Head Housekeeper - Marlborough House

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About
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.

Key details
Location: Marlborough House
Address: Standing Way, Milton Keynes
Postcode: MK6 5LD
Contract type & working pattern: Permanent, Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 plus an RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum | pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 3)

Job Overview
We're recruiting for a Head Housekeeper to join our team at Marlborough House in Milton Keynes to oversee management and performance of the directly employed soft FM cleaning and porter staff. Marlborough House is a male only medium secure 28 bedded unit situated on the Milton Keynes General Hospital site.

You'll be working in conjunction with nursing staff to maintain a clean and safe environment. The service is responsible for maintaining patient rooms, public areas, and back of house areas such as linen room and laundry areas, according to the organisation's policies and procedures at a level that meets or exceeds National Cleanliness standards.

If you have good experience in housekeeping and want to make a difference to NHS services, we would love to hear from you!

This role includes an RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum on top of your salary

Responsibilities:

• Manage porters and cleaners and ensure that all service standards are met and maintained
• Carry out a localised induction with all new staff members
• Conduct managed staff
• Responsible for authorising annual leave and recording and managing sickness levels
• Ensure all staff mandatory and task specific training is completed in liaison with Facilities coordinator
• Support line manager with rotas and cleaning schedules
• Responsible for managing stock levels for cleaning consumables, linen and food stock levels and highlighting shortages to line manager to order

Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties

Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount
• Pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.

Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Experience
Essential criteria:

• Housekeeper experience

Desirable criteria:

• Food hygiene knowledge

Knowledge
Essential criteria:

• COSHH

Desirable criteria:

• Working with chemicals

For further details or informal visits contact:
Name: Jane Grimshaw
Job title: Facilities Support Manager
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: [phone]