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Job overview

The Royal United Hospital bath NHS Trust provides acute treatment and care for a catchment population of around 500,000 people in Bath, and the surrounding towns and villages in North east Somerset and Western Wiltshire.

 New colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and future full of opportunities at our Trust. You will work alongside high calibre staff focusing on providing the best services for our patients. Our values are simple; Everyone Matters, Working Together, Making a Difference and respect our aspiration for the type of hospitals we want to be.

 Bath is a wonderful place to live and work. Our main hospital site is 1.5 miles from the city centre and is served by great transport links including Park & Ride services and the national cycle route. Bath offers excellent leisure and shopping facilities and a thriving cultural scene.

If we receive a high number of applications, the vacancy may close early. So, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible. If you feel you need additional time, please contact recruitment to discuss if we can help.

Main duties of the job

This position is for 37.5 hours per week covering Monday to Friday. We can be flexible with the working times over the 4 days.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, reliable and committed Housekeeper to join our team in the Bath Urology Unit.

This is an exciting role in which you will work closely with the nursing staff to ensure a safe, clean and organised clinical department.

You will take responsibility for daily point of care testing, equipment cleaning and setting up clinical rooms/areas for the morning and the afternoon. You will ensure the department has adequate stock and that this is rotated to minimise waste working with the Supplies Department. In addition you will be responsible for ordering stock of consumable items on Unit 4 and ensuring the appropriate stock is where it needs to be. You will assist with patient lunches and providing hot and cold drinks when necessary.

You will also assist the team in continuous quality improvement work by undertaking audits in the department (daily, weekly, monthly audits including equipment cleaning). You will need excellent communication skills and good IT skills as you will also need to use Millennium and Shire for logging of repairs. You will need to be self- motivated as well as a good team player.

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be  in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country. 

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.