About this role
Job summary
Woodbridge Ward are looking for a committed, enthusiastic and highly motivated housekeeper to join us.
You will be an integral part of the team ensuring a high quality service to patients. Excellent communication skills are vital as the role includes liaising with Estates and Facilities, EME and working closely with nursing and Sodexo staff.
The Housekeeper role will have the responsibility for maintaining high standards of cleanliness of clinical equipment specified and the cleanliness of areas where the equipment is stored and those areas that fall outside of the Sodexo Contract.
You will be responsible for the co-ordination of all patient facilities in the ward area ensuring a clean, safe and comfortable environment.
Supporting the ward area by ensuring equipment is well maintained and stock levels are closely monitored.
Main duties of the job
To ensure cleanliness of clinical equipment when not in patient use. To report any failure, repair or maintenance needed to any equipment and to arrange maintenance to be undertaken. To restock equipment as required. To establish a pleasant and welcoming environment for patients, visitors and staff. To assist in monitoring and maintaining cleaning standards on the ward highlighting concerns to ward sister if necessary.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Job description Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Working in a healthcare environment Working with people
Desirable
Working within a ward environment
Qualifications Essential
Good standard of numeracy and literacy
Desirable
Health & Safety qualification Education to GCSE/NVQ or equivalent
Knowledge Essential
Patient confidentiality Customer Care training Awareness of Hospital infection control policy
Desirable
Health & Safety
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 details Employer name East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address Ipswich Hospital
Ipswich
IP4 5PD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)