Housekeeper

Wales Medicines Strategy Group; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 24,000

Job description

Main area: Housekeeper Grade NHS AfC: Band 2

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Working predominantly Monday to Friday)

Job ref: 190-8985-DIR

Employer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Weston Park Hospital

Town: Sheffield

Salary: £23,615 pa/pro rata for part time staff

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 06/04/2025 23:59

Interview date: 16/04/2025

NHS AfC: Band 2

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated. While you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages, and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our department for a housekeeper post to work alongside our clinical team helping us to provide a clean, safe, and comfortable environment for our patients.

The post will require the applicant to work on Ward 2 at Weston Park Hospital.

You will be assisting the Nursing team to provide high quality care to our patients by ensuring that:

• Patients are cared for in a well maintained environment that is safe, welcoming, comfortable, and reassuring.
• There is a high standard of cleanliness.
• Patients are provided with good quality food and drinks, where appropriate.
• All equipment is in good working order.
• There is enough clean linen to meet patient needs.
• Patients are cared for in an environment that minimises the risk of cross infection.
• Effective communication is used to ensure continuity of patient care.
• Patients are assured that the care environment complies with health and safety regulations.
• Patients are confident that supplies are available at all times.
• Complete Patient property lists.
• Patients' privacy and dignity are respected at all times.
• Patients and carers receive a level of customer care relevant to their needs.

Main duties of the job

• Clean and tidy bed areas, including beds and equipment, at least once per shift and always following patient discharge.
• In conjunction with domestic staff, ensure that the cleanliness of the ward and staff areas meet the standards set by Matron / Senior Sister.
• Liaise with the catering department or dietician as and when appropriate.
• Ensure all faulty equipment is decontaminated and relevant documentation completed before being sent for repair.
• Ensure adequate supplies of clean linen are available and that stock levels are maintained as required.
• Respect patients’ privacy and dignity at all times.
• Participate in the provision of a level of customer care relevant to the needs of patients and carers.
• Contribute to the promotion of a safe working environment and participate in Moving and Handling including patient movement and movement of patients in beds, Food Hygiene, Waste Management, and Fire Safety practices.
• In conjunction with the ward staff, contribute to the reduction of hospital acquired infection by ensuring that all infection control standards for ward and personal hygiene are maintained.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation that values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals is a large NHS Foundation Trust. You will be working on the assessment unit at the Weston Park Hospital.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths & English Grade 4/C or equivalent experience/qualifications

Experience

• A particular interest in working in an Oncology environment
• Experience of working in a hospital environment fulfilling domestic or housekeeper duties
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Organised approach to work and time management
• Able to work on own and within a team

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When selecting to apply via NHS Jobs, you will be redirected to our preferred recruitment system called Trac. You will be asked to create and submit your application via the Trac recruitment system.

You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. All communications should be sent via your Trac system account.

If you are offered employment at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, your information will be transferred from the Trac recruitment system into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.

Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email sent via the Trac recruitment system; please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.

The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position, please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full-time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition, for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered; please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check, and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Amanda Traynor

Job title: Senior Sister

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 0114 2265307

Please contact any of the Junior Sisters on Ward 2 for further information on 0114 2265307.