Job summary
- Main area
- Housekeeper
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 825-5707034-OPS-G
- Employer
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
- Town
- Mytton Oak Rd
- Salary
- £22,383 per annum / pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Housekeeper - Rehabilitation and Recovery Unit
Band 2
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicant who require a visa to work in the UK, providing the role you’ve been recruited to meets the requirements set by the Home Office.
From 4 April 2024 overseas workers requiring a general Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) but sponsored by an NHS organisation will need to meet the new salary threshold of £38,700. In addition, applications to the Health and Care Visa route for those occupations paid by NHS bands that are on the immigration salary, a list of skilled jobs which have lower salary requirements, will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the new minimum salary threshold of £23,200 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.
Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list
https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/different-salary-requirements
Job overview
Within STW, the ICB, SaTH & SCHT are committed to integrating to provide improved seamless pathways of care for patients. This is an exciting time to join Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust as we work in partnership with The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust – our Acute Partners.
This is your opportunity to join us and be part of the next step in this journey with the introduction of our community sub-acute wards.
We are recruiting to a variety of roles working as part of an innovative MDT. You will be working for Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust with your base at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference to the care of patients enabling them to step down to their normal place of residence faster.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
- To assist in maintaining a safe, clean, and tidy working environment for patients and staff, supporting nutritional needs of patients.
- To provide non-clinical support to the ward team.
- To work as a member of the Estates & Facilities Department.
- To work within a patient environment and have daily contact with patients and service users.
- To ensure Infection Control guidelines are adhered to.
- To work as needed within wards at the Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic NHS Foundation Trust. Times will be varied and could be early morning, day or early evening hours to suit the needs of the service being conducted in the specific area.
- To work as part of the ward team, including attending necessary meetings, feeding back relevant information to support a safe and smooth running of the ward.
Working for our organisation
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
- Level 2 award in food safety (or willingness to complete)
- Level 1 Food Hygiene Certificate
- Level 2 Customer Care
Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- Basic Numeracy skills required
- Knowledge of COSHH regulations
- Knowledge of health & safety guidelines in a work environment
- Able to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
- Ability to follow written instructions /read notices and complete records
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience in a cleaning or hospitality role
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laura Bradshaw
- Job title
- Business Support Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07974 080226
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