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Job summary

Main area
Corporate
Grade
Band 3
Contract
12 months (12 months secondment)
Hours
5 sessions per week (Full Time 37.5 hours per week)
Job ref
820-6224993-COR-B
Employer
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Moseley Hall Hospital
Town
Birmingham
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 Per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
26/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

Band 3 Senior Housekeeper (Supervisor)

Band 3

Job overview

The Senior Housekeeper is responsible for a high quality housekeeping service and ensuring the service promotes patient care on the hospital site. We are looking to appoint one Senior Housekeeper within a 12 months  secondment post  to work within our Facilities team at BCHC Foundation Trust. The vacancy will be based predominantly Moseley Hall Hospital  however you will need to have a flexible approach as you may be required to cover other colleagues across sites should the service demand it.  We are one team and our service has to continue for the wellbeing of the patient

Monday to Sunday over a 5 day period (alternate weekends, possibly 1 in 3) 

 

Main duties of the job

To work within the Trust Facilities Management structure to ensure that the housekeeping service supports its clinical colleagues, ensuring it integrates with Nursing in its provision of care and specifically Infection, Prevention and Control.  Key skills here include the ability to work in an effective and efficient manner whilst integrating and supporting the Facilities services within the clinical teams at the location.

We are looking for forward thinking and innovative individuals with a passion for helping others in an organisation dedicated to making people well.

BCHC delivers a range of healthcare services across a number of sites and specialties.

 

Working for our organisation

IMPORTANT

  • Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process
  • Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You must adhere to HACCP and COSHH and any other relevant National and Trust policies and procedures. Serving meals and beverages to patients in inpatient areas which may include basic preparation of items.  Assisting in ward kitchen areas.  Planning, provision and monitoring of specialized cleans (deep cleans) of patient and in-patient areas across sites as per instruction from Infection Prevention Control Team.  There is also an element of cash handling and paperwork completion.  You will need to adhere to CQC, environmental health, catering and Trust legislation and standards.

Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

Knowledge of Confidentiality/Safeguarding/Infection Control/Health and Safety. Worked/working in a NHS or Healthcare setting with patient contact.

Person specification

Qualifications / training

Essential criteria
  • Level 2 Food Hygiene
  • British Institute of Cleaning Science qualification or equivalent or relevant experience
  • Hold or working towards Institute of Leadership and Management qualification level 3, NVQ Level 3 in Facilities Management or equivalent or significant supervisory experience

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Relevant experience in supervising facilities services in a healthcare environment
  • Experience of developing good relationships with stakeholders
  • Experience in the implementation and on-going supervision of facilities related to risk management policies and procedures.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of handling confidential and sensitive information at a site level.

Skills/knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working in a Facilities related service in healthcare
  • Ability to deliver to national cleaning specifications
  • Excellent communication skills, oral and written.
  • Able to deliver training and instruction to staff in best practice and methods of work.
  • Reliable, friendly, approachable, flexible and able to motivate and lead by example.
  • Performance orientated /customer focused
Desirable criteria
  • Be prepared to deliver staff meetings

Personal qualities

Essential criteria
  • Leadership skills with the ability to motivate others reporting directly to the role.
  • To be a good team player and be able to work with managers in the directorate.
  • To display a range of qualities that engender a high degree of confidence, trust and credibility from clinical and facilities colleagues.
  • Can motivate self and colleagues to think laterally and imaginatively about service development opportunities.
  • Excellent organisational Skills.
  • Adaptable and resilient having a flexible approach to working within a rapidly changing environment
  • Demonstrate empathy towards all client groups.

Other job requirements

Essential criteria
  • Able to travel between Trust sites and attend meetings/cover sites at a local level

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Valentina Sabau
Job title
Housekeeping Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0121 466 6670
Additional information

For further details / informal visits contact:

 [email protected]     or 0121 466  6670

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