Job summary
- Main area
- Urgent Care
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Includes weekends)
- Job ref
- 210-2024-523
- Employer
- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Countess of Chester Hospital
- Town
- Chester
- Salary
- £22,383 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Housekeeper AMU
Band 2
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, staff pride themselves on not only leading through clinical excellence, but also by creating an environment where all staff are valued and appreciated. To achieve this, the Trust has embarked on an exciting new strategy focused on continuous improvement.
Our vision is to improve the lives of our community and provide excellence in healthcare, through partnership and innovation
Our High Performance Culture will support everyone to be the best version of themselves by being true to our Trust vision, values and behaviors.
We welcome applications from colleagues from our local and neighbouring communities of all backgrounds and identities, who are currently under-represented within our region such as Black, Asian, Minority ethnic and those with disabilities.
As a region we are reviewing the way we work, and exploring how new working practices that support flexible working can create a positive work-life balance. As part of our recruitment process we will explore how our inclusive employment policies, flexible working, staff engagement forums, Trust facilities and services can be of mutual benefit.
Job overview
Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week
An exciting new post is now available for a band 2 Housekeeper to work alongside our established housekeeper in the Acute Medical unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to carry out various tasks such as monitoring and supporting patients with their menu choices, liaising with nurses, and other multi disciplinary team members in the unit, ensuring patients are provided with supplies as needed, daily and weekly stock checking and maintaining equipment and dealing with maintenance issues. The post holder will be responsible for generally keeping the AMU environment in a tidy, uncluttered and safe state at all times.
The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills as part of the role will be making and receiving telephone calls. The post holder must have the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
A positive and enthusiastic attitude is essential, experience as a housekeeper is desirable.
- Being a key member of the AMU team
- A friendly and supportive working environment
- Excellent holiday entitlements 27 days + bank holidays rising to 33 after 10 years’ service (pro rata)
- Competitive pension scheme
- Staff support, health and wellbeing opportunities & other employee benefits
This post will require weekend work.
Working for our organisation
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person specification
Qualifications & Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous work / life experience requiring involvement with the public setting
Desirable criteria
- Basic understanding of NHS issues
- Basic IT skills
- An understanding of Organisation of nursing care
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients/relatives and others of varying levels of understanding
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting.
- Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy.
Desirable criteria
- Able to develop skills to organise and prioritise own workload.
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ariana Sempere
- Job title
- Ward manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01244362958
- Additional information
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