across the SEU wards, to ensure the efficient working across all departments.

If you are highly motivated, compassionate, with a desire to progress and develop your skills within a challenging working environment, we would welcome your application.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis 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.

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 thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand 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 theOUH YouTube channel.