Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Housekeeper
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday)
- Job ref
- 321-NOTSS-6375165-B3
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- John Radcliffe Hospital
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Housekeeper
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Senior Housekeeper to join the Paediatric Critical Care Unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
We are looking for an enthusiastic person with excellent organisational skills to join our team. The main focus of this role is to maintain a pleasant and welcoming environment for children and families by ensuring the unit is kept clean, tidy and well stocked. The role also involve helping the nursing team with the delivery of patient food and beverages.
If you are a highly motivated, compassionate, with a desire to progress and develop your skills within a superb environment we would welcome your application.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of House keeper is to work as an integral part of the ward team ensuring a high quality service and environment to patients and liaise with other department such as cleaning coordinators, nursing team ,estate in doing so .
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The main responsibilities of Housekeepers are:
- To work as an integral part of the Ward team ensuring a high quality service to patients and to provide a service that ensures that the patients’ needs are satisfied and Ward requirements are met.
- To assist the Ward Manager to ensure the appropriate and effective delivery of facilities services in order to properly maintain the patient environment.
- To supervise an effective waste segregation and disposal service ensuring compliance with all relevant procedures and legislation.
- To work effectively as part of the ward/department team
Person specification
Attainments
Essential criteria
- Literate, articulate and numerate
- Effective use of spoken English
- Knowledge of COSHH and Infection Control Policies or ability to undertake training in this area
- Basic Computer Skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience in the acute NHS
- Previous experience as House keeper or in similar role
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to escalate and communicate effectively verbally and in writing effectively
- Good team player
- Demonstrates initiative and ability to prioritise
- Flexible and adaptable in his/her work to situations
Occupational
Essential criteria
- Able to manage own time effectively
- Aware of the importance of maintaining confidentiality
- Demonstrate motivation and enthusiasm for the job
- Attention to detail
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of roles within the clinical unit
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
- Charlotte Cox
- Job title
- Ward
- Email address
- [email protected]
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