Bank Sewing Room Assistant

New Cross Hospital is seeking enthusiastic individuals to join us in providing an effective and efficient service.

Previous hospital experience is not essential but experience of carrying out similar duties.

This is a bank position to cover A/L, sickness and to help out when the department is busy.

To work within the Sewing room team issuing Trust Uniforms, along with any alterations required, as well as experience with embroidery. The post holder will also be required to answer queries on the phone as well as face to face.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

To work as a member of the Sewing room team to assist with the daily tasks required to maintain a effective and efficient uniform service to the Trust.

To provide routine information with colleagues, all Clinical and Support Staff and Supervisor.

To make judgements involving straightforward facts or situations, e.g. investigate problems with lost items, reporting equipment failure and stock issues.

To organise your own day to day work tasks or activities to ensure service levels are achieved in order to ensure staff uniforms are available to meet start date timescales required.

To comply with all Trust Policies, Infection Prevention protocols and Health and Safety requirements.

To ensure safe use, of all work equipment and environment is maintained - e.g. Sewing machines, irons etc. – following standard operating procedures.

To explain and demonstrate own duties to new starters.

To monitor and report on uniform levels and ensuring that these are correctly stored .

To record personally generated information for compliance to ensure Trust protocols are followed.

To participate in audits as required, and Trust surveys.

To work within clearly defined procedures using own initiative on routine matters, with supervision available.

To wear full uniform as issued and maintain personal appearance and hygiene at a standard commensurate with the duties and role of the post.