Housekeeper | London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 19 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £26,696 per annum inclusive of HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 May 2024 |
| Location: | Harrow, HA1 3UJ |
| Company: | London North West Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6202873/337-NP-7678NO |
Summary
Join Our Team as a Motivated Housekeeper at Northwick Park Hospital's Ambulatory care SDEC!
Are you a dedicated and hard-working individual seeking a rewarding opportunity in the healthcare sector? We have an exciting opening for a Housekeeper to join our esteemed Ambulatory care SDEC unit at Northwick Park Hospital. Be part of our team that is making a real difference in patient care!
As a Housekeeper, you will be an integral part of our dedicated team, ensuring a clean, safe, and hygienic environment for our patients and staff. Excellent communication skills in spoken and written English are essential, as you will collaborate closely with healthcare professionals and provide essential support to our patients.
Familiarity with Trust ICT applications, such as NHS Mail, , ELMS, and eProcurement, is desirable, and proficiency in using MS Word and Excel will be advantageous.
Key responsibilities include :
• Maintaining a clean, tidy, safe and pleasant environment for patients and staff in line with infection control and CQC requirements.
• Ensuring the ward environment adheres to Health & Safety, Fire and COSHH policies and standards - maintaining required documentation.
• Ordering, storage and topping up of ward stock including daily supplies, specialist equipment, mattresses, PPE and documentation. Prompt escalation of shortages or concerns.
• Undertaking regular environment and equipment checks and audits escalating and documenting concerns and action taken.
• Undertaking cleaning inspections with domestic supervisor, ward manager or matron; ensuring remedial actions taken as required.
• Prompt reporting and tracking of equipment maintenance requirements with EBME.
• Assisting patients with dietary needs including menu ordering and feeding patients (following training).
• Preparation of beds and bed spaces before and after patient admissions.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUH) is one of the integrated NHS Trusts in the country. Our team of more than 8,000 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of approximately one million people providing hospital services to the people of Brent, Harrow and beyond.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
To find out more about our Trust, why not view our videowe are London North West University Healthcare
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation; we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
To view detailed responsibilities, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification
This advert closes on Friday 3 May 2024