Housekeeper

Manchester Royal Eye Hospital; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job description

NHS AfC: Band 2

Main area: Maternity

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 2

Contract: Permanent

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

Job ref: 349-SMH-7133498*

Site: Saint Mary's Maternity Unit

Town: Manchester

Salary: £24,169 per annum, pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 30/04/2025 23:59

Job Overview

Are you looking for a new challenge? We are seeking an enthusiastic and committed Housekeeper to join our team on the Delivery Unit. This is an exciting and key role in which you will work closely with the maternity and domestic staff to ensure a safe, clean and organised ward.

You will provide close support to the maternity team by maintaining high standards of infection control. Confident, competent, self-motivated and enthusiastic are all attributes required for these positions as well as the ability to work as part of the team. You must be able to communicate effectively with patients, clinicians and other healthcare professionals and demonstrate very high standards.

In return, we will provide you with a full induction and support you with a personal development plan and ongoing training when required. You will also benefit from being an employee for a large Trust and so be made aware of up and coming projects and opportunities that there may be.

Main Duties of the Job

You will take responsibility for ensuring that all medical equipment is clean and well maintained and liaise with the domestic supervisors and staff to ensure cleaning is of a high standard. You will play an essential role during work hours, ensuring the ward is patient friendly, water dispensers are clean and well stocked with cups, and waiting areas are well maintained for public use. You will take responsibility for ensuring the delivery unit has adequate equipment and stock. You will undertake reporting any estates work and requests for portering services.

In addition, you will be responsible for assisting the team in continuous quality improvement work by undertaking audits on the Department. The role also entails keeping ward information boards up to date, and friends & family feedback is maintained.

You might already have some experience in a similar role and good communication skills are a must. You must be able to empathise with and consider patients as you go about your duties; you will have an organised and positive approach to ensure the tasks at hand are carried out in a timely, effective manner. You need to be dynamic in your approach, willing to learn, and able to work well within the team or independently.

Working for Our Organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Basic level maths and English

Essential Criteria

• Experience not essential, but good communication/Educated to GCSE level or equivalent

Desirable Criteria

• GCSE/equivalent, demonstration of experience in communication

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant Requirements

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.

Documents to Download

• Housekeeper (PDF, 400.4KB)
• Functional requirements form v8 (PDF, 933.6KB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)

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Further Details / Informal Visits Contact

Name: Kirsti Redfern

Job title: Matron

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 0161 701 1989