Modern Housekeeper

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Modern Housekeeper

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 13,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities.

Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;

Job overview

This post is based on at Samuel Johnson Community Hospital.

Your role will be to work as an integral part of the Clinical Ward Team and to be responsible for the co-ordination of all patient facilities services in the ward area, ensuring a clean, safe and comfortable environment.

The main elements of the role are to ensure that there is a seamless approach to the provision of non-clinical services; ensuring the appropriate delivery of cleaning, catering and minor maintenance, together with other specified tasks, to meet individual patients’ needs, as determined by the Ward Sister.

This post will incorporate a training package incorporating the care certificate to support the wide ranging practical experience gained on the clinical area.

Main duties of the job

* Ensure that personal privacy, dignity and confidentiality relating to all aspects of the Trust’s operations is maintained.

* To participate in Patient Satisfaction Surveys as required.

* To provide a focal point for individual patients in relation to their day to day non-clinical needs.

* Liaise with the Service Provider to ensure a clean, safe and comfortable environment and that all patient food and beverage requirements are met.

* Liaise with the Lead Sister and Service Provider, to ensure that the day’s work is planned in the most appropriate way, in order to deliver a high standard of patient facilities services.

* Undertake the cleaning of medical equipment, and other relevant items as identified.

* Ensure thorough cleanliness standards are met in the ward kitchen in accordance with contractual requirements and Food Hygiene Standards.

Closing Date: 18th September 2023

Interview Date: 2nd October 2023

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

* Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development

* On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.

* A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

* We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.

* We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.

* An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.

* Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.

* Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.

* We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.

* We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Person specification

qualifications

Essential criteria

* Basic Numeracy & Literacy to read information and test fridge temperatures

* Willing to undertake customer care training

Desirable criteria

* Willing to undertake training in basic food hygiene

experience

Desirable criteria

* Previous experience of/and or willing to work shifts

* Carry out ward audits, monitoring of quality standards, develop action plan and track progress

Skills

Essential criteria

* Effective communication with the Clinical Team is crucial within the post to ensure the appropriate prioritisation of duties and to ensure that effective support is offered

* The ability to plan ahead to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the ward in terms of meeting catering/cleaning standards

knowledge

Essential criteria

* Be able to prioritise to meet the needs of the service and have a logical approach in order to deliver a clean working environment

* The ability to interpret and implement standards

* Ensure that personal privacy, dignity and confidentiality relating to all aspects of patient care is met

Our Trust aims to provide the highest quality care to patients within Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire and we want the very best people to work with us.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

If we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

At UHDB , we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues, many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.

For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working – working partly in the trust/partly at home.

Why don’t you talk to us at interview about the flexibility you would like to explore and what it means to you, and we will discuss what’s possible for the job and team, and the opportunities we might be able to create together.

We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to work with you to look at all the available options.

Most of our posts are subject to a DBS check, however having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from obtaining a position. Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

All correspondence relating to your application will be sent to you via our trac.system account. Please ensure that you regularly check your emails; this includes junk/spam, as your security settings may not recognise the sender.

Anyone from outside of the UK (excluding from the Republic of Ireland) will need permission from UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) to work in the UK and may also need entry clearance before travelling here.

UKVI is responsible for managing migration. To obtain a visa or entry clearance, you will need to meet certain requirements and demonstrate you have the right the work in the UK via:

* the points-based immigration system

* the EU settlement scheme

* eVisa

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