Housekeeper – Paediatric Assessment Unit | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 19 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,720 per annum inclusive of HCAs (pro-rata) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 19 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, N18 1QX |
| Company: | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7266629/391-NMUH-7266629 |
Summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic candidate to join our Paediatric Assessment Unit Team on a permanent contract working 2x days per week as rostered to provide housekeeping services to all patients, visitors, and staff on the unit.
This role will require the postholder to work occasionally on weekends and bank holidays.
The housekeeper’s main tasks will concentrate on the catering service ensuring the Paediatric Assessment Unit is a warm, comfortable, clean, and welcoming environment, and will assist in ensuring that patient needs are met.
Daily Objectives;
• Linen – Sufficient clean linen must be available on the ward to meet patient and staff needs at all times, with issues raised to the Ward Manager.
• Environment – There must be a high standard of cleanliness throughout the ward to assist with minimising the risk of infection with patients treated within an environment that is welcoming and complies with all Health & Safety legislation.
• Catering – To provide a catering service as required.
• Customer Care – All patients are entitled to receive the highest standard of care, and all individual privacy and dignity must be respected at all times.
• Communication – Effective communication must be used to ensure continuity of patient care.
• Equipment – All equipment must be kept in good working order, with any issues raised to the Ward Manager to ensure repairs are undertaken.
• Supplies - To assist in the maintenance of correct supply levels.
NMUH North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond. Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing. We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families. For more information, please access the following link:https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/
A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.
This advert closes on Thursday 3 Jul 2025